+1 on the channel. We have a number of ways we help in Poland for physical needs (and we do). I am also in contact with a few "industry" involved people and having a place where we could just announce the needs/ideas (and respond) is great.
On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 12:37 PM Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > > On 16/03/2022 11:28, Christofer Dutz wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I just recently gave shelter to a group of 6 refugees from the Ukraine. > > This group consists of: > > > > * One mother with two small children (2 and 5) > > * The grandmother > > * The "nanny" with her 10-year-old > > > > They have expressed wanting to get a job as soon as possible. As my > > apartment is in Darmstadt, jobs would have to be either close to Darmstadt > > or remote ones. > > > > The mother seems to have worked as a social media marketing professional > > with photography (products and people) and speaks good English. > > The "granny" isn't really close to a pensioner yet and got a degree in > > Physics (Used to teach that) but worked in the logistics of a furniture > > manufacturer. However, she only peaks a little English. > > The "nanny" has a degree in Psychology and Psychiatry. However, she also > > only peaks a little English and said she'd love to work as a nurse. > > > > Now I know this is not the mission of the ASF, but the ASF is also a huge > > network of people knowing people and people knowing companies. > > So, I thought, wouldn't it be nice to setup a "help-ukraine" slack channel > > or something like that, where people willing to help can quickly exchange? > > As soon as this whole thing is over (hopefully sooner than later) we can > > just drop the channel again. > > > > What do you think about the channel ... > > Big +1 > > > and does anyone know any job openings for these great people? > > Sorry, I have nothing to offer right now but very happy to monitor the > channel and help where I can. > > Mark > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
