Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Makeshift shelters in border town operating without any support from the government or charities are struggling to stay open This article was published more than 3 years ago as he prepares to head back to Ukraine after helping the family get to a Radymno shelter.Photography by Anna Liminowicz/The Globe and Mail Pawel Sanocki’s biggest concern was lining up deliveries of corn and wheat for the family-owned trucking business he runs on the outskirts of Radymno in eastern Poland But when he and his wife saw what was happening in Ukraine They turned the four-room office in the company’s spacious repair shop into a shelter for refugees a washing machine and shelves loaded with food So far they’ve helped 50 people fleeing Ukraine The business has suffered and the Sanockis’ finances are running low They’ve done this all on their own without any support from the government or charities That kind of stress is building in communities all along Poland’s border with Ukraine as the number of people fleeing the Russian invasion soars past one million So far most of the arrivals have been able to move on to friends or relatives across Europe But that’s beginning to change and more refugees are arriving with nowhere to go and no means to continue their journey Ukrainian refugees line the platform at the Radymno train station Krystyna Poradowska and a group of volunteers called Active Women serve hot soup to Ukrainian refugees waiting at the train station the pressure is being felt keenest in towns such as Radymno Sanocki’s and another small shelter are struggling to stay open Sanocki said he and his wife have tried to do all they can for the refugees They’ve not only covered the costs of running the shelter they’ve also helped refugees arrange transportation to other cities and they’ve started looking for permanent accommodation for those who have nowhere to go most stayed a night or two and then headed off to meet family or friends But now many arrivals don’t have family connections and need to find somewhere to live his business has ground to a halt and two of his children are sick and need care He’s thought about crowdfunding or seeking donations But he backed off after hearing gossip in town that he’s profiting from his shelter and out to make money a trio of businessmen are facing a similar plight They rented a former hostel and turned the building’s eight rooms into a shelter for around two dozen families But they too have run short of cash and the owner of the building said if they don’t pay up soon Even a priest in a nearby town has had trouble trying to assist Sanocki on Monday seeking help finding shelter for 1,500 Ukrainian orphans Pawel Sanocki has set up a shelter for Ukrainian refugees in the office of his trucking business in Radymno Rozhena Aksamtovska feeds her three-month old son in the informal shelter run by Pawel Sanocki Sanocki said he can’t bear closing down and turning away people who arrive with their families She arrived on Saturday from Kyiv with her mother She had to leave her husband behind along with her brother and his pregnant wife was an architect in Kyiv who designed mansions for upscale clients and dreamed of buying her own house one day “Now I’m homeless and without work,” she said She’s hoping the family can be reunited in Germany eventually but she’s scared about starting all over She can’t speak the language and doesn’t have her laptop with examples of her work was saying goodbye to his daughter-in-law and her daughter He’d helped get them to Radymno on Monday from the family home near Lviv Now he was heading back to be with his wife His daughter and another granddaughter have an offer to move to Italy but that’s a long way from Ukraine and they’d rather be home sits with her two-year old daughter Tereza in the shelter in Radymno Poland.Photos by Anna Liminowicz/The Globe and Mail Sari Kuzal Ammar arrived last week from Kharkiv with his wife and three children came too and none of them know anyone in Poland or elsewhere in Europe Ammar is trying to apply for a visa to Britain but that could take months His brother says he’ll take a couple of weeks to figure out what to do but he may have to take his chances and head to Syria to be with his mother They hope they can stay in the shelter a little longer but that depends on the building’s owner receiving his rent There are many people in town who are still trying to help Several townsfolk show up every day at the Radymno train station offering hot bowls of soup to the dozens of Ukrainians waiting for departures to all parts of Poland “We have big hearts around here,” said Krystyna Poradowska who organized the effort called Active Women Sanocki said he’ll try to keep the shelter open He spent Monday bustling around the building with friends making sure everything worked and that rides had been organized He’s also turned space in his repair shop into a storage area for several charities 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For more information on our commenting policies and how our community-based moderation works, please read our Community Guidelines and our Terms and Conditions “A year has passed and the headlines on your phone have changed but as thousands more refugees flee to Poland daily our job is far from done.” 2023 marks the one year anniversary of  Russia’s violent and unfathomable invasion of Ukraine and the devastating war persists.  