The latest group of refugees from Ukraine who are being helped by the Botosani Deaf Association with support from Agents of Change have found temporary accommodation in a cinema in the town of Saveni near Podriga. Seven women and six children are sleeping on cinema chairs. It’s not ideal although they’re glad to be safe. One of the women is deaf, another is injured with a badly broken leg, and a six year old boy is so traumatised by what he’s been through that he’s reverted to being spoonfed. With no kitchen facilities they are relying on local people bringing in food parcels. They are looking forward to a day out at the monastery at Stiubieni where they’ll have fresh air and space for the children to play. In the meantime Agents of Change are drawing on their long relationship with the local school to see if they can get places for the children there. Efforts are being made to find better accommodation.
