The aid effort has largely been operated by volunteers, NGOs and municipalities.
Foreigners living in Poland have also extended a helping hand to people fleeing war-torn Ukraine.
Glenn Vanden Houten, regional director of the American Heart Association based in Warsaw, came up with an initiative to provide the refugees with large carrier bags to help them gather their belongings.
Glenn Vanden Houten, regional director of the American Heart Association based in Warsaw, has come up with an initiative to provide Ukrainian refugees with large carrier bags to help them gather their belongings. Photos owned by Glenn Vanden Houten
Employees from his company joined the initiative.
Bags for refugees. Photo courtesy of Glenn Vanden Houten
"I was moved by the images I saw from Ukraine," Glenn Vanden Houten told Radio Poland's Agnieszka Bielawska.
He added: "I went to the Warsaw Central Train Station to see how I could help. The refugees were getting food and supplies, but I noticed a lot of refugees were carrying multiple broken plastic shopping bags. It broke my heart to think of how they had to flee suddenly with just a few of their belongings in whatever they could carry - often shopping bags. That night I went home and found an IKEA bag and thought it would be perfect to put the smaller plastic bags in one large sturdy bag to carry.
"I made a sign in Ukrainian that said “BAGS for YOU” and started to walk around the train station handing them out and helping put their smaller bags into the IKEA bag. They were so grateful, I hope it, in some small way, made their travel journey easier.
"I’d love to have these bags, or something similar, available to every refugee who needs it. It is really making a difference."
Photos courtesy of Glenn Vanden Houten
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