Igor written by Odesa to find out if ad Amsterdam There is a hypothesis of a future for his children. He works at the United Nations. His wife, on the other hand, worked in the fashion industry in Ukraine and lost her job. She, along with the two boys aged 12 and 14, reached theHolland March through Hungary. Rosa, on the other hand, is 52 years old and left the country with her husband. Their path was steeper than others: He comes from Cameroon and they encountered resistance and discrimination at (many) borders. She found new clothes in the churches only to match what she was wearing. And then one of the youngest arrivals: a woman from Lviv with two children, on her way to Paris. They, like many others, asked for help through the ICanHelp.host platform: it works like Airnbnb but is free. on the one hand i Ukrainian refugees, on the other hand anyone who has the ability to host them. For a few days, a night, a few hours. These are often temporary stops or stopovers to other destinations. Igor, Rosa and the family from Lviv found a bed in the house of Francesco Zanotellian Italian expat who has lived in Amsterdam for years: “Service makes you direct line between refugees and people living in the areas to which they are headed. In addition to hospitality, it also offers a information network. I’ve been registered for a few days and have had many messages from people on the run asking me about the city. Especially when there is work. Then how does health care work, school and so on? They are looking for help to understand how to orient themselves in a context that is completely new to them”.
The platform locates the houses set up for reception on maps. With owner name, address, social account and availability in terms of time and beds. “For example, I have an apartment of a few square meters and I can’t host for too long,” continues Zanotelli, who, however, helped both Igor, Rosa and the family from Lviv. Where possible, communication is in English, alternatively using Google translator. He kept in touch with Rosa: she decided to stay in Amsterdam with her partner. Zanotelli accompanied her in search of new clothes and made them Orient through the streets of the city.
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Active since the third day of the war, the site is visited by 6080 thousand users per day. It does not replace the official recording system, but complements it. The original idea is from Farhad Shamo Roto, Refugee Yazida, and from Nick Antipov, LGBT activist. The project was then developed by some Belarusian computer scientists who were opposed to the Lukashenko regime. Among them there is George Kachanouski, which Fatto.it confirms: as of March 17, 8,000 people from all over the world have offered hospitality. On March 12 it was about 5,000: steady growth from then on. On the same day, 1700 houses sheltered people fleeing the war. Their goal is to provide aid to 500,000 Ukrainians. According to the United Nations, since February 24 the start of Russian aggression a total of 3,437,976 refugees have crossed the Ukrainian border to seek refuge abroad. Data updated to March 18, reported on a dedicated page of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) website, shows that the vast majority of people have arrived fleeing Polandfollowed by the Romania and from Moldova. Currently, 59,589 people have arrived in Italy: 30,499 women, 5,213 men and 23,877 minors. They are usually hosted by compatriots. That says the data of the Ministry of Interior. The head of civil protection Fabrizio Curcio he made it known that even if the numbers are increasing in our country, the civil protection network itself may not be enough to carry the load. He also stressed the connection to the Third Sector precisely to try to match the hospitality of citizens and families. There is even another possibility of help for Italy on the net.
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