Thousands have been killed and injured and millions more have been forced from their home Russian troops assembled at the Ukrainian border the estimated 190,000 troops encircling Ukraine were ordered into Ukrainian territory Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed Russia to declare that Ukraine would defend its independence Russian explosions hit cities across Ukraine killing innocent people and igniting an uproar across the globe The unprovoked invasion quickly spiraled into the largest humanitarian crisis in Europe since WWII All Hands and Hearts (AHAH) has been working in Poland, which has received the highest number of Ukrainian refugees in Europe, since early 2022 Our Ukraine Crisis Relief program is focused on the critical need to provide shelter for Ukrainian families who continue to flee from invaded Ukraine Spoken through the lens of two Ukrainian women whose lives and their families were upended by the war, watch this video from AHAH’s Ukraine Crisis Relief program to hear their stories Our initial response work began in March 2022 and included supporting the transportation of families across the Poland border to safe territories AHAH’s Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) worked in Southern Poland connecting with local and international partners to assess the need and identify the areas where our expertise could be utilized volunteers arrived on base to support the project’s second phase which focuses on expanding and winterizing Ukrainian refugee shelters in Poland to build a network of 92 transitional shelters for housing internally displaced Ukrainian families as well as winterized mass tent shelters used for evacuations Europe recorded 7.8 million refugees fleeing Ukraine making it the country receiving the highest number of refugees among its neighbors The UNHCR is anticipating an additional million refugees crossing into Poland for the winter months It’s clear that after a year of supporting Ukrainian refugees watch small children run their hands through the wet paint and repeat until the least amount of child handprints can be seen This is a brief summary of the process of brightening up three hallways and two stairwells in a former psychiatric ward A thin coating of dust from the yellow paint I had sanded all day covered me from head to toe and I often forgot the importance of the work I was doing and who I was doing it for in these moments of low motivation and high exhaustion one of the many children living at the temporary shelter would come running through the hall and cheer me up in some way or even just sitting and watching in fascination as I worked the children somehow knew when I had lost my sense of purpose I would gladly fix their scuff marks and handprints on our fresh paint hundreds of times over “Each of us on base dedicates a few weeks or more to this work For thousands of families living in places like Radymno A question I have been asked frequently since deciding to volunteer with AHAH is: “Why did you decide to seek out this opportunity?” Every volunteer I met in Poland had a different answer it is a complicated mix of either of these reasons and/or many more My answer is multifaceted and arose two months earlier when I was asked another probing question that forced me to consider my plans and motives for the next four to eight years of my life.  I knew I wanted to serve in the United States Armed Forces in one form or another so when the prospect of working through some of my training in college through ROTC (Reserves Officer Training Corps) arose I chose to take a year off school to travel and enjoy a little freedom before a rigorous eight years Throughout three months of traveling abroad I was frequently asked the question: “If the US was to get involved with a conflict that you don’t support what would you do?” To be completely honest I answered that the only conflict I could foresee US involvement in during my military commitment would be in Eastern Europe The cause for Ukrainian independence is one I would happily defend I couldn’t help but feel guilty for answering such an important question based on little information or connection to who and what I would hypothetically be dedicating four years of service to My sources on the Ukrainian conflict were limited to biased American media I found All Hands and Hearts and decided that three weeks near the Ukrainian border would be a way for me to gain perspective and clarity When I arrived on base, I was introduced to the newest work site, Radymno. Like most of the AHAH sites in Poland, Radymno is a dilapidated building that is being repurposed to house incoming refugees. In the case of Radymno, most residents stay temporarily. They are placed there by the International Organization of Migration (IOM) until they can find more permanent housing solutions elsewhere remodelling multiple bathrooms and showers