'I'm nobody special - I just want to do my bit': Bury gran flying out to help Ukrainian refugees
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA Bury grandmother is flying out to Poland to help Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn homeland. Wanda Warrington, known as Wendy, will set out for the city of Przemysl - a short distance from the Polish Ukrainian border - on Sunday.
The qualified nurse and midwife, from Tottington, says she felt 'compelled' to help Ukrainians who had been displaced as a result of Russia's invasion of their country. READ MORE: Manchester man, 22, with no military experience 'willing to die' for the cause fighting Russia in Ukraine Wendy, 55, has been given three weeks' leave from her role in the NHS and is using her own money to fund her trip to eastern Europe. "I just want to go and do my bit," she explained. "I'm nobody special.
I'm a 55-year-old woman with three kids and five grandchildren. I want to offer some practical support in what I'm trained to do.
I just want to make a bit of a difference." Wendy, who has worked for the NHS for 36 years, has family in Poland and her parents and grandparents were born in the country.
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