By Ko Doo Hwan | Executive director
Peace Winds Korea have been supporting Ukraine refugees in Moldova. We keep explore what can support their life. Among the refugee, many haves Dogs and cats as their family. They are not abandoned them even in war situation, because they are family too. Today, we would like to share how we support those families.
*Writing : Bruce, staff of Peace Winds
It is not only people affected by the war in Ukraine.
Peace Winds Korea has ensured that cats and dogs in the biggest refugee shelter in the capital city of Moldova do not go hungry. Earlier this week, Peace Winds heard the story about two sisters and a young child who survived a difficult journey from Odessa to Chisinau with their 11 cats.
The Head of Chisinau City Hall Council Health and Social Protectorate, Boris Gilca, told Peace Winds's Communications Director how the family and their cats had to be moved to a special room to accommodate them and their pets at the shelter.
March, 25 Peace Winds organised a trip to the nearby supermarket, that Peace Winds visited on Tuesday, to buy about four tonnes of supplies for the refugees. This time he bought a large supply of cat and dog food for the animals at the shelter.
When we knocked on the door of their small room, filled with inquisitive cats, the two sisters told us about the trouble they had to get to Moldova.
“We only have three carry cages for our 11 cats and we had to walk for five kilometres to cross the border and then we waited in line to cross,” she said.
“Somebody gave us a ride in their car for the last kilometre which was a happy moment.
“We left Odessa at 8am and crossed the border at 10pm,” she said. It is normally a one hour drive.
The room may only be small but the cats seem to like it more than being squashed into three small cages.
The food we gave the sisters is enough to feed the cats for a number of days and more supplies have been left in the storage room at the shelter.
10 year-old Sasha left Kharkiv with her mother and two small dogs, Max and Kirra. She said Max is the cutest. We met her in the room she is staying in at the shelter and she eagerly accepted the dog food Peace Winds gave her.
Sasha told us that her Grandmother decided to stay in Odessa and look after her two cats, rather come with them to Moldova.
Another lady Peace Winds met today with a dog named Juta, is from Nikolaev and they left on March 12. She was also pleased to take the dog food Peace Winds staff offered her. In the afternoon, Peace Winds staff also assisted a church group, based in Chisinau, that was buying a large trailer load of food and other essential supplies from the supermarket.
Peace Winds staff helped select and load the supplies. It will be taken across the border, where rigorous checks are made, and into Odessa to be distributed.
The Korean Church Pastor who works with Peace Winds Korea said the 1.5 tonnes of food will only be enough to last for three days for refugees.
There are still many things needs for Ukraine refugees.
Please keep standing for Ukraine!
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