Divisional Situation Report - 08 March 2022
Ongoing Romania Division Activities:
- Last week, Lt. Andrei Fănică, Lt. Emil Ghenea and Captain Yanick Termignone, were in Siret near the border crossing handing out supplies, assistance and provided counselling.
- The Salvation Army Romania is coordinating social assistance volunteers at the refugee camp in Siret, Romania, supervised by Divisional Commander Captain Ionel Sandu. Siret is the busiest border crossing of Ukrainian refugees into Romania. There are about 240 refugees daily at the camp entering and exiting while the government to process their documents for entering the EU and/or seeking asylum status. 380 stayed overnight.
- 4 TSA volunteers worked the camp Saturday and Sunday. Then will rotate out with other social workers and volunteers.
- Today Captain Alex Tanasie and Lt. Nicolae Dumitru, with a volunteer, will arrive at the Siret border to meet incoming refugees crossing into Romania. They will stay for 2 days and rotate with another team.
- About 50+ refugees per day are being given water, snacks, hygiene kits, supplies, blankets, SIM cards, and/or emotional and spiritual counselling.
- Iasi Corps has sheltered 35 refugee families (110 individuals). Many are only staying one night, and then continuing further away.
- Ploiesti Corps has hosted 6 families (17 persons).
- Buzau Corps has 1 family (4 persons) staying overnight ongoing, they are also volunteering for the corps now.
- Anti-human trafficking materials being prepared and communicated to refugees, handouts with Salvation Army contacts as they try to navigate assistance in Europe.
- Over 250 flyers of awareness and prevention have been handed out to refugees, and other NGOs working in contact with refugees, warning of potential dangers of trafficking, 3 cases that we are aware of were saved directly from these warnings, it’s not known exactly how many more have also been prevented from the dangers.
Photos and videos can be found on social media and Flickr:flickr.com/armatasalvariiromaniaMap of work in Romania:https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1EjlpCSE0nRbgtfnAGlGStBnW2FXp8sd4Donations:Sprijiniți Refugiații Ucraineni - Armata Salvării România (armatasalvarii.ro)Volunteer:Voluntar - Armata Salvării România (armatasalvarii.ro)Contact information:[email protected]
