From The Fog Of War - December 11th 2022

December 11th 2022

Yuriy wonders what life was like before the war, and how he can live after the war without holding so much hatred for the Russians. He also reads a beautiful poem he translated from poet Dominika Kozlovska

They said: “Hey, Granny, hop inside the bus
Cos Russians are getting closer to us
Get your cat and move from here”.
She refused and said: “My dear
I`m too old to leave, so put a lid
With my young neighbors and their kid”.
Old lady went downstairs to her storeroom -
The dusty small cage in need of a broom.
She's moving away the bottles and cans,
Replacing the barrels and bented tin pans
For clearing the way to the huge heavy door.
There's someone inside, someone scratching the floor.
She's taking away the bolts and the locks
And doing all this to herself lady talks:
“I've never imagine I`ll see at again,
I clearly remember how the old war began.
They came here with tanks nearly era ago,
And now again with their tanks they are go…
Move outside, but don't touch the gardens,
I'll see it cos birds are your wardens
Your job is to help us with Russians”.
The old lady's cat interrupts this discussion.
Arching his back he hissed and tinged 
While glass in the window started to ring.
The Russians are moving Ukrainian ground.
The old lady frees the three-headed hound

 

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World Central Kitchen

WCK is currently stationed in several locations near the Ukranian border. WCK provides fresh, nourishing meals for communities in need of relief from war and climate disasters.

https://donate.wck.org/give/236738/#!/donation/checkout 

 

Voices of Children

Voices of Children helps children affected by the war in eastern Ukraine. They provide psychological and psychosocial support to children. It helps them overcome the consequences of armed conflict and develop.

https://voices.org.ua/en/donat/

 

Save the Children

Save the Children is Distributing essential humanitarian aid to children and their families

https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/where-we-work/europe/ukraine

 

Revived Soldiers of Ukraine

Revived Soldiers Ukraine (RSU) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing aid to the people of Ukraine so that they may fulfill fundamental rights and freedoms such as right to life, right to appropriate and affordable medical care, freedom of belief and freedom for an adequate standard of living.

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