“The tireless needle” made his promise, act. He worked hard and within a few days managed to prepare the blankets and hats intended for the refugee children of the war, which continues in Ukraine.
The “love seamstresses”, the volunteer women who created the group “The tireless needle”, today, handed over their precious gifts to the members of the Ukrainian community in Thessaloniki, hoping to quickly warm up the children who were found from one moment to the next, on the road.
“I tremble with emotion and joy, they are so beautiful what they made for our children, the ladies from the tireless needle”, pointed out, speaking to the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency, the member of the Board of the Ukrainian-Greek Initiative Association of Thessaloniki, Ina Galanina added, “It is really wonderful what they did for us, with so much love. We are all excited with the support of the Greeks and we hope that this terrible war will end soon. “
“These are things that were made with love and we hope that this love will be carried by the refugee children”, said the founder of the group “The tireless needle” Kiki Tsichita excitedly to APE-MPE and explained that, “ten women participated in it the effort, as we had to immediately hand over the blankets and hats “.
“They have not stopped supporting us for a minute, we have received large quantities of medicines and clothes. “But we have a great need for long-lasting food, especially from eastern Ukraine, where shelves and shops are empty and we need pasta flour, sugar, salt and canned food,” said Alexandra Chiupek.
The “tireless needle” has a new goal, to make as many Ukrainian flags of any size as possible. “People come and ask us for flags and unfortunately we do not have them. “So we asked if it was possible for the ladies to make us out of the ‘tireless needle’ and they accepted immediately,” said Ms. Galania and Kiki Tsichita, adding that this is something they can easily do with great pleasure and will inform immediately. their team members.
It is recalled that, in the group “The tireless needle” that was created a year ago, about 110 women have been registered, but the basic and permanently active nucleus is about 20-30 members. The ladies who participate are from different cities of Greece and using social media, they communicate and coordinate the whole process.
The majority of the volunteers are engaged in sewing as amateurs and participate by making various constructions from fabric that they have agreed on. Some others help in the collection and packaging of the items, others in their delivery. There are also many people, mostly friends of members but also companies, who are not involved in sewing, but offer to help in other ways, donate fabrics and packaging materials or send gifts to children, which are delivered by these excellent “love seamstresses” », Together with their constructions.
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