ІСТОРІЯ НАШОГО ПРОЕКТУ
Своїми зусиллями ми зібрали значну суму допомоги. Ми дуже раді допомогти. Завдяки згадкам в Інтернеті про нас дізнається все більше людей. Дякуємо всім, хто підтримує наш проект. Разом ми сила.
March 2022
GARAGE COLLECTION POINT
Goscha Zaranska aus Killwangen sammelt Hilfsgüter für Menschen aus der Ukraine. Sie ist überwältigt, was ihr Aufruf bewirkt hat.
May 2022
VIDEO CONFERENCE – POLISH PROFESSIONAL WOMEN NETWORK IN SWITZERLAND
Spontaniczna zbiórka Gosi, zorganizowana w celu wsparcia uchodźców z Ukrainy, zapoczątkowała cały łańcuch wydarzeń, których zwieńczeniem jest "Free Shop in Killwangen"
April 2022
BLICK TV – WE ARE ON NATIONAL SWISS TV NEWS
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April 2022
DIEBE RÄUMEN IN KILLWANGEN AUTOS AUS
Einmal mehr wurden Autos ausgeräumt. Diesmal geschieht das Ganze in Killwangen. Eine Autobesitzerin hat ausnahmsweise ihr Auto statt in der Garage auf dem Vorplatz parkiert. Weil die Garage voll ist mit Hilfsgütern für die Ukraine.
March 2022
WO SIE IM AARGAU WAS SPENDEN KÖNNEN
Goscha Zaranska, eine polnisch-schweizerische Doppelbürgerin aus Killwangen, sammelt ab dem 2. März täglich Hilfsgüter in ihrer Garage. Diese werden dann alle paar Tage an die polnisch-ukrainische Grenze und an polnische Städte geschickt, die Flüchtende aufnehmen.
May 2022
KILLWANGEN: BLICK ÜBER DIE GRENZEN
In einer weiteren Folge unserer Nachbarsgemeinden stellen wir Ihnen heute Killwangen vor. Was verbindet Würenlos mit Killwangen und was ist in Killwangen besonders erwähnenswert? Wir zeigen es Ihnen, schauen sie rein.
December 2022
ARTICLE ABOUT GOSHA FOR UKRAINE
In einer weiteren Folge unserer Nachbarsgemeinden stellen wir Ihnen heute Killwangen vor. Was verbindet Würenlos mit Killwangen und was ist in Killwangen besonders erwähnenswert? Wir zeigen es Ihnen, schauen sie rein.
February 24, 2022
HOW IT ALL STARTED
February 24, 2022 / Thursday
As usual, kind of automatically I look at my phone. I see the News Feed: Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Shock. Disbelief. Thinking 'it is impossible'.
Immediately I turn on my Polish TV News Channel and freeze in front of it for long hours.
February 26, 2022 / Saturday
By now everyone is fully aware that the WAR is real. Ukrainians are fleeing their country.
February 27, 2022 / Sunday
The WAR goes on. The WORLD starts helping Ukraine.
I am lying in bed; it is a late night. I am thinking about all the people who have to flee their houses in the middle of winter.
A thought appears in my head: 'Maybe I could also do something to help? Should I start a small collection point in my garage? I am sure transport will be easy to find.'
This is how the idea of the GOSHA Garage in Killwangen started.
To hear how it goes further, read next episodes on our Blog!
POST #3
Get the Garage ready! Inform the people!
March 1, 2022 / Tuesday
The Collection Point flyer is ready. Last touches and mid-day I send it off to a few friends. Literally to a few friends. Less than 10 for sure. Via WhatsApp. Only. No posting on FB, no posting on WhatsApp status, no other social media, nothing else.
In just few hours, the message spreads. People post it on their social media, send it to their contacts, it appears on their WhatsApp statuses, Insta stories and God knows where else.
People are amazing and I think everyone was simply wanting to help and spread the word for help!
It started getting real! I needed to get my garage ready for the following day - the official start of my collection point.
Alex, my son, 9.5-year-old then, was a Super Helper that day. We emptied the garage and cleaned the floor. He prepared the garage plan (on paper first!) and then he split the garage with a painter-tape into sections (clothes, food, sleeping, medication, etc.). Each section had hand-written label (he insisted that handwriting is more special than print😊). He even made small Ukrainian flags out of his school color paper.
It was 11pm, we were ready for the following day. Big day. Start of our collection point.
Have a look at some memories from that day.
POST #2
"The Help idea is there. We need to spread the news now!”
February 28, 2022 / Monday
I got up on Monday with a clear idea that I want to create a Humanitarian Help Collection Point in my garage. I spent some time that day researching what is it exactly that I should be collecting. I started preparing a small flyer, in English & German.
Gosh, I realized my German is really poor:) Took me ages to create a small write up (I did not discover DeepL back than) about why I am doing what I am doing and kindly asking people for help. Plus preparing a list of things to collect.
20 years in a big corporation however, taught me that things need to be done properly. I needed a properly looking flyer, with all necessary info, something I would not be ashamed of:) The flyer was getting ready. After some major corrections of my German (thank you Alex Mlynarczyk!) the flyer was more or less ready. Let me show you what the first flyers looked like😊
Watch out for next history posts next week!
POST #1
HOW IT ALL STARTED. The Help idea sparkles in my head
February 24, 2022 / Thursday
As usual, kind of automatically I look at my phone. I see the News Feed: Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Shock. Disbelief. Thinking 'it is impossible'.
Immediately I turn on my Polish TV News Channel and freeze in front of it for long hours.
February 26, 2022 / Saturday
By now everyone is fully aware that the WAR is real. Ukrainians are fleeing their country.
February 27, 2022 / Sunday
The WAR goes on. The WORLD starts helping Ukraine.
I am lying in bed; it is a late night. I am thinking about all the people who have to flee their houses in the middle of winter.
A thought appears in my head: 'Maybe I could also do something to help? Should I start a small collection point in my garage? I am sure transport will be easy to find.'
This is how the idea of the GOSHA Garage in Killwangen started.
To hear how it goes further, read next episodes on our Blog!
