(ANSA) – MILAN, MARCH 10 – An expedition consisting of a bus, four vans and five cars, loaded with humanitarian aid for the Ukrainian people, left this morning from Milan for Przemysl, the Polish town, near the border with the Ukraine. On board the vehicles there is also the kitchen brigade of the Rob de Matt restaurant, which will cook a hot meal for 2 thousand refugees. The caravan will return to Milan over the weekend, bringing about fifty people fleeing the war.
The expedition is organized by various associations including Rob de Matt, I bambini dell’Est and Refugees Welcome, on whose website 350 Milanese families have applied to welcome refugees.
“The Ukrainian emergency is leading us to experiment with a model of ‘widespread reception’ in the area, – explains Valentina La Terza of Refugees Welcome Italia – there is a great deal of support from the citizens of Milan, as had never happened before with the other humanitarian crises “. “We are trying to get as many people out of Ukraine as possible – says Federica Bezziccheri, president of the ‘I Bambini dell’Est’ association -. Last Sunday 5 minibuses with 10 girls and 20 children arrived in Cernusco sul Naviglio from the Kharkiv region; thanks to the coordination of Refugees Welcome and Emmaus today a bus departed from the border between Poland and Ukraine, on which 47 people are traveling, including women and children, who will arrive in Milan early tomorrow morning and who will be welcomed in the Milanese family homes. In collaboration with AVSI and Progetto Arca we are opening the first reception area in Milan for the transfer of two family homes in Krasnokuts’k that host sixteen orphans “. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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