30/12/2022
Dear friends, this morning a very patronising lady went to Stella Maris Ukranian Refugees Centre. She got a young boy to drop of a few bags of clothes and when the volunteer very politely stated that they are full of clothes, she made a scene in the street shouting "never again"! The volunteer was very apologetic, but sincerely stated there is simply, physically, no more room for clothes.
To add insult to injury, she went on a post on the Ukrainian Refugees in Malta page and had a go at them there, stating that some of the clothes were "with tags" (which by the way was her chouce not to wear them). How blooming patronising and arrogant. Stating, on their page the "never again", as though inciting others to never help again. Bad, bad, idea and bad, bad timing, now that there is a SUPER URGENT NEED FOR FOOD!
Some 70 families visit the centres for food every day, and with the war becoming more vicious, as you all can see from the news, more and more people are leaving their bombshells homes coming here, every single
day. Three ladies are heavily pregnant running away with young children in tow.
So yes! They need food.
They have a houseful of clothes, but no food. Get it lady? No food.
And yes, please, if you are such a touchy person, who took umbrage at a very polite refusal of your spring cleaning, then take it elsewhere and refrain from using social media to vent. It can be very harmful to these vulnerable people. Other people have very nicely accepted their kind refusal. Some even came back with boxes of food.
There is no place for childish umbrage in helping others. We need to be strong. We need to pull our socks up, to beg for help, to dedicate hours of work and use all God gave us to be of use to those in need, to the suffering, that we may somehow alleviate their pain and reinstall some semblance of dignity they lose in these appalling situations.
Rant over.
Slava Ukraini!
PS. Don't stop helping me help. With deepest gratitude.