The Week Junior - UK (2022-03-05)

M

any people in the UK are showing their

support for the people of Ukraine

by finding ways to help those affected

by the invasion. The Government has

introduced ways to help Ukrainian

people who have left their homes to

escape the fighting.

What is the Government doing?

The UK Government has said it will

provide £220 million in emergency aid for

Ukraine. It also said that some family members

of British citizens who live in Ukraine can come

to the UK. When The Week Junior went to press,

these included parents, grandparents, children over

18 years old and siblings of those who live in the

UK. However, many people say the

Government is not doing enough.

Why are people calling

for more to be done?

People are calling on the UK

Government to do more to

welcome Ukrainian refugees

to the country. Refugees are

people who have been forced

to leave their homes because of

war or the threat of violence. At the

moment, Ukrainian refugees who are

not close relatives of British citizens cannot come

to the UK very easily. Some people believe that all

Ukrainians fleeing should be welcomed to the UK.

What are people in the UK doing?

People around the UK have been raising money and

giving clothes, bedding and medical supplies to

charities to send to Ukrainian refugees in countries

in eastern Europe. In Yorkshire, England, a woman

called Magdalena Timmins put out a call asking for

donations. Within a few days she had received enough

items to fill three large lorries. “It’s overwhelming,”

Timmins told the Guardian newspaper.

There have also been calls not to be unkind to

Russian people. One mother, Yvette, wrote on social

media, “It is important to teach children that we must

not hate the people of Russia, Ukraine or anywhere

else for fighting. We are all human beings.” A Russian

person who lives in the UK wrote on social media,

“Nobody wants war. War means losses on both sides.”

WORD WEEK

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In Old English, springan meant “jump”. Spring

was also applied to a place where water rises

from the ground. Centuries later, the idea of

new growth springing up in

March or April led to that

season being called “the

spring of the year”,

and later as simply

“spring”.

SPRING

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

On 6 March 1957, crowds gathered in Ghana’s

capital city, Accra, to greet the country’s first prime

minister, Kwame Nkrumah. Sixty-five years ago,

the west African country gained independence

from Britain, which controlled the region known

as the Gold Coast from 1874 to 1957. Following

independence, Ghana became a republic (a country

where the government is elected by the people),

and it remains a republic today.

6 March 1957

Ghana celebrated independence

How the UK is helping Ukraine

Ralph, who is 13 years old and

lives in the UK, has relatives and

friends in Ukraine. He told The

Week Junior, “I feel like what

Ukraine is going through right

now is devastating. A completely

innocent population is having to

shelter and go through so much

stress.” Ralph said one of his

friends, Varya, aged 12, has not

been going to school and has

had to shelter in a basement for

the last few days. “We all hope

that all Ukrainians stay strong

and don’t give up,” Ralph said.

Donations for Ukrainian

refugees are loaded into a van.

A reader’s view

Children help

with donations.

Kwame

Nkrumah

UK news

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