A couple who met in Bristol are converting two huge barns in Slovakia into shelters for Ukrainian refugees. Tristram, from Bristol, and his partner Tamara, from New Zealand, say they can house at least 40 people in the shelters for a minimum of two years.
Before Covid, the pair were in the process of turning the barns in Nemcinany, a village five hours from the Ukrainian border, into a skills school for adults, called the Taylor McCabe Institute. But the pandemic put the project on hold, which Tristram and Tamara say could have been "a blessing in disguise for Ukrainian refugees".
They have set up a GoFundMe page to raise funds to convert the 90-foot barns ready for refugees to move in. They estimate they will need £66,000 for refugee transportation, insulation, electrics and more.
