Oksana Soloshenko knows this, and is moved: «I see that you Sardinians are moving to help us Ukrainians, that you are sending money, medicines and clothes, that you are organizing to receive those who flee your country invaded by the Russians. Thank you: you are special ». In Cagliari for three years, where she married a Sardinian, Oksana, 45, is one of the women who relieve us of the care for our elderly and non self-sufficient family members. He cries for his Ukraine, smiles for the solidarity from the Sardinians: not only that expressed in words, "however important", but also with actions.
A contest of altruism
Dozens of initiatives are used to collect aid, even in the smallest towns on the island. "We receive phone calls from people who, in order to provide shelter for the incoming Ukrainian refugees, make available a room in their house, or a cottage by the sea or a vacant apartment." Sergio Piredda, president of the regional committee of the Italian Red Cross, as a Sardinian knows the generosity of the Sardinians, "but it is so much, it is moving". Even at the Curia of Cagliari there is an organization to host those fleeing the conflict. The Red Cross prepares an agreement with pharmacies so that customers can pay for drugs to be shipped to Ukraine.
