Poland World Central Kitchen -- USAGM
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- Poland World Central Kitchen -- USAGM
- March 18, 2022
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- Language English
- Transcript/Script English Poland World Central Kitchen HEADLINE: Aid Group Welcomes Ukrainian Refugees With Hot Meal in Poland TEASER: World Central Kitchen offers Ukrainians fleeing war with what it says is an essential first response — food PUBLISHED AT: 3/28/2022: 3:25 p.m. BYLINE: Myroslava Gongadze CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Medyka, Poland VIDEOGRAPHER: VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: Bowman, Reifenrath VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA original PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 3;39 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES:)) ((INTRODUCTION)) In just three weeks, amid Russia's onslaught, an estimated 3 million Ukrainians have fled to neighboring countries including Poland, where herculean efforts are underway to feed and care for the new arrivals. VOA’s Myroslava Gongadze reports from Medyka, a Polish town along the border with Ukraine. ((NARRATOR)) Ukrainian-born Oleksiy is 17. When fighting broke out in Ukraine’s Donbas region in 2014, an American family from the state of Missouri adopted Oleksiy and his sisters from a Donetsk orphanage. He recently returned to the region with his dad to help relieve the pain of Ukrainians who fled to Poland to escape the carnage of the Russian invasion. ((Oleksiy, Volunteer From Missouri)) “I'm just here doing my part and helping Ukraine because to me it's my home, my original home. I got to the U.S. right about when the war started. So a couple of weeks after we had left the war in Donetsk broke out. … I was already adopted by that point, so technically I kind of escaped the war before it ever came to me … and now I'm just here trying to, you know, actually taking time away from my, you know, job and this and that from the United States and helping out.” ((NARRATOR)) He volunteers with World Central Kitchen, an organization that operates at eight border crossing points between Poland and Ukraine, and that began serving hot meals within hours of the initial invasion. Its operations extend to other neighboring nations, including Hungary, Moldova and Romania. Anna Bornstein, who heads World Central Kitchen’s relief operations, says hot meals are an essential first response for refugees. ((Anna Bornstein, World Central Kitchen)) “They kind of recognize that blue flag and know that there's something there waiting for them, some comforting meal, something that can be a grounding moment in this really chaotic journey. … We'll be here as long as we're needed. That's what we do. We show up immediately. We believe that food is a human right, and it is an urgent right. People, when they're hungry and when they're in crisis, they need food now.” ((NARRATOR)) To maintain supplies of fresh food, World Central Kitchen works with local restaurants, caterers and food trucks. In addition to hot meals, it is distributing bulk food products, including produce and dry goods, to partners in Ukraine to help ease the strain on the country’s food supply chain. ((Anna Bornstein, World Central Kitchen)) “We're here in Poland, so the support and assistance that Poland and the Polish people are providing has been incredible to see. And then we're seeing volunteers from all over the world be here at Medyka just crossing. There's tents, there's organizations, there's medical groups, there's people providing all kinds of services, taking time off traveling from all corners of the globe to come work with us and work here to support the people that are coming over the border.” ((NARRATOR)) This family just crossed the border, having fled from Borodynka, a bombed-out village near Kyiv. ((Nvar, Ukrainian Refugee)) “The rockets hit our village, and we did not even know about it because we did not have connection. Next day I went to the center of the village and discovered it.” ((NARRATOR)) Nvar is Armenian. His family settled in Ukraine when Russia occupied part of Georgia in 2008. ((Nvar, Ukrainian Refugee)) “Armenian, Georgian and Ukrainian.” ((NARRATOR)) Fourteen years later, they’ve become refugees in Poland, not knowing where they will sleep next. Nvar and his family are among 1.9 million people who crossed the border to Poland since the war began on February 24th. Poland has mobilized to provide shelter while also giving Ukrainians the right to work and education. Kristina Kvien, the acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, visited the border checkpoint at Medyka. She said that the outpouring of help from private and international organizations has been astounding. The ambassador underscored America’s commitment to Ukraine. ((Kristina Kvien, Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine)) "The U.N. organizations are now set up and starting to work as well, but until then the United States has been sending things in both on the humanitarian side on the security assistance side since day one. Myroslava Gongadze, VOA News, Medyka, Poland.
