Elżbieta Jarmulska, a feisty Polish entrepreneur, is the founder of the Women Take The Wheel Initiative to provide Ukrainian refugees with a ‘bubble of safety’. She says, ‘Those women have been through so much already, walking or driving their way through a war zone and now are exposed to fear and exploitation here? I have no words for what that must be like’. Elżbieta has recruited 650+ Polish ‘amazing women’, as she describes them, driving backwards and forwards as often as they can to the Polish-Ukrainian border, in order to offer refugees safe passage. They show their ID card and proof of residence to officials, before asking if anyone wanted a lift to Warsaw. The car is full in moments. Small children are given water, chocolate and motion-sickness tablets if they need them. The women are so relieved when they see they have a female driver to help them to safety.
Ukraine: Refugees’ ‘bubble of safety’
Written by David Fletcher 31 Mar 2022
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- Pray: for God to bless this and similar initiatives that prevent people smugglers and sex trade criminals exploiting vulnerable women and children. (Romans 15:13)
- More: www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60891801
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