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Ukranian refugee visiting for Rotherham

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exiled_in_manc said:
Morning all,

Just a quick update this morning. As the donations have continued to very kindly come in I justed wanted everyone to know that along with the gofundme we have also had some private donations.

This means all in all we are approaching £3,000!

We are absolutely blown away to receive this amount in the matter of 4 days, and can't wait till we present this to the family.

I was told last night that Nazar's Dad, currently still in Ukraine, has been conscripted to the army but is yet to take up arms. He is currently looking after the extended family, I'm assuming mostly older relatives, and is unable to work, like many others across the country as the it has ground to a halt obviously.

Nazar's mum has expressed how she wants to send some of the government grant money back to her husband to help them survive, and for context, each £100 equates to more or less a months wages where they are from.

So the money we have raised means that she can send 'that' money back to help her extended family, and the amazing amount we have raised will help to support the family here for many months to come.

Thanks again to everyone who has donated and all the kind words of support.

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Fantastic news Sunderland fans are a class act.
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exiled_in_manc said:
Indeed he did, he helped with the kids right through till kick off. He also let the kids choose a flag each to take home, amazing generosity. Dunno where my lad is going to put it like, its almost as big as me!

My son and I have volunteered to help with the flags next season as I know they have struggled for numbers 👍

@Doberman 🙏
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Gooch looks happier to meet the bairn than the bairn looks to meet gooch 🤣
 
When I initially read this thread I thought it said “Ukrainian referee !!!!! “ .


I was like mad that.


Sorry


Good look too the kid and family who are facing terrible circumstances from this disgusting war .
 
exiled_in_manc said:
To be fair, some of Gooch's family and friends were emptying their wallets and sticking donations into my pockets before we left the players lounge.

They spoke to us about what the lad had been through and were very welcoming to us. 🙂
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just had another read through the thread as i've had a fairly busy week. well played everyone for sorting this out, really thankful to anyone who helped out.
 
Swindon On Tour said:
Just donated and what an incredible act of kindness.

This place feels like home, you’ve made me welcome thus no surprises to what you have done for this this little lad.

To everyone involved this gives us a much needed boost that there are decent people in this World.
Take a bow my friends from the North 🙌⚽️
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This forum is superb for the things that really matter.
 
Grimes said:
Class mate, aye got a few games I can send down there nowt anything too recent like I haven’t used my Xbox in a while
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hi mate,

yep, it arrived yesterday and we are about to pop it round later this evening.

Wanted to get him an account set up and get it linked to my lads account, get some games installed etc.

If you have any games at all, any donations are more than welcome. Shall I PM you my address?

Cheers
 
exiled_in_manc said:
hi mate,

yep, it arrived yesterday and we are about to pop it round later this evening.

Wanted to get him an account set up and get it linked to my lads account, get some games installed etc.

If you have any games at all, any donations are more than welcome. Shall I PM you my address?

Cheers
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Yes mate go ahead I’ll try and get some sent either this weekend or early next week. Any games I shouldn’t send? Like grand theft auto :lol:
 
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