LUBLIN, Poland–In some single rooms, there are three families sharing limited space and bunk beds. In the hallways, clothes hang on racks to dry. There is a shared bathroom on each floor. And everyone who lives there is thankful to have it.
During CUToday.info’s week-long visit with credit unions in Poland as part of a trip organized by the Via Stella Foundation, a tour was given of what is known as Refugee House, an apartment building that is home to more than 100 Ukrainian refugee women and children (men are not allowed to leave Ukraine and are expected to assist in the war effort, unless there are extenuating circumstances).
Among those that have been providing assistance to Refugee House almost from the time the war with Russia began is a local credit union, Skok Chmielewskiego, which on the day CUToday.info visited supplied bags of school supplies and games for the children.