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Aid Volunteers in Ukraine Facing Trauma Themselves

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Aid Volunteers in Ukraine Facing Trauma Themselves
A volunteers helps carry luggage for Ukrainian refugees as they prepare to board a train to Poland at the train station in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 18, 2022. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
Patrick Butler
By Patrick Butler
3/17/2022Updated: 3/31/2022

Volunteers seeking to aid some of the 3 million refugees coming across the border from Ukraine are experiencing anguish themselves, a trauma therapy counselor told The Epoch Times on March 15.

“It’s essential that volunteers who have little or no experience dealing with traumatized adults and children get ready for what they’re about to see,” said MaryDale Salston, who has worked for years in post-traumatic stress counseling.

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