'To see how much they enjoy the games and fun even when their lives have been ripped apart is hard to talk about without having tears in my eyes'.
The hospital clown in Ukraine making children laugh while also rescuing them from danger. ⬇️
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The hospital clown in Ukraine making children laugh while also rescuing them from danger. ⬇️
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At a refugee centre in a village near Dnipro, Ukraine, hospital clown Jan Tomasz Rogala and his team are using the tools of their trade – big red noses, painted-on eyebrows, funny dancing and magic tricks – to make displaced children laugh.
https://twitter.com/KasiaLDelgado/status/1501822200428564482
Jan, who is Polish, moved to Ukraine 15 years ago with his family.
He set up a non-profit hospital clown training programme, as part of a larger Ukrainian charity, which meant that he and a new cohort of clowns could go daily to hospitals across Dnipro.
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He set up a non-profit hospital clown training programme, as part of a larger Ukrainian charity, which meant that he and a new cohort of clowns could go daily to hospitals across Dnipro.
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Then two weeks ago, everything changed.
Instead of fleeing to his native Poland, Jan, his colleagues, friends and family have been driving his clown van and hiring buses to carry out rescue missions.
"This is about saving lives," he says.
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Instead of fleeing to his native Poland, Jan, his colleagues, friends and family have been driving his clown van and hiring buses to carry out rescue missions.
"This is about saving lives," he says.
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While adults grapple with the logistics of getting safely out of their war-torn homeland, the children are entertained by Jan's cohort of clowns and magicians.
"It is so special for the parents to see their children feel happy in a nightmare situation like this", Jan says.
"It is so special for the parents to see their children feel happy in a nightmare situation like this", Jan says.
Via Zoom, Jan shows @KasiaLDelgado the refugee centre.
Exhausted, he walks into a room where a woman in a top hat and a green wig is doing magic tricks to a group of children.
"See how resilient children can also be when they have to be?" Jan asks.
Exhausted, he walks into a room where a woman in a top hat and a green wig is doing magic tricks to a group of children.
"See how resilient children can also be when they have to be?" Jan asks.
https://twitter.com/KasiaLDelgado/status/1501822553249173506
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