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now hosting over 500 people, serving 8000 meals a day over five sites and sending food to be border, they have just released stepped up, and i think people in the uk want to help, but they don t know what to do, they don t know how to get money and resources actually on the ground to be people gladly work. i have raised over £5,000 and 24 hours, just trying to buy an industrial washing machine for a kamil s charity, so that they can do laundry. machine for a kamil s charity, so that they can do laundry.- that they can do laundry. alona, what does that they can do laundry. alona, what does it that they can do laundry. alona, what does it mean that they can do laundry. alona, what does it mean to that they can do laundry. alona, what does it mean to you - that they can do laundry. alona, what does it mean to you to - that they can do laundry. alona, . what does it mean to you to receive this help? obviously you re worried about what is happening back home in your country, but th
kamil prusinowski, who runs a charity for people fleeing ukraine, alona kirvonosova. thank you all for being with us. neil, tell us about your contact, a friend of yours got in contact with you, and here you are in poland helping out. you, and here you are in poland helping out- helping out. exactly, i have a colour cleaning helping out. exactly, i have a colour cleaning lady - helping out. exactly, i have a colour cleaning lady in - helping out. exactly, i have a | colour cleaning lady in london helping out. exactly, i have a - colour cleaning lady in london who moved back home to poland last year, and i spoke to her a few weeks ago eight polish cleaning lady. i discovered her town was just a few miles from the ukrainian border. so much of the burden of hosting refugees is falling on ordinary polish people, who are taking people into their homes, feeding them, donating food, they are volunteering, and so i got on a plane, my cleaning lady s daughter s best friend is volunteering
kamil here, and i have been working with the charity since thursday. kamil, from your perspective, give us an idea of how the local community have got involved and how many people are helping at the moment. ., ., ., , ., , ., moment. half of the households are su ”ortin moment. half of the households are sopporting our moment. half of the households are supporting our ukrainian moment. half of the households are supporting our ukrainian friends, . moment. half of the households are supporting our ukrainian friends, so | supporting our ukrainian friends, so people supporting our ukrainian friends, so people open their houses and their hearts. people open their houses and their hearts, because institutional help is always hearts, because institutional help is always delayed, so we needed to respond is always delayed, so we needed to respond to is always delayed, so we needed to respond to such a big migration much faster respond to such a big migration much faster than re
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