Academic help for refugees (updated)

We have about 300 places for refugees. We run collections. We provide psychological support.
IMPORTANT!!!  506 647 916 - (09 a.m.- 04 p.m.)  help line in the Office of Marketing and PR (Niechcic Hall).  

We have a common room for children from Ukraine! See the video HERE.

March 2nd

15.00 

Another 15 people have arrived. We are accommodating!

13.20

The University Hospital in Opole provides free specialist medical assistance for refugees from Ukraine.

In urgent cases, please go to the Hospital Emergency Ward for assistance.

 Університетська Клінічна Лікарня у м. Ополе надає безкоштовну спеціалізовану медичну допомогу біженцям з України

 Інформацію можна отримати за наступними номером телефону:

 603 566 439 - Інформаційний пункт та Пункт вакцинації (з 7.30 до 15.00)

У екстрених випадках слід звертатися за допомогою до Відділення невідкладної допомоги лікарні.

UH: As a hospital we want to join in the aid for Ukraine, so we are organizing a collection of needed things, mainly medicines and medical supplies at the university hospital.

We have prepared a list of the most needed items, as indicated by the coordinators of aid activities:

The collection will take place on 2-3 March (Wednesday-Thursday) at the hospital. The collection will take place on 2-3 March (Wednesday-Thursday) in the hospital, Witosa Street, on level 1 next to room 04. There will be boxes and baskets set up for the collection.

12.55 pm

 In the chamber hall of the Student Cultural Centre, we have arranged a common room for children. They will be provided not only with toys, but also with care.   

 12.50 pm

 We have 147 places, fully prepared to receive refugees!

 12.30 pm

 A student volunteer takes Ukrainian children to a specially prepared playground in one of the halls of residence.

 12.20 pm

 Fifteen refugees have been accommodated. More are coming.

 12.00 pm

The Faculty of Theology of the University of Opole, the Academic Ministry Resurrexit and the Higher Interdiocesan Seminary in Opole would like to invite the academic community of Opole to pray the rosary and a mass for peace at 6.30 p.m. on Tuesday at the seminary-academic church at 1a Drzymały Street.

After the Eucharist, there will be a meeting with psychologists Mirosław and Żanna Staniszewski, who will start the "Help Point for People with Stress and Post-Stress Conditions" on 4 March in the Resurrexit premises.

The academic community of the Faculty of Theology also wants to engage in concrete material help. The Dean of the FT announces a collection for the victims of the war in Ukraine. It will last from 28.02 to 11.03 inclusive, except for Saturday and Sunday. We will be collecting:

• personal hygiene items;
• thermos flasks/ thermo cups;
• bandages, plasters, gauze and other dressing materials.

The collection will take place in room 06 on level 1 of our Faculty building at 1a Drzymały St. from 8.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. The collected gifts will be given to Caritas Opole Diocese.  

11.20

Attention, collection of specific items! At the Institute of Pedagogical Sciences, in the building of COLLEGIUM PEDAGOGICUM UO, 2a Czaplaka Street, from 9.00 to 18.00, until 3 March (Thursday) inclusive, a collection of the following products will be organized:

• Nutridrinks- small volume, lots of nutritional value available at pharmacies.
• Isotonic drinks - such as OSHEE - available in grocery shops.
• Electrolytes to dissolve in water - sachets or effervescent tablets - available at pharmacies.

List of products agreed with reception points on the Polish-Ukrainian border.

March 1, 2022

Volunteers still needed - now!!!  Please report to the Skrzat Club where there is a lot of work. We are expecting more refugees to arrive any minute.

19.00

We are helping together with CH Turawa Park. Some of the things needed to equip the rooms, cleaning supplies, food we brought from CH Turawa Park. On an ongoing basis we are preparing more rooms in the halls for people fleeing the war.

17:50

We need two large fridges with delivery to the UO campus - Katowicka Street.

16.00

IMPORTANT !!!  506 647 916 - we are launching a 24/7 help line at the Office of Marketing and PR (Niechcic Hall). 

15:45

Volunteers needed now - we are waiting in the Skrzat Club, where we have organized a warehouse. Help retrofit fifteen residential modules for refugees.

15.30

WE ARE HELPING. See the photo gallery - HERE. Join us!

12.00 pm

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED URGENTLY

All persons who want to help in organizational issues related to the reception of refugees are asked to report to the Student Union office, which is located in the Student Cultural Centre - 1st floor or contact us via e-mail - samorzad@uni.opole.pl. People with a driving license and a car are also welcome.

11.30

By Monday noon, eight people who had fled war-stricken Ukraine, including a family with two small children, found shelter in the University of Opole halls of residence. We have guaranteed them places to sleep, food and psychological support.

And the phones are still ringing, more people are coming.

"The university is ready to receive refugees," says the rector of the UO, Prof. Marek Masnyk. "We expect that Ukrainian students who went home for the break between semesters will be able to come back to study with us, although I'm worried about the men, because they're at conscription age and we know what this means in Ukraine. We also expect that those students who will be able to return, will come to us with their families. We want to help them and we will give them any vacant places."

The Ukrainian refugees had a tiring journey, even three days long. Above all, they need peace and rest, but also essentials for everyday life, as they fled from their homes with only hand luggage.  

9.00 

Collections

At the University of Opole, a collection of essentials is underway - at the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Faculty of Law and Administration, and of money - at the siempomaga.pl portal, organized by the Faculty of Political Science and Social Communication.

We are collecting:

•  sleeping bags, mattresses, blankets, duvets, pillows,
• bed linen, towels and other textiles,
• clothing for adults and children,
• cleaning and personal hygiene products,
• thermoses, thermal cups,
• toys and school supplies. 

In the lobby of the building of Collegium Biotechnologicum, at 6a Kominka Street, you can leave donations for Ukrainian citizens. Such donations may include:

The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Opole is launching a collection of medical supplies from 28 February 2022. These materials will be donated to hospitals in Ukraine where, in addition to the injured, there are also sick people, including women and children.

The most needed medical supplies:

8.00 

Guidebook of "Gazeta Wyborcza" and "Express" published in Lviv in Ukrainian: free supplement for refugees with the most necessary information in Ukrainian: Special Edition.pdf

Friday 25 February

Psychological support

The staff of the Institute of Psychology are offering psychological counselling (support groups and individual psychological counselling for our students and non-students) in connection with the hostilities in Ukraine.

Dear UO students, colleagues from Ukraine,

If you need psychological help in connection with the warfare in Ukraine, or if you want to get involved in helping us and you speak Ukrainian, please contact us.

"If there is such a need, we can start a support group and individual psychological counselling for our students or people from outside the university." assure the employees of the Institute of Psychology. "Please spread this information."

Contact us 24 hours a day: Przemysław Zdybek, pzdybek@uni.opole.pl, Wiktoria Kubiec wiktoria.kubiec@uni.opole.pl