Food and essential items are requested.
A Sallins resident has organised the collection of food sanitary products and some clothes to send over to people fleeing from Ukraine.
Magdalena Godzien is from a town called Przemyl on the Polish / Ukraine border.
She is sending boxes of aid for the huge amount of refugees coming over the border into Poland.
The items needed at the moment:
- nappies
- baby wipes.
- baby cleaning products.
- baby food (jars, fruit tubes etc)
- small toys, crayons, coloring books.
- toothbrushes (all sizes)
- toothpaste.
- soap bars.
- Sanitary products for women.
- pants and socks (all sizes)
- single use duvet covers, pillow covers, bedsheets
- blankets (all sizes)
Magdalena has told KFM that people can bring donations to her address, 21 Sallins Bridge, Sallins.
A drop of location is also available at the Sallins Community Centre and at the Westgrove Hotel in Clane.
You can find out more information on Facebook.
Magdalena Godzien spoke with Clem Ryan on Monday morning's Kildare Today about the situation facing people on the border:
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