“Most of them, they are stressed, they just want to be hugged.”

“These people, they have severe PTSD. They made it out alive, and they’re just starting to realize that they’ve lost everything.”

“Spurred by the suffering of millions in Ukraine, volunteers from Massachusetts are stepping in to offer care and comfort to people whose lives have been shattered by invading Russian forces.”

“In the week that he's been there, Alexander Smirnov has seen thousands of refugees come to what was once a shopping mall, but is now a medical station.”

“Five American medics, including some from Massachusetts, went beyond donations: they traveled to the region this week and created a pop-up medical station for refugees in a former mall near the Polish-Ukrainian border.”

“I never thought I’d find myself working at Tesco’s in a small Polish town but here I am!
Why am I here?
Because at some point it became absolutely impossible for me NOT to be here.”

Das ist Mischka. Sie studiert in New York Sozialarbeit und sagt, dass sie sich, obwohl in den USA geboren, als Russin fühlt.

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“Iryna Amiramova lives in Charlotte but was born in Ukraine. She is a registered ER nurse and is part of a five-person volunteer group helping a refugee camp in Poland.”

The war in Ukraine has many of us in a state of shock, trying to find ways to help while we witness the daily acceleration of a humanitarian crisis. The global Burning Man community has a history of response in support of displaced people around the world.

Alexandra Sakurets is originally from Ukraine but has worked as a nurse for M Health Fairview for 24 years and also owns the Art of Eternal Beauty med spa.

“Think about it. One day everything is gone and you have to run. And your life basically depends on it,” said Bogdana Krivogorsky.

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