March 30th – SI Soroptimist Southern England Region (SISE) Ukraine Donation
Today Weybridge & District Soroptimists generously donated £1010 to Soroptimist Southern Region (SISE) Ukraine Fund. All southern regional clubs donated before March 30th. The overall regional sums collected will now be distributed to SI local Clubs in Lviv in Ukraine and Chisinau in Moldova where soroptimists are actively helping local displaced Ukrainan families in Ukraine and nearby locations with food and medicines. A SISE club member has recently visited these clubs to see the valuable work soroptimists have been and continue to do on the ground since the war started.
Generous individual club members have been helping with incredible neighbourly support, food donation and assistance with job search to a local family in Weybridge who are housing a significant number of Ukraine family members. Others are helping with organised community shipments from Walton on Thames with cash, food and sundries as direct action. The Club agreed to use club charity funds for authenticated charity organisations only at this stage on the Treasurer’s request pending any SIGBI or SISE directives. Members are able to best judge best use of their time, assistance and donations.
Elmbridge CAN a local refugee charity selected for SIWAD community support in 2022 have also been supported by some members in aiding a housed family with kitchen items.