{"id":4803,"date":"2022-02-28T21:23:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T20:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/?p=4803"},"modified":"2022-05-12T14:37:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T13:37:23","slug":"supporting-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/2022\/02\/28\/supporting-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SI Bridgend joins with SIGBI in recognising the distress of all women and girls in Ukraine. We wish to express our sympathy and our hope that the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 will be put into play by the UN. Read the full SIGBI statement at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/2022\/sigbi-statement-on-women-in-the-ukraine\/\">https:\/\/sigbi.org\/2022\/sigbi-statement-on-women-in-the-ukraine\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2022\/04\/220308-Ukrainian-heart-and-sunflowers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4804\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2022\/04\/220308-Ukrainian-heart-and-sunflowers-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2022\/04\/220308-Ukrainian-heart-and-sunflowers-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2022\/04\/220308-Ukrainian-heart-and-sunflowers.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Bridgend Soroptimists have also been supporting the people of Ukraine initially through the humanitarian aid convoys, collecting toiletries, clothing, blankets and other essential items for onward distribution to people in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>As a club, SI Bridgend has also donated \u00a3500 through the Disaster Emergency Committee which is co-ordinating financial assistance to ensure the right provision of goods and services reaches those who need it as quickly as possible. This donation was increased to \u00a3750 by a generous donation from Immediate Past President\u00a0 Sharon\u2019s son, Liam\u2019s company.<\/p>\n<p>Further funds are being raised by selling\u00a0 yellow and blue sunflowers and hearts crocheted by members Helen and Rayner. It is hoped that monies raised will be\u00a0 directed through Soroptimist clubs in Poland and other countries neighbouring Ukraine to help provide on-the-ground support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SI Bridgend joins with SIGBI in recognising the distress of all women and girls in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":802,"featured_media":4808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,230],"tags":[169,224,13,223],"class_list":["post-4803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","category-club-news-2021-2022","tag-bridgend-soroptimists","tag-humanitairian-aid","tag-si-bridgend","tag-ukraine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Supporting Ukraine | News | Blog | Events | SI Bridgend and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Bridgend and District : Blog &amp; News : Supporting Ukraine : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Bridgend and District . 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