Almost one year ago, this part of Europe was shaken by something which we considered to be unacceptable in the modern world. One country starts to bomb a neighbour. As a consequence, a lot of refugees entered countries around. Romania, Poland Hungary become immediately new homes for Ukrainian fellows. Romania […]
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We receive the report from the Skal Aid Committee on the continuation of support to Ukrainian refugees Dear Skål Friends around the world, We all belong to an organisation working among other things, also for peace and understanding in the world. That is what we want and need for our […]
20,900 Euro donated by Skal Members and Clubs in solidarity with Skal Bucharest, in the front line for refugee aid. Florin Tancu, President of Skal Bucharest, forwards the latest bank statement and wishes to “personally thank Alfonso Passera, Skal Cote d’Azur, Eva Meggeneder, Skal Garmish Partenkirchen, and Skal Japan“. He […]
The Ukrainian Hotel and Resort Association is endorsing the “Jobs for Ukrainian Refugees” initiative powered by Hosco – the world’s leading hospitality network, to help Ukrainian refugees abroad find temporary work opportunities in the hospitality industry. Hosco’s project has already collected over 2,000 job offers from its global network of […]
War does not stop tourism: travel demand in Western Europe is growing again. We receive this report from Michela Ciccarelli, Destination Data Specialist at Lybra Tech and Skal Roma member where big data is interrogated to assess the impact of the war in Ukraine on tourism. When a few weeks […]
“I am so impressed by the motivation of our members to help in this terrible situation, way ahead of the governmental aid measures”, Skal International Salzburg President Christoph Nake said. “Club Secretary Martin Satke devoted an enormous effort into establishing a fantastic group of Skålleague volunteers who not only delivered […]
Over 16,800 Euro collected through Skal International solidarity in support of the action of Skal Bucharest in the front line for helping refugees. In a short statement Florin Tancu, President of Skal Bucharest declares that “without the incredible response of Skal International as an organization and Skalleagues as individuals we […]
A special Skål International Aid Committee has been initiated by Skål International World President Burcin Turkkan and the Executive Board. The Committee will be co-chaired by Skål International Past World Presidents Matanyah Hecht and Jan Sunde. The Committee will work on two projects with funds donated; provide emergency humanitarian aid/support […]
The Skal Clubs of Madrid and Paris have come together to get accommodation in Paris for a group of Ukrainian exiles who were picked up by a bus from the Grand Class company, directed by Pedro López, with two drivers in the Polish city of Krakow. The bus arrived after […]
The Chamartín The One hotel has welcomed these days 120 Ukrainian children from Valencia who have been picked up in various houses in Seville. The Chamartin The One Hotel is run by the Skalleague Angel Ramos, former president of the International Skal of Madrid. The children ranged from a 15-day-old […]
Over 6.800 euros have been donated in just 5 days by the Skal community. Florin Tancu, President of Skal Bucharest, expressed overwhelm and gratitude for the incredible result and speed of the Skal International network in providing aid to Ukrainian refugees arriving in Romania. Florin Tancu continues: “Between the 3d […]
Yesterday, March 4th, new refugees arrived in Bucharest, including foreign students that were blocked in Ukraine. Bucharest, 5 March 2022 – Skal and HORA members continue to supply meals to refugees, many in areas made available by hotels, conference centres and gymnasiums. Currently, queues at the border require 24 to […]
Skål International, which is the world’s broadest association of travel industry leaders with approximately 13,000 members in 100 countries, 323 cities, stands strongly in favor of the use of diplomacy to avoid such conflicts and calls on all nations to use both diplomatic negotiations and the good offices of such organizations […]
Over one million people arrived from Ukraine to the European Union. 100.000 are in Bucharest. It takes time to organize this amount of people and, in the meantime, many are forced to sleep in the streets including children. Our Skalleagues in Bucharest are in the front line since the beginning […]
It is almost a week now that Ukraine is under the attack of the Russian’s Federation army and already there are a million refugees in Europe. Refugees need IMMEDIATE help. It takes days to organize all these people and to provide new accommodation, documents, food and health care. Schooling will […]