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Madrid, March 6 (EFE) .- Three vans and a trailer full of humanitarian aid have started this Saturday a trip to the Polish capital, Warsaw, to try to provide a dose of encouragement to Ukrainian refugees on a one-way trip and return with double transport, both outward and return.
The transfer requires six drivers, two per van, conditioned by the long distance and the weight of the merchandise transported by the three vehicles, made up of food, medicine and clothing, which considerably slows down their speed.
Its drivers have the backing, support and strength in the rear of all the residents of the town of Quiroga, in the south of Lugo, in collaboration with those of the neighboring municipality of San Clodio.
During their first night of rest, in French lands, the spokeswoman for the Galician delegation, Mayte Pérez, explained to EFE that they have the “immense” support of a large group of people who, in addition to the initial initiative of two other young people Galicians who a few days ago arrived in Galicia from the border between Poland and Ukraine with a group of refugees, have organized themselves for logistical support and coordination of all similar initiatives that are being launched from different parts of Spanish territory.
The peculiarity of this trip that began yesterday, Mayte points out, is that the same logistical network organized altruistically in such a short time, has put them in contact with a Ukrainian mother and her 15-year-old son living in Gijón who wanted to move to Poland to collaborate in helping her fellow citizens who have crossed the border, since she knows the Polish and Ukrainian languages perfectly and her work as an interpreter may be very necessary.
The initiative for the trip initially came from Mayte Pérez and Miguel Garrido, who, given the wave of solidarity that originated in both Lugo city councils, expanded their initial project to two other vehicles.
Once their objective has been achieved and after leaving mother and son in Warsaw, the delegation will travel to Krakow where they will pick up the six members of a family who wish to move to Spain and try to start a new life in Quiroga, whose city council has guaranteed them a foster home and all the assistance they may need upon arrival.
In addition, the delegation will pick up a niece of a Ukrainian woman residing in Quiroga at the border between Poland and Ukraine to transfer her to Spain and guarantee her protection.
The spokesperson for the delegation announces that they still have some vacancies left for when they begin their return to Spain and that they hope to cover it as soon as the logistics network that coordinates the aid facilitates the need for assistance and transfer of any Ukrainian refugee anywhere. from Poland.
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