Children from Ukrainian Luhansk orphanage arrive in Slavina near Postojna
On 3 May, twenty children and the accompanying staff from the Ukrainian Luhansk orphanage arrived by bus organised by the Ukrainian Embassy in Slovenia in the village of Slavina, where they will be accommodated in the local adult education centre.
The only project of the kind in the country was initiated at the request of the Embassy of Ukraine for the transfer of the children from the Luhansk orphanage to Slovenia. The project has been successfully implemented in cooperation with the Government Office for the Support and Integration of Migrants, Municipality of Postojna, local community, Civil Protection, Postojna Student Dormitory, Association of Friends of Youth, private broadcaster POP TV and individuals.
The accompanying staff who had already taken care of children in Ukraine will provide education and care to the children also in Slovenia, while Slovenia will provide additional educators. The accompanying staff is accommodated in the Postojna Student Dormitory.