03/07/2022
ORT America has launched an emergency campaign to raise funds for immediate humanitarian needs including food, water, medical supplies, and transportation for potential evacuation and relocation. You can donate directly here: https://bit.ly/Ukraine-ORT
ORT’s regional office is located in Kyiv, overseeing five schools and two affiliated schools in Ukraine – Zaporozhe, Dnipro, and Odessa in the eastern and southern regions; and Chernivtsi, Kyiv, and Belaya Tserkov in the north and west. In addition, ORT’s KesherNet training centers support predominantly unemployed women to learn new job skills and improve their economic status. After 25 years of building schools and training centers in Ukraine, there are now more than 8,000 people who rely on ORT as part of their daily lives. Since the start of the conflict, their lives have been upended with sounds and sirens, which go off very often.
All ORT schools in Ukraine are closed and mobility is limited. Most, like Ukrainian civilians across the entire country, are at home, trying to remain safe. Some left for Romania, Poland, and Moldova before and immediately after the fighting began, but now many roads are blocked and dangerous, preventing people from leaving. Shops and gas stations are closed and food is becoming scarce. Reports from the field say that lines to get into supermarkets are 200 people long and shelves are bare. The ORT School in Moldova is preparing to eventually accept ORT Ukraine refugees at their school and is arranging accommodations and necessities.
Read the full article: https://ortamerica.org/ort-america-launches-emergency-campaign-for-ukraine-conflict/
