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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, meeting with UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, British actor Orlando Bloom, who promised to support the country in rebuilding infrastructure for children. As the Ukrainian

Actor Orlando Bloom, UNICEF ambassador, met with Zelensky

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, meeting with UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, British actor Orlando Bloom, who promised to support the country in rebuilding infrastructure for children.

As the Ukrainian president announced on his website on Monday, the protagonist of The Lord of the Rings will promote the arrival of “humanitarian aid and infrastructure reconstruction projects aimed at ensuring the interests of minor Ukrainians”.

“Among the priorities development of a system of family care for children left without parental care, creating infrastructure for the development of early childhood, as well as expanding the opportunities for youth projects and entrepreneurs (“start-ups”),” Zelensky added.

At a meeting with the head of the Ukrainian state, the protagonist of Pirates of the Caribbean stressed that he “I am impressed by the courage and resilience of Ukrainians who, despite the war, remain strong.

Zelensky thanked the actor for the visit and work for UNICEF, which represents an “important message”. It is very important for us,” he stressed, “that the world knows what is happening in Ukraine during the war.”

He also emphasized the importance create a safe environment for Ukrainian children, both for those who are in the country and for those whom the war forced to leave it.

The Ukrainian president also asked Bloom to lead his efforts to provide bomb shelters for Ukrainian schools.

“Of course, providing schools with bomb shelters is a huge problem. During the war, material support for such initiatives is of particular importance to us,” he added.

The meeting with the British actor was attended by Zelensky, head of the President’s Office, Andrey Ermak; Adviser and Commissioner of the President for Children’s Rights, Daria Gerasimchukand the Ukrainian team of UNICEF, headed by the Head of the Representative Office of the Fund in Ukraine, Murad Shahin.

During his visit to Ukraine Orlando Bloom visited the cities of Kyiv and Irpin, as well as the city of Demidov near Kiev, “Where he saw the terrible consequences of the war that has been going on in our country for more than a year,” Zelensky said.

Orlando Bloom, for his part, explained that he visited one of the schools in Irpen, already equipped with a bomb shelter, which, according to him, it is part of the “type of projects important to UNICEF”.

The meeting participants also discussed return of Ukrainian children deported to Russia occupiers, and in this sense, Zelensky asked UNICEF to help the country solve this problem.

Barely 324 out of at least 16,200 children Those estimated to have been deported and detained by Russia have so far returned to Ukraine, with families, volunteer funds and the state looking at each case on a case-by-case basis, with no single mechanism for their repatriation, the Save Ukraine Humanitarian Foundation said. .

(EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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