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Axarquia con Ucrania receive € 400 donation from 41 Club Nerja
On Nerja ’ s famous Balcon de Europa 41 Club Nerja Chairman , Peter MacLeod presents a € 400 donation to Gareth Arnold , a key helper at the Charity Axarquia con Ucrania . Looking on ( as well as the King !) is Yana , a Ukrainian refugee who arrived in Nerja two months ago with her daughter and more than fifty others on the locally organised and driven bus .
Chairman Peter ( who with another member of 41 Club Nerja is hosting a refugee family ) said how pleased he was to make this contribution to help Axarquia con Ucrania ’ s excellent work . “ This was a difficult ongoing crisis for innocent people that will take a long time to resolve .” he added .
While thanking Peter and 41 Club Nerja for their donation Gareth said how grateful he was to so many people and organisations for their amazing support . “ It ’ s not just the financial help ”, he explained , “ But things like the local papers and magazines who have been so generous with their support too . It ’ s all meant ”, Gareth went on “ That Axarquia con Ucrania has been able to provide our refugee friends not only with homes to stay in and to cover their basic daily needs , but also very importantly , to help them become independent . In the short term things like getting jobs , but they will also need support to address some difficult decisions about their longer term options ”.
Yana also wanted to say a personal and heartfelt thanks . She wrote “ I know I speak for us all when I thank the people of Nerja for their warm welcome and all the people who have helped so much , the bus driver , Gareth and his team , as well as dentists , nurses , social services , the Town Hall , the Police and everyone who has helped us keep our children safe ”.
If you can offer any help or want to make a donation to Axarquia con Ucrania please get in touch . You can email them at help . ukraine . nerja @ gmail . com Donations can be made at www . gofund . me / 8473ee5e . They are also on Facebook .
You can find out more about 41 Club Nerja by visiting their website www . 41clubnerja . org . Or email them at 41 @ 41clubnerga . org , they too are on Facebook .
Chairman Peter can be contacted by telephone on 0034 678 059 288 . Publicity Officer Steve Ryan is on 0044 7546 402770 .