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The PCPM Foundation runs Kenya's largest firefighter training program. Thanks to the Foundation's project. More than 60 percent of all firefighters in the country have been trained, A total of more than PLN 14 million has already been invested in Kenya through this project.
- Many people do not have access to a doctor because clinics were destroyed in the earthquake. Almost half of the town of Türkoğlu, where I worked, is destroyed - says Hanna Ruta, a Poland Emergency Medical Team PCPM medic. Thousands of people in Turkey still need help.
Collapsed buildings, broken roofs and trees. This is the view that PCPM Foundation volunteers saw as they reached frontline villages in the Zaporizhia region of Ukraine. The residents of the region need all the help they can get.
The Polish Center for International Aid (PCPM) helped refugees from Ukraine who found a safe place in Lublin and the surrounding area. This was accomplished with financial support from UNHCR. Last year cash assistance was provided to 4075 families in Lubelskie Voivodeship. In addition, the PCPM Foundation renovated eight accommodation places where refugees from Ukraine lived.
The escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, has led to a huge humanitarian crisis, which is the biggest challenge in the history of the PCPM Foundation. It is also a challenge for all of us in Poland. For since the first hours, we have been helping as we can those from Ukraine who have found refuge in our country, but also those who have chosen to stay in their war-stricken homeland. A year ago, we were awakened in the morning by a phone call from PCPM colleagues in Kharkiv...
