Amid growing concerns about trafficking in women and children evacuated from Ukraine, in neighboring Poland there is a move for women to use their own cars to safely deliver those evacuated to their destinations. is spreading.
Ella Jarmorska, who lives near Warsaw, the capital of Poland, is continuing this effort.
Most of the people evacuating from the Ukrainian side are women and children, but there are also voices complaining that most of the transportation provided by the Polish border is male drivers. about it.
For this reason, Mr. Jalmorska started an activity to pick up and drop off only by women, and now more than 600 women recruited on SNS are participating in the activity.
Jarmorska and his colleagues are recruiting people who want to travel to Warsaw, about 400 kilometers away, by putting posters on their private cars that say "safe free transportation by women" at evacuation centers near the border.
The 15-year-old boy who got in Mr. Jarmorska's car showed a reassuring expression and said, "It's cool."
"It's scary to get in a man's car that you don't know. I'll keep holding the steering wheel to make you feel safer," said Jarmorska.