Nantes
Laughter echoes in the glass room.
On this Tuesday afternoon of school holidays, it's a papier-mâché making workshop for six Ukrainian children under the supervision of Natali.
“I also see it as a form of art therapy
,” says this volunteer facilitator.
In the adjacent room, around ten adults are taking a French course.
Around a coffee, languages are spoken in the corridors, in Ukrainian, English or French.
With an oft-repeated phrase:
“Don’t forget us.”
“It's good that Macron realizes that we have to stand up to Putin
,” we also hear in reaction to the President of the Republic's recent comments on a possible sending of troops to Ukraine.
This is how an ordinary office goes on at the Franco-Ukrainian cultural center Toloka, on the island of Nantes.
Since the start of the Russian invasion two years ago, 2,500 displaced people, including 400 children, have settled in Loire-Atlantique.
In the first months, around fifty Ukrainians arrived each…
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