It is not easy to experience the invasion and war thousands of kilometers away, as is happening to many Ukrainians. And much less for minors in that country who are in a similar situation. These days, some of these little ones have had to explain to their classmates what is happening in their country. This is the case of Alina: she lives in Viladecans, in Barcelona, but she is of Ukrainian origin. Tell what it’s like to sleep in a shelter.
“My family is right now taking refuge in a bunker for any explosion there may be,” he details. A colleague asks: “But if they are in the bunker, their houses, what?“. Alina replies: “There are times when, in the morning, or at lunchtime, they let them go.” She has also taken her mother, a Ukrainian, to the classroom to clear up her doubts about the conflict. Do you feel that they are invading your country?”, they have asked.
Alina’s mother answers bluntly: “A lot of impotence, a lot of fear, because today you are fine but tomorrow an enemy will come, enters your house and takes everything away from you”. In the class, there are plenty of hands raised to express their doubts about this conflict. “Students are concerned and they want to know,” says Fernando Rodríguez, a teacher at Colegio Sagrada Familia where Alina and her mother gave a talk.
The same support they give to Danil his schoolmates in Fuenlabrada (Madrid), very concerned that he will not be able to contact his grandparents in Kiev. “They’re in a bunker and they don’t have an internet connection and we can’t video call them or anything.” With just a few years, they do not lack (curiosity) empathy and solidarity with those who suffer this war that also worries them.
Source: Lasexta
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