'They want to stay in Moldova. Moldova is near Ukraine, they want to go back to Ukraine. They hope'

Niamh Griffin finds out how one Moldovan charity is doing all it can to help refugees fleeing the war in neighbouring Ukraine 
Maria Pîslaraş (left) fundraiser at the Charity Centre for Refugees and Ahmad Djavid Paknehad Director Charity Centre for Refugees. Picture: Niamh Griffin

Maria Pîslaraş (left) fundraiser at the Charity Centre for Refugees and Ahmad Djavid Paknehad Director Charity Centre for Refugees. Picture: Niamh Griffin

An adult and a child sketched in black run through a landscape shrouded in cloud so nothing else can be seen. Another picture shows a house drawn in thick black lines with stripes of red and yellow lighting up the background.

Yet another in this collection, all drawn by Ukrainian children or women who have fled to Moldova, shows a sun smiling down on green hills with trees and two colourful houses.

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