A Ukrainian “orphanage” has moved to the shores of Lake Geneva
Driven out by the war, around sixty children found refuge in a missionary center in June 2022. Immersed in their daily life eight months later.
Far from the Mariupol bombs, the children have found some peace in Saint-Gingolph (VS).
24HEURES/Chantal Dervey
The lapping of Lake Geneva contrasts with the horror of the Ukrainian front they left behind. They are the 60 children, aged 7 to 18, who have no other home than the School of Missions of Saint-Gingolph (VS) since last summer. Their orphanage in Mariupol, a martyr city now controlled by the Russian army, was destroyed. After long weeks of wandering, the “orphans” put their meager suitcase in a building in this Spiritan center – empty since 2017 – in June.
