From a village renaming itself to Zelensky pillows, amazing methods people used to show support for Ukraine
Ukraine in Spain
In a small, peaceful village in southern Spain, there exists a white wall with a board that holds the sign "Square of Mariupol".
As the conflict between Russia and Ukraine rages on even after fifty days, countries around the world have stood up in solidarity with Kyiv amid aggression by Putin's forces.
From offering weapons to aid, countries have come forward to help Ukraine, however, as per a Reuters report a small Spanish village locatedthousands of kilometres away from the conflict has shown its solidarity in a unique wayby changing its name.
Formerly known as "Fuentes de Andalucia", it is now known as"Ukraine", the village has not only changed its name but has also renamed its streets.
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In the village of around 7,100 people, just east of Seville, streets are now called City of Kyiv, Mariupol, and Odesa.
The village has also raised 3,500 eurosi.e., about $3,780 for a refugee centre within just two days, they have plans to offer homes and refuge to up to 25 refugees at thecentre and more with the village’s families.
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Earlier, aCzech designer had come up with a novel way to generate donations for Ukrainians afflicted by the country's crisis he designed pillows depicting the president's portrait, Volodymyr Zelensky.
"Many people, mostly of the fair sex, see him as some kind of a sex symbol, so I got the idea to make a pillow which would look like he is actually in their bed," the designer Tomas Brinek had told Reuters news agency on Friday.
Yet another amazing fundraising technique was employed by a smallfirminChicago. UsingLegomini-figuresofUkrainianPresidentVolodymyrZelenskyandMotolovdrinks,theyraisedover$160,000.
(With inputs from agencies)
