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euros), support to refugees abroad (more than 2.1 million) and internally displaced persons (more than 1 million), educational programs and activities for children and youth (about 600 thousand euros), the special emergency plan to cope with winter (more than 1 million) as well as general support (cash aid to affected communities, essential medicines, vehicles, field kitchens, food, clothes, tents, blankets, totaling 3.5 million) and other specific forms of aid (about 1 million) to manage such a complex situation. The international solidarity and direct commitment on the ground by the Salesian Family, which began a year ago, continues today. "We want to bring aid as close as possible to the border, where most of the villages have been destroyed, houses have been burned and people are living assembled in shelters. They need help," says Fr. Józef Nuckowski, SDB, as he leads a convoy of aid collected through the generosity of the Salesian Family from around the world. "It is thanks to you that we can get this aid this far." "Really, everything has been destroyed. Every building has been hit, no one has been left untouched," Fr. Nuckowski notes bitterly again as he arrived in Luch, not far from Kherson in southern Ukraine. "We have experienced the full harshness of the war since its beginning," says one of the 55 people still living in the village, which has been a battleground between the Russian and Ukrainian armies. "We just hope that all this will end well, that we can rebuild our village and live in peace." Photo by ANS Photo by REUTERS 13 April - Ġunju 2023 hajja