Grugliasco is mobilizing to give hospitality to the Ukrainian refugees who arrived in the city this night. They are 12 and come from Odessa, and among them also two girls of 5 and 11 years old. Now they are housed in borgata Paradiso, in viale Radich, in a bed & breakfast and in via Galimberti in an apartment. “Everyone will have meals and basic necessities – they explain in the Municipality -, from clothes to material for intimate hygiene, from games for girls to phone cards for cell phones”. And they will be the only ones to be welcomed in Grugliasco. This night another 7 will arrive, according to what the Civil Protection provides.
The mayor Roberto Montà has however activated a task force to organize the daily life of these families and solve as soon as possible the problem of documents, vaccination and health coverage with the ASL To3 and communications with the activation of Italian SIMs for their mobile phones. And at the beginning of next week a current account dedicated to fundraising will be opened to be allocated to the people who will arrive in Grugliasco. «To allow them – adds Montà – to live here, even if for a short time, but in a dignified manner. We are moving to prevent children and families from being holed up in the house or in the rooms of the bed & breakfast by involving them in the daily life of the city: sports, events, schools and demonstrations.
Our goal is to try to help them with the basic necessities that the Grugliaschesi have donated in recent weeks with great solidarity. We have organized small packages for each family with the goods they requested from us ». And attempts are being made to create a network with the Ukrainian residents, 17 women and one man, who will be contacted in the coming days with the aim of facilitating reunification with relatives and friends and involving them in the temporary integration with their compatriots in the city. To form community in such a difficult time.
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