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> My Ukrainian colleague was terrified for his family today. I am willing to host up to 10 Ukrainians at my farm in the very south west corner of Poland until

> My Ukrainian colleague was terrified for his family today. I am willing to host up to 10 Ukrainians at my farm in the very south west corner of Poland until further decisions can be made. Only 2 takers so far. Please email my username at gmail if this is interesting to your colleague or to anyone else reading this. Poland has dropped visa requirements. I can provide some initial legal assistance via a generous family member's donation. I was once a refugee as well. We expect nothing in return. edit: now at 60% occupancy (maybe) Good luck everyone!

lostlogin 5y ago
You are a good person. I’m about as far away as one could get from this situation, is there anything I could do to help?
- eru 5y ago
  In general, if you want to help, have a look at https://www.givewell.org/ https://www.givewell.org/ and just pick any one of their top charities. (Yes, their top charities don't necessarily have anything to do with whatever cause is currently in the news.)
- consumer451 5y ago
  I left Poland with my mom and $500 right as tanks started rolling, that was 41 years ago. I currently live alone in a giant farm house I was about to renovate for rental. This is the least I could do and it's actually easy. So far it is older folks coming. I look forward to learning some nice Ukrainian recipes from these people!
paganel 5y ago
For any Ukrainian HN-ers reading this or for people in here who have relatives/close persons in Ukraine who want to escape the incoming war, for Romania there is this Facebook group [1] where there's a "matching" between what the people in here (in Romania) can offer, like accommodation or transport, and what the people escaping the war in Ukraine might need. The discussions in there are generally in Romanian and/or English, but as far as I could tell there was a decent amount of (Romanian) people offering accommodation to Ukrainian refugees. Sorry for the FB link but that's one of the few such things available right now. Also, I can personally offer transport with my personal car (meaning 3 extra adults or 2 adults and 2 kids) from anywhere on the Ukrainian-Romanian border to anywhere else in Romania, if any of the HN-ers in here has someone close/a relative who needs that kind of transport inside Romania then leave a reply to this comment and we'll see about making contact/getting in touch. [1] https://www.facebook.com/groups/unitipentruucraina https://www.facebook.com/groups/unitipentruucraina

lostlogin 5y ago

You are a good person. I’m about as far away as one could get from this situation, is there anything I could do to help?

eru 5y ago
In general, if you want to help, have a look at https://www.givewell.org/ https://www.givewell.org/ and just pick any one of their top charities. (Yes, their top charities don't necessarily have anything to do with whatever cause is currently in the news.)
consumer451 5y ago
I left Poland with my mom and $500 right as tanks started rolling, that was 41 years ago. I currently live alone in a giant farm house I was about to renovate for rental. This is the least I could do and it's actually easy. So far it is older folks coming. I look forward to learning some nice Ukrainian recipes from these people!

paganel 5y ago

For any Ukrainian HN-ers reading this or for people in here who have relatives/close persons in Ukraine who want to escape the incoming war, for Romania there is this Facebook group [1] where there's a "matching" between what the people in here (in Romania) can offer, like accommodation or transport, and what the people escaping the war in Ukraine might need. The discussions in there are generally in Romanian and/or English, but as far as I could tell there was a decent amount of (Romanian) people offering accommodation to Ukrainian refugees. Sorry for the FB link but that's one of the few such things available right now. Also, I can personally offer transport with my personal car (meaning 3 extra adults or 2 adults and 2 kids) from anywhere on the Ukrainian-Romanian border to anywhere else in Romania, if any of the HN-ers in here has someone close/a relative who needs that kind of transport inside Romania then leave a reply to this comment and we'll see about making contact/getting in touch. [1] https://www.facebook.com/groups/unitipentruucraina https://www.facebook.com/groups/unitipentruucraina