Another special example of community service by a club member in Poland
Update on our club member Anna Wieczorek
Anna resides in Warsaw, Poland and has been actively involved in supporting refugees from Ukraine.
Anna, an book author for learning English, designed the above graphic including our club logo. Look for it in the pictures.
Have a look at the top of our website to see much more information and information about Anna. Check out the pictures and notes Anna made for us after our club provided $5000 CDN funding for medical supplies, baby food, diapers and blankets and other resources for refugees. A medical outlet provided a huge discount with help from a friend in the company.
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Anna seems to be going the extra distance to help refugees. For example she is helping a 67-year-old Ukrainian lady who came to her house. The senior needed urgent surgery on her broken clavicle. Anna has already settled medical help for her. Her daughter-in-law, who is a medical doctor, came over within 2-3 days with 2 kids. Anna managed to get her a job at a hospital and they’ll also get a nice place to live.
As reported in the news, there are many International Students stranded in the Ukraine. Anna managed to contact Dr. Kambiz Ghawami, World University Service, through Rotary Friends from Berlin to help two Nigerian boys! (pictured on our website)
Dr. Ghawami is opening his university doors to more Ukrainian refugee students to come to Germany!
So many things going on and she has to react quickly. This says it all: "My phone is hot – people calling all the time"
Please consider making a donation to help Anna.
<most of the text above came from numerous Email to our club>
Note from Anna dated March 14th:
Dear All,
Last night, around midnight, I drove to pick up my husband from his work place in the centre of Warsaw. Just then, two refugee women with three kids aged: 3,9, 14 arrived at his coffee place, completely lost and in panic. They were sent straight from the train station to that spot but in fact no shelter was provided and they didn’t know where to go.
It was also difficult to communicate with them as they could not speak English.
We located them in the nearby hotel as at our apartment there are no more free beds, and this morning I started looking for a safe place for them.
I happen to talk to my friend Mietek from Rotary Club of Warszawa City (my former club) and he offered a house that a group of Rotarians are funding at the moment. I booked a room for 5 and asked Mietek to briefly describe the initiative. The house will provide 35 refugee women with children free accommodation, including food and day kids care.
The situation from the last night proves that we desperately need more places like this one so I think this is something that we should support.
The house starts operating on Thursday the earliest. Besides providing food, free rooms and daily kids care it also offers jobs for the women in the nearby company.
The women I met last night are more than happy now. I only need to find them a place to stay till Thursday and then I’ll drive them to that house that Mietek offered.
I know Mietek very well, we’ve been together in the club for years so I myself support this initiative enormously.
Please, read the letter and we can meet up together with Mietek online this week to discuss the details.
Thank you,
Yours, Anna
Anna is pictured in the middle below with a family where one lady obtained collarbone surgery with Anna's help,
