{"id":646,"date":"2016-07-01T10:13:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T09:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/?page_id=646"},"modified":"2023-02-28T20:49:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T19:49:23","slug":"friendship-links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/friendship-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Friendship Links"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The club has \u00a0links with the following clubs. We keep in contact via six monthly newsletters, zoom meetings and visits:<\/p>\n

SI Amber Valley \u2013 Derbyshire<\/a><\/p>\n

SI Krakow \u2013 Poland<\/a><\/p>\n

SI Lubeck \u2013 Germany<\/a><\/p>\n

SI Pune \u2013 India<\/a><\/p>\n

SI Solihull \u2013 West Midlands<\/a><\/p>\n

SI Waimea \u2013 New Zealand<\/a><\/p>\n

SI Waterland \u2013 Holland \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Zoom meeting – 1st Krakow Club\u00a0 October 2022<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

We met with our Friendship Link, the 1st SI Krakow Club, to hear about their support for and work with Ukrainian refugees coming to their city since the war started. We were delighted to welcome representatives from many Soroptimist clubs in the UK, Germany, Holland, and New Zealand as well as friends of the King\u2019s Lynn club and others interested in the work of SI Krakow.<\/p>\n

There were 3 presenters from Krakow: Katarzyna Brykowicz (former Union President), Ewa Fabisiewicz (incoming Club President) and Anna Wszelaczynska, (past President of SI Europe). They explained that when the war started and refugees arrived from across the border, the rail station was covered for support, but not the bus station. The Krakow club took food and drink to bus station (where they have now installed a chiller fridge for cool drinks and fresh food). They took hygiene items for the women and children and since have provided basic make-up to improve self-esteem.\u00a0 Many people come with little or nothing – exhausted, dirty, and frightened.<\/p>\n

Over 5.5 million people have fled over the Polish border to escape the war in Ukraine, 3 million have stayed in Poland, of whom 50% are children and of the rest, 95% are women with 10% being older women. The language and skills pattern differences make it difficult for the women to integrate into the work force, so SI Krakow decided that their role was to empower these women where possible and provide care and support to the families and help with education into the language, culture, and communities in Poland. Their work has included helping find accommodation, and medical care, getting children into school and language classes for both children and women, together with facilitating groups for the older women so they could meet each other and feel less isolated.<\/p>\n

SI Krakow are running a project to help new mothers and babies on birthing and breast feeding, with up to 26 specialists participating. This is to help women feel less isolated being away from the nuclear family. This has been accomplished through the hard work of club members and the donations from other Soroptimist clubs and organisations\/friends worldwide. Not all refugees are staying in the Krakow area, but the Soroptimists continue to offer support to those who continue to come over the border to escape from the ruined towns and active warfare.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The club has \u00a0links with the following clubs. We keep in contact via six monthly…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":752,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-646","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nFriendship Links | SI Kings Lynn | SIGBI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SIGBI : SI Kings Lynn : Friendship Links : SI Kings Lynn is part of a worldwide organisation of women, find more information regarding the Friendship Links here.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/friendship-links\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Friendship Links | SI Kings Lynn | SIGBI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SIGBI : SI Kings Lynn : Friendship Links : SI Kings Lynn is part of a worldwide organisation of women, find more information regarding the Friendship Links here.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/friendship-links\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SI Kings Lynn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-28T19:49:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/files\/2023\/02\/Krakow-ladies-300x225.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/friendship-links\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/friendship-links\/\",\"name\":\"Friendship Links | SI Kings Lynn | SIGBI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/friendship-links\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/friendship-links\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/files\/2023\/02\/Krakow-ladies-300x225.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-01T09:13:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-28T19:49:23+00:00\",\"description\":\"SIGBI : SI Kings Lynn : Friendship Links : SI Kings Lynn is part of a worldwide organisation of women, find more information regarding the Friendship Links here.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/friendship-links\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/friendship-links\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/friendship-links\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/files\/2023\/02\/Krakow-ladies.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/files\/2023\/02\/Krakow-ladies.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":768},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/friendship-links\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Friendship Links\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/\",\"name\":\"SI Kings Lynn\",\"description\":\"A Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Club website\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Friendship Links | SI Kings Lynn | SIGBI","description":"SIGBI : SI Kings Lynn : Friendship Links : SI Kings Lynn is part of a worldwide organisation of women, find more information regarding the Friendship Links here.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/friendship-links\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Friendship Links | SI Kings Lynn | SIGBI","og_description":"SIGBI : SI Kings Lynn : Friendship Links : SI Kings Lynn is part of a worldwide organisation of women, find more information regarding the Friendship Links here.","og_url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/friendship-links\/","og_site_name":"SI Kings Lynn","article_modified_time":"2023-02-28T19:49:23+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/files\/2023\/02\/Krakow-ladies-300x225.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/friendship-links\/","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/friendship-links\/","name":"Friendship Links | SI Kings Lynn | SIGBI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/friendship-links\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/friendship-links\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/files\/2023\/02\/Krakow-ladies-300x225.jpg","datePublished":"2016-07-01T09:13:25+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-28T19:49:23+00:00","description":"SIGBI : SI Kings Lynn : Friendship Links : SI Kings Lynn is part of a worldwide organisation of women, find more information regarding the Friendship Links here.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/friendship-links\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/friendship-links\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/friendship-links\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/files\/2023\/02\/Krakow-ladies.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/files\/2023\/02\/Krakow-ladies.jpg","width":1024,"height":768},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/friendship-links\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Friendship Links"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/","name":"SI Kings Lynn","description":"A Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Club website","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/752"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4942,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/646\/revisions\/4942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kings-lynn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}