An image captured by Italian photojournalist Francesco Malavolta went viral online for showing a line of strollers that were left at the Polish border for Ukrainian parents fleeing from the Russian invasion of their country. Each stroller is a different size and type, and some have reportedly been left with various baby supplies to further help moms who had to flee with almost nothing as millions of people evacuate.
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This act of kindness from the Polish people caught eyes around the world, with the photo standing out as a beautiful sight among all the ugliness coming out of Ukraine due to Vladimir Putin’s actions.
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“Strollers left at the station for women arriving from Ukraine with babies,” Malavolta wrote.
In addition to snapping the photo, Malavolta told TODAY that he spoke with some of the folks who left strollers, many of them being mothers themselves or involved with associations that help mothers in Poland.
“I spoke to one of them saying she was happy to have left her stroller and some clothes at the nearby school out of solidarity with the incoming people from Ukraine,” he said.
“The arriving women had left their strollers in Ukraine to speed up the journey and because many of (the women) were traveling without husbands because they remained fighting.”
Many people in countries around the world have been moved to help the refugees fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In Slovakia, volunteers jumped to help an 11-year-old boy who was put on a train alone, making the 600-mile journey solo. His mother had to stay behind to care for her own mom, who is too sick to leave. His story was so inspiring that he caught the attention of the Slovakian Interior Minister, who spoke with the boy personally.
Malavolta further said that he was inspired to take the photo due to the strange fact that there were no people around them. Otherwise, the train platform was crowded with refugees and people greeting them.
“While two meters away there were miles of people. It seemed surreal,” he said. “I thought of them both … about the solidarity of those who brought the strollers and the dramatic stories of mothers fleeing the war.”
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Over 2.3 million Ukrainians have reportedly fled from their country, with Poland taking in a huge chunk of these people — around 1.3 million, according to Greek migration minister Notis Mitarachi, who is working to transfer some of these refugees to Greece.
Elsewhere, people are sending money to refugee organizations as well as many words of solidarity from all around the globe.
*First Published: March 10, 2022, 11:27 am
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