- Transcript/Script Poland World Central Kitchen HEADLINE: Aid Group Welcomes Ukrainian Refugees With Hot Meal in Poland TEASER: World Central Kitchen offers Ukrainians fleeing war with what it says is an essential first response — food PUBLISHED AT: 3/28/2022: 3:25 p.m. BYLINE: Myroslava Gongadze CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Medyka, Poland VIDEOGRAPHER: VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: Bowman, Reifenrath VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA original PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 3;39 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES:)) ((INTRODUCTION)) In just three weeks, amid Russia's onslaught, an estimated 3 million Ukrainians have fled to neighboring countries including Poland, where herculean efforts are underway to feed and care for the new arrivals. VOA’s Myroslava Gongadze reports from Medyka, a Polish town along the border with Ukraine. ((NARRATOR)) Ukrainian-born Oleksiy is 17. When fighting broke out in Ukraine’s Donbas region in 2014, an American family from the state of Missouri adopted Oleksiy and his sisters from a Donetsk orphanage. He recently returned to the region with his dad to help relieve the pain of Ukrainians who fled to Poland to escape the carnage of the Russian invasion. ((Oleksiy, Volunteer From Missouri)) “I'm just here doing my part and helping Ukraine because to me it's my home, my original home. I got to the U.S. right about when the war started. So a couple of weeks after we had left the war in Donetsk broke out. … I was already adopted by that point, so technically I kind of escaped the war before it ever came to me … and now I'm just here trying to, you know, actually taking time away from my, you know, job and this and that from the United States and helping out.” ((NARRATOR)) He volunteers with World Central Kitchen, an organization that operates at eight border crossing points between Poland and Ukraine, and that began serving hot meals within hours of the initial invasion. Its operations extend to other neighboring nations, including Hungary, Moldova and Romania. Anna Bornstein, who heads World Central Kitchen’s relief operations, says hot meals are an essential first response for refugees. ((Anna Bornstein, World Central Kitchen)) “They kind of recognize that blue flag and know that there's something there waiting for them, some comforting meal, something that can be a grounding moment in this really chaotic journey. … We'll be here as long as we're needed. That's what we do. We show up immediately. We believe that food is a human right, and it is an urgent right. People, when they're hungry and when they're in crisis, they need food now.” ((NARRATOR)) To maintain supplies of fresh food, World Central Kitchen works with local restaurants, caterers and food trucks. In addition to hot meals, it is distributing bulk food products, including produce and dry goods, to partners in Ukraine to help ease the strain on the country’s food supply chain. ((Anna Bornstein, World Central Kitchen)) “We're here in Poland, so the support and assistance that Poland and the Polish people are providing has been incredible to see. And then we're seeing volunteers from all over the world be here at Medyka just crossing. There's tents, there's organizations, there's medical groups, there's people providing all kinds of services, taking time off traveling from all corners of the globe to come work with us and work here to support the people that are coming over the border.” ((NARRATOR)) This family just crossed the border, having fled from Borodynka, a bombed-out village near Kyiv. ((Nvar, Ukrainian Refugee)) “The rockets hit our village, and we did not even know about it because we did not have connection. Next day I went to the center of the village and discovered it.” ((NARRATOR)) Nvar is Armenian. His family settled in Ukraine when Russia occupied part of Georgia in 2008. ((Nvar, Ukrainian Refugee)) “Armenian, Georgian and Ukrainian.” ((NARRATOR)) Fourteen years later, they’ve become refugees in Poland, not knowing where they will sleep next. Nvar and his family are among 1.9 million people who crossed the border to Poland since the war began on February 24th. Poland has mobilized to provide shelter while also giving Ukrainians the right to work and education. Kristina Kvien, the acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, visited the border checkpoint at Medyka. She said that the outpouring of help from private and international organizations has been astounding. The ambassador underscored America’s commitment to Ukraine. ((Kristina Kvien, Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine)) "The U.N. organizations are now set up and starting to work as well, but until then the United States has been sending things in both on the humanitarian side on the security assistance side since day one. Myroslava Gongadze, VOA News, Medyka, Poland.
- NewsML Media Topics Conflict, War and Peace
- Topic Tags Poland Kitchen
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date March 18, 2022 15:50 EDT
- Description English In just three weeks, amid Russia's onslaught, an estimated 3 million Ukrainians have fled to neighboring countries including Poland, where herculean efforts are underway to feed and care for the new arrivals. VOA’s Myroslava Gongadze reports from Medyka, a Polish town along the border with Ukraine.
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English