![]() "When I came back the seal was gone and I was told that the seal rescue had been with it all afternoon. "I was told a call had already been made to the Sea Life Centre, so I went home and came to check a few hours later. "I came back at 8am the next morning and found it still there and made an update video as I had thousands of people asking for an update. "I phoned Scarborough Sea Life and told them where it was. Kit said: "I came to the harbour to check on my boat and was told by a friend that a seal was on the south slope and it didn't look very well and that he thought it had a poor flipper. ![]() He returned to the scene the next day to find the vulnerable animal still hadn't moved from the cobblestones and was still in distress. Kit, 50, found the young seal when he was checking on his boat in the harbour at Bridlington, Yorks., and notified a nearby Sea Life Centre upon discovery. Heartbreaking video shows fisherman Kit Gallagher approaching the poor creature 'crying for help' after the tide brought it to shore. “They had all made the difficult journey to Poland alone with their children, some of them crossing the border while they were pregnant.Īn injured seal was left whimpering after it became stranded on the cobblestones of a harbour for more than 24 hours. Reflecting on meeting women who had been forced to flee Ukraine – some with young children and others who were pregnant – Faith said: “It was so moving speaking to young mothers who have fled Ukraine. The event, which was also broadcast on ITV, ultimately raised more than £13.4 million for the humanitarian effort in the war-torn nation.ĭuring a three-day visit to Warsaw in February, Faith visited a number of different DEC-funded projects, including a refugee centre supporting mothers who had been forced to flee Ukraine with their children, and a Ukrainian school set up for refugee children where they are able to learn in their native language. ![]() “I only hope this level of kindness will continue and be extended to other refugees facing the same issues across the globe, be it conflict or environmental disasters.įaith performed during the Concert for Ukraine in Birmingham last year alongside the likes of Ed Sheeran and Camila Cabello. “From the British public donating to the appeal, to local people in Poland using those funds to support refugees, to Ukrainian refugees volunteering to help fellow refugees, to children helping their mothers cope in the absence of fathers and extended families. ![]() Of the experience, Faith said: “Visiting these projects, I was really touched by how such a heart-breaking humanitarian situation has activated a human chain of kindness across borders. ![]()
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