PORTLAND IS NOT JUST TAKING
REFUGEES FROM UKRAINE AND.
THIS NATION IS OFFERING THOSE
REFUGEES HOUSING, MONEY, AND
MEDICAL CARE.
AND FOR THE PEOPLE COMING HERE
FROM UKRAINE POLAND IS OFFERING
SCHOOLING.
AND WITH THAT SENSE OF
NORMALCY.
>> CLASSES IN SESSION.
THESE ARE UKRAINIANS STUDENTS
LEARNING POLISH.
A LESSON THAT YOU COULD SEE
BELIES JUST HOW QUICKLY THESE
HIGH SCHOOL SORT OF HAD TO GROW
UP.
SINCE FLEEING THEIR HOME
COUNTRY WEEKS AGO.
>> I MISS MY CITY SO MUCH, IF
WE WERE FRIENDS YOU WOULD JUST,
YOU WOULD HAVE TO SEE MY
HUNDRED MESSAGES ABOUT HOW I
WANT MY HOME.
I MISS MY CITY, BECAUSE IF WAR
STOPPED, JUST LIKE THAT --
I NEED TO WAIT TWO MONTHS
BEFORE GOING BACK HOME.
IT DESTROYED, IT DESTROYED ALL
MY.
CITY.
I WAS HOME WHEN THE BOMB BLAST
IN THE HOUSE.
I JUST SAW ITS NOISE AND A,
IT'S SO CRAZY AND STRANGE.
>> CONTRAST RICHINA SCHOOL IS A
WELCOME RELIEF.
>> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
ALL THE POLAND.
PEOPLE >> FROM GYM CLASS, TO
THE LUNCHROOM.
NEW FRIENDSHIPS ARE FORMED.
>> SOMETIMES THE PRESIDENTS IS
THE MOST THAT WE CAN GIVE.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
THAT THEY GET FROM US.
BECAUSE THEY NEED IT.
THEY LEFT THEIR FAMILIES.
UKRAINE.
SO, EVERY WAY OF HELP IS NEEDED
AS MUCH NEEDED.
>> THEY NEED.
FRIENDS >> THEY WANT TO TALK --
AND FEEL LIKE --
>> NONE THE CITY WANTS THEM TO
FEEL WELCOME TO ON EVERY WARSAW
LAMPPOST OUR UKRAINIAN FLAGS
WELCOMING THEM HERE.
WARSAW'S A CITY OF ABOUT 1.7 6
MILLION PEOPLE.
RECENT ESTIMATES ARE ABOUT 4000
1000 REFUGEES HAVE COME TO THE
CITY.
THAT'S A 17% INCREASE IN THE
POPULATION.
BUT HALF OF THOSE REFUGEES ARE
CHILDREN.
SO, DESPITE ALL THE SOCIAL
SERVICES THAT ARE BEING OFFERED
TO THESE REFUGEES.
LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY IT'S NOT
ENOUGH.
>> YOU TOLD ME THAT THE POLISH
STUDENTS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB,
THE PARENTS OF THE STUDENTS ARE
DOING A GREAT JOB, AND THE
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE
HELPING YOU A LOT.
STILL YOU SAY YOU NEED MORE?
>> WE HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR THESE
KIDS.
BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE
SLEEPING IN OUR ROOM WITH TEN
OR 20 PEOPLE ON A MATTRESS.
WE NEED MORE FINANCING.
TO GIVE THEM BREAKFAST, AND TO
GIVE THEM DINNERS.
IF THE NUMBER OF KIDS IN POLAND
GROW, THE SCHOOLS GROW BY ONE
FOLD.
IT'S A HUGE BURDEN.
POLAND IS NOT SUCH A WEALTHY
COUNTRY.
TO TAKE CARE OF IT BY
OURSELVES.
--
SCHOOLS HAD MASTERY TELLS ME
THAT HE THINKS THAT THE OTHER
EU COUNTRIES NEED TO STEP UP TO
HELP POLL AND FINANCIALLY.
AND THAT POLL AND THERE'S A LOT
TO FINANCE.
HERE HUGE LINES ARE SEEN EACH
DAY AS REFUGEES LINED UP FOR A
GOVERNMENT I.D. NUMBER.
LIKE A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
IN THE UNITED STATES IT
GUARANTEES THEM THE RIGHT TO
WORK, FREE HEALTH CARE, AND
EDUCATION.
AND FOR THE STUDENTS RECEIVING
THAT EDUCATION WILL STARTING IN
POLISH SCHOOL MAY FEEL LIKE
STARTING OVER THEY DON'T INTEND
TO --
LET THE CHALLENGE ALL THE.
BACK >> IF YOU DON'T WANT TO
LEARN YOU COULD LEARN.
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