Powerful Photo Of Mothers Leaving Strollers For Ukrainian Refugees Is Warming Hearts Amid War
A photo that has now gone viral of empty strollers on a train platform in Poland is touching the hearts of parents around the world. Photographer Francesco Malavolta captured the heartbreaking image on March 3, at the Przemysl train station in Poland, just eight miles from Ukraine's border.
A photo that has now gone viral of empty strollers on a train platform in Poland is touching the hearts of parents around the world.
Photographer Francesco Malavolta captured the heartbreaking image on March 3, at the Przemysl train station in Poland, just eight miles from Ukraine's border.
The strollers were brought to the station by mothers and women associations. The strollers wait to be taken by those who need them, demonstrating how mothers can support each other.
Passeggini lasciati in stazione per le donne in arrivo dall'Ucraina con neonati. ??
¡ª Francesco Malavolta (@MalavoltaF) March 3, 2022
Foto copyright F.Malavolta#RussiaUkraineConflict #ukraine #WWIII #photojournalism pic.twitter.com/rlmXzqkIN0
Malavolta, an Associated Press photojournalist, was at the Przemy?l train station in Poland on March 3rd when he came across the long line of donated strollers.
¡°When I arrived at the Przemy?l train station, where there were about 1,000 people, I noticed this corner along the tracks where some women¡¯s strollers were left for mothers arriving from Ukraine with babies,¡± Malavolta told PetaPixel.
Strollers left as a "gift"
Polish mothers of young children had brought their own strollers to the train station as a gift to Ukrainian mothers who were crossing the border with babies in their weary arms.
¡°The arriving women had left their strollers in Ukraine to speed up the journey and because many of them were traveling without husbands because they remained fighting,¡± Malavolta said.
The photo has become a symbol of solidarity toward Ukrainian refugees as well as the camaraderie of motherhood.
Malavolta found a similar sight of donated strollers and car seats waiting for Ukrainian mothers at a Slovakia border crossing.
More than 2 million Ukrainians have fled country
More than two million Ukrainians are believed to have fled their homes since the Russian invasion began on February 24.
Hundreds of thousands have made their way to other neighbouring countries including Moldova, Romania, Hungary, and Slovakia.
Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has created a hotline for travellers giving help and advice to those desperately trying to cross the border.
For more on news and current affairs from around the world, please visit Indiatimes News.
