Small village of Tudora becomes hub for Ukrainian refugees

04.03.2022: While the Moldovan government is asking for admission to the European Union, thousands of Ukrainian refugees continue to stream across the border near Palanca every day, where our colleagues have been working for days.

The hub of first aid for Ukrainian refugees is the CONCORDIA multi-functional centre in the small village of Tudora

The nearest village to the Palanca border crossing is called Tudora. It is the place where CONCORDIA has been supporting the impoverished rural population for many years. The houses in Tudora are half-ruined and often abandoned, the living conditions of those left behind alarming. Very few have running water. Those who live here are mainly old people with children whose parents have gone abroad to secure at least the minimum for the family.

And now suddenly there is a lot going on in Tudora: and the only social institution in the village - our multi-functional centre, has also become a supply centre for the many desperate Ukrainian refugees. Many of them had to hold out for many hours in the cold at the border.

"There are no benches, no chairs. The authorities have promised to build a covered tunnel to protect them from rain and snow, but this has not happened yet. Many refugees have no hats, no gloves and are freezing while they wait for their turn. The least we can do is give them something warm," says Veronica, the manager of the CONCORDIA multi-functional centre in Tudora.

At the moment, all the villagers and all the volunteers are involved in helping through our centre in Tudora. Everyone who can in some way helps. "We are helping with everything we have, but soon we will have nothing left. Today, every house in Tudora is full." - Veronica adds, expressing not only the great prevailing willingness to help, but also the worries of the people in Moldova: "People are worried, but we advise them not to believe everything they hear. The whole village is afraid that war could break out on us so close to the border."

Currently, we have already housed over 120 Ukrainian refugees in CONCORDIA homes in Moldova.

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Ongoing information on our relief efforts for refugees from Ukraine can be found here:

How CONCORDIA social projects are helping in the Urkaine crisis.