The same contractors also began work in the bathrooms on all three floors which were completely occupied by displaced families and individuals In addition to the constant noise and dust created by the jackhammering and tile cutting of the contractors anywhere from 8-18 AHAH volunteers were working on repainting each of the living corridors the two stairwells and remodelling kitchens on each floor Between residents trying to live their lives as normally as possible contractors drilling and cutting and AHAH doing our best to stay out of the way but also efficiently improve areas of the building it’s difficult to imagine how chaotic a living environment Radymno is while construction is occuring it’s clear to me that the media coverage and publicity about the Ukrainian crisis has significantly died off but not because the issue has become any less pertinent As the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion is upon us the destruction that rages on now seems distant and irrelevant the media gets fewer hits on old news and stories about destroyed homes and fleeing families get pushed to the backs of our minds as we return to our normal lives When talking to a departed volunteer who had returned to the program twice for long periods of time I learned that her return home reminded her of how those she has spent so long working to help Each of us on base dedicates a few weeks or more to this work “AHAH’s mission is to arrive early and stay late After everyone at home forgets and moves on from the tragedies on the news AHAH promises not to move on until the survivors can too.“ and the headlines on your phone have changed All Hands and Hearts remains committed to supporting those impacted by the devastating war in Ukraine. 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experienced Children are playing while frazzled mothers enjoy a moment of respite on a camp bed The former Tesco supermarket shopping center in Przemysl a few kilometers from the Ukrainian border is one of the few large-scale transit centers still operating in the country since Russian troops invaded Ukraine on February 24 when tens of thousands of refugees were pouring in daily this temporary shelter and living space quickly became a small town within a town Several international NGOs are based there as well as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Polish social services fled Zaporijia for Poland with her daughter at the beginning of March she was recruited by the Italian NGO Soleterre to practice her profession inside this unique branch of Tesco "I'm seeing a large number of people here with special needs suffering from disabilities or requiring treatment for pre-existing pathologies I'm taking care of children as well as adults," said the Ukrainian sitting with her 7-year-old daughter in a fast food restaurant in front of her work place emotions come back," said the thirty-something she then uses drawing or play to detect disorders linked to post-traumatic stress "I observe if a child can make eye contact If a child never draws the earth and sketches weapons it's a matter of proceeding discreetly – in Ukraine some people don't necessarily see mental health professionals in a positive light is still stigmatized in Ukraine [a legacy of the Soviet past when dissidents were often labeled "schizophrenic"] Our psychologists don't say the word 'psychologist' and just ask: 'How are you May I sit next to you?'," explained Gioele Scavuzzo You have 70.13% of this article left to read Lecture du Monde en cours sur un autre appareil Vous pouvez lire Le Monde sur un seul appareil à la fois Ce message s’affichera sur l’autre appareil Parce qu’une autre personne (ou vous) est en train de lire Le Monde avec ce compte sur un autre appareil Vous ne pouvez 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found her cause after reading an article in The Globe and Mail earlier this month about Pawel Sanocki who had turned his transportation company’s office into a shelter Sanocki and his wife were covering all the costs and they weren’t sure how much longer they could afford to shelter people She also reached out to dozens of family and friends the first thing that came to my mind was that old saying ‘ordinary people doing extraordinary things.’ And I wanted to help him,” she said Several other people in Canada and the United States also saw the article and have sent money Sanocki has been able to host around 180 people a day in conjunction with friends He’s also helped several families relocate to other parts of Europe and he’s hoping to rent an apartment in town to host even more families “We don’t want to promote ourselves in any way The gratitude of the people we help us is enough,” he said in a recent e-mail “Paul has been wonderful, he responds and sends pictures,” said Ms. Weagant. She’s also pleased that Mr. Sanocki has set up a fundraising page through Indiegog.com “I hope a lot of people see and I hope a lot of people donate It will help the refugees in the most direct way possible.” Your time is valuable. Have the Top Business Headlines newsletter conveniently delivered to your inbox in the morning or evening. Sign up today