On Prague university campus, Ukrainian families sing carols around Christmas tree

Record ID: 1703157

  • Title: On Prague university campus, Ukrainian families sing carols around Christmas tree
  • Date: 18th December 2022
  • Summary: PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC (DECEMBER 18, 2022) (REUTERS) FAMILIES OF UKRAINIAN REFUGEES GATHERED AROUND CHRISTMAS TREE, SINGING CHRISTMAS CAROLS VARIOUS OF WOMAN STANDING WITH CHILDREN, LISTENING WOMAN SHOWING SONGBOOK TO PEOPLE GATHERED VARIOUS OF WOMAN STANDING WITH CHILDREN VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND HEATER PLAYING INSTRUMENTS AND SINGING WOMEN DRINKING HOT DRINKS, LISTENING VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SINGING WOMEN AND CHILDREN DRINKING HOT DRINKS, LISTENING
  • Embargoed: 1st January 2023 17:47
  • Keywords: Christmas carolling Ukrainian refugees Ukrainians in Prague refugees in Prague war in Ukraine
  • Location: PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
  • City: PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
  • Country: Czech Republic
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe
  • Reuters ID: LVA001756418122022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:In the middle of a Prague university campus, Ukrainian women and children gathered around the Christmas tree to exchange gifts and sing Christmas carols on Sunday (December 18).
    After Russia invaded Ukraine in February, in what it calls a "special military operation", around 200 refugees found a new home in university dormitory rooms in the Czech capital.
    "There are 130 children living here and they are spending their Christmas not at home but at a strange dormitory, so we are just trying to make a little bit better for them," the event organiser Hana Hillerova-Harper told Reuters.
    She said people had donated toys and gifts for the kids through Facebook and WhatsApp groups.
    Many of the children living in the Czech university lodgings left their fathers and relatives back in Ukraine and the one wish they have is for the war to be over.
    “My greatest wish is for Ukraine to win,” 8-year-old Kira Bezrebra said.
    (Production: Jiri Skacel, Malgorzata Wojtunik)
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