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The Duchess met with refugees displaced by the Ukrainian crisis

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00:01I don't know how to do TikTok, but...
00:04Hi, my name's Little Red and I'm in Poland.
00:07And I'm going to help children all over the world to have hope.
00:30I'm just so happy.
00:36So I'm standing for displaced people globally.
00:40Now I happen to be back here in this wonderful Upper Silesia area.
00:47Because I came here 30 years ago.
00:50And 30 years ago I met the wonderful nurse, because she's much younger than me.
00:56I believe in friendship and loyalty.
00:59And 30 years later, in 2022, I have returned to say, how can I help?
01:05And in the last months, since March, since the war started,
01:10we have been very present in supporting the Polish people
01:15to support the refugees from Ukraine.
01:18But my job here is to support Polish people that have been so kind to me
01:22in the 30 years of knowing them, whether it's Professor Zembala
01:27or his entire family, or to Zabja, to Katowice,
01:32to all my most beautiful friends here in the area.
01:36So it's very much about thanking the Polish people
01:40for opening their homes to refugees,
01:44thanking the Polish people and telling them not to give up.
01:47and also to say to the Ukrainian people and children,
01:51let us stop this war so that we can get these children back to their home.
01:58Does that answer your question?
02:00Yes.
02:06Yes.
02:07Yes.
02:07Now, you remember I said to you that you get a computer?
02:10Yes.
02:13Yes.
02:13We sent the money for your computer.
02:15Yes.
02:17Yes.
02:17Yes.
02:21The secret is always to put yourself in someone else's shoes.
02:26And so I thought to myself, well, if I was a child coming over the border
02:30into whether it be Moldova, Hungary,
02:33not just for Ukrainian refugees, but Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria,
02:38many, many, many displaced people,
02:40I feel that it's really important they have a sort of little place to go towards
02:45and I'm calling it play in a box.
02:48So today it's the first ever day I have assembled.
02:52I bought my crew over from Britain and they have assembled play in a box.
02:57And you walk in and you walk through and there's a reading tent
03:02and there's a tent for children to play.
03:04There's places for coffee and teas, baking.
03:07You know, everything is done as though I want everybody to assemble it
03:12and reassemble it whenever we go.
03:15So I gave this to the people of the area in order that they can put it in a van,
03:22lock the van, and when they want to go anywhere to make a play in a box,
03:27they unlock the van and out comes all the bits.
03:30So it's about giving people the rod and then they can go fishing themselves
03:36after I've left.
03:37Now everybody, this is a big day for me, okay?
03:41Yeah, yeah.
03:42So this is the beginning of play in a box for the world.
03:45So everybody, I'm very grateful to my team.
03:50Here I go.
03:54Every single bit comes in a box and it has to be built.
03:59And we built it on Monday and it opened today.
04:02And so everything in here is, you're able to get it so you can set it up.
04:09You put it in a van and you can set it up anywhere.
04:11You have a box full with everything that a child needs.
04:16A, to be educated. B, to educate the teachers.
04:18Three, to be able to have a moment away from the war zone,
04:22away from a place where it's just permanently about fear
04:26and into a place of escaping.
04:28That is play in a box and I'm so proud today.
04:31It's a very big moment for me.
04:33Very big moment.
04:34And then the blind choir later, they're going to sing.
04:37And the girl who's come a long way with cystic fibrosis is going to sing.
04:42And it's another big win for me because I feel really strongly that we were able to get the government
04:48to pay for the medications now of cystic fibrosis through the Muko Help Foundation.
04:53And that's an example of Sarah's trust which supports already existing charities.
04:59And this was a very big part.
05:02If it's a long time, it will be a perfect time for me.
05:05The rest of the morning, my dear, will remember that I can get the plans for my life.
05:11Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
05:17Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
05:41You

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