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A restaurant owner flew to the Polish border to make pizza for people fleeing war in Ukraine. Here's what his job is like now.
A restaurant owner flew to the Polish border to make pizza for people fleeing war in Ukraine. Here's what his job is like now.
Kate DuffyApr 9, 2022, 15:11 IST
Restaurant owner Ciro Orsini on the Polish border next to Ukraine.Ciro Orsini
An Italian restaurant owner in the UK traveled to the Polish border with Ukraine to feed refugees.
Ciro Orsini's charity serves pizza to up to 5,000 people a day, he said.
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Meet Ciro Orsini — he's the owner of an Italian restaurant based in the UK and has traveled to Medyka, a town on the Polish border with Ukraine, to help feed people fleeing the war.
Ciro Orsini.Ciro Orsini
Orsini and the volunteers who he recruited are based in a tent next to the border. This is where they make pizzas for the refugees.
Orsini working with volunteers to cook pizza.Ciro Orsini
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The charity serves pizza to up to 5,000 people a day, Orsini said.
Ciro Orsini
"Pizza is a universal magic word. Every child knows about it. When they hear pizza they start to smile," Orsini said.
Orsini cooking pizza.Ciro Orsini
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Orsini said the charity transports the ingredients for the pizzas from the UK to the camp on the Polish border.
Orsini working with volunteers to cook pizza.Ciro Orsini
The charity has trained five local people on the Polish border to help cook pizzas at the camp.
Orsini working with volunteers to cook pizza.Ciro Orsini
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"The families are very stressed and traumatized, it's really bad," Orsini said.
Orsini working for his charity Help Children Now.Ciro Orsini