Gesture of support: Ukrainians in New York give out free grocery sets

Volunteers distribute food packages to residents of Ukrainian communities who need attention and support in a pandemic. Residents of East Village have already received 40 food packages, and Brooklyn is next in turn. The publication shared the details "Voice of America" in your video.

Ukrainian Maria Soroka - volunteer of a public organization Razom. The latter was founded during the “Revolution of Dignity” by Ukrainians living in the United States.

From the very beginning of the pandemic, the organization’s volunteers actively helped doctors in Ukraine, providing them with personal protective equipment. But later it became clear that the Ukrainian community in New York needed help.

Now that New York is at the epicenter of a pandemic, the Ukrainian community needs support more than ever. “There is a community in the Ukrainian village in the East Village, there are also many Ukrainians living in Brooklyn, Staten Island, New Jersey who want to feel that they have not been forgotten,” Maria said.

For this purpose, the initiative “Encouraging packages” appeared. Ukrainians who need help in a pandemic can contact the organization to receive it. An application can be issued both for yourself and for friends who need attention and care.

Part of the Ukrainian community lives in the East Village, or "Eastern Village". The Ukrainians themselves call it "Ukrainian village". Most of the representatives of the Ukrainian community are elderly people. They are at risk, and have been staying at home for more than a week so as not to contract the coronavirus. Therefore, they were especially grateful for the help and support.

According to Soroka, the food packages they distribute to Ukrainians are more of a gesture of support. “In fact, it only allows us to show that we are, that we support each other's arcs,” she said. - The people to whom we brought these packages are us fifty years later. And they, too, once called senior people, somehow supported them. And now it so happens that they are that category of people. "

On the subject: Taras Shevchenko Place in New York: how 'little Ukraine' lives in downtown Manhattan

Representatives of the Razom organization have already delivered 40 packages of products. Each family received dumplings, cabbage rolls, borsch and donuts. Volunteers ordered food in Ukrainian restaurants of Vostochny Selo in order to support them at the same time.

The volunteers plan to go with support to Brooklyn, where more than 10 families are waiting for them.