Essex/England – Freemasons and local Charity aid thousands of Children in Ukraine

(by editorial board, Your Harlow, 25th August 2024)

A momentous fundraising effort lead by Essex Freemason Steve Bryuel, (Orsett Lodge) and Get Started Art resulted in the delivery of 10,000 Art Therapy Books and over 1000 Colouring Sets to schools and children’s groups in Irpin and Bucha. The books, which were designed by another Essex Freemason Dave Barton, (Get Started Art) to feature the colours of the Ukrainian flag and translated, have been delivered to schools throughout the region by directors of Ensign Bus. This is part of their logistical support initiative to provide aid and relief to the war-torn country.

At least 487 children have been killed and 954 injured since the war began, according to the U.N. Human Rights Office’s monitoring mission in Ukraine.

More than 5,000 children in Bucha and Irpin are now studying in rebuilt schools, including the Irpin school, which was 70 per cent destroyed and whose restoration was funded by the European Union.

Now, this school is fully operational and provides 1,700 students, including children of internally displaced people, with full-time education.

Kindergarten Rūta will be another of the beneficiaries of the Masonic incentive, after the heavily damaged kindergarten emerged anew from the aftermath of Russian aggression. Supported by over 4,9 million euros from the Fund for…

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