This photo appeared on social media this weekend. It shows strollers left at stations by Polish mothers, for refugees who arrive and need them.
There is no further information about the photo, but there are hundreds of comments from people on social media:
"What a beautiful act of kindness"
"My respect for Polish people is at its highest right now."
"Each parent who left a stroller can only imagine what a Ukrainian parent is going through and gave up what they most need. I'm sure each stroller is packed with baby supplies. God bless each parent that left a stroller."
- what do you see in the photo?
-where is it taken?
- what is a refugee? How does a person become a refugee?
- why might people leave strollers at a train station where refugees were arriving?
- the photo suggests the strollers were left by Polish mothers; who else may have left the strollers? (Polish fathers)
- How do you think a refugee mother arriving at that station with a baby will feel when they realise someone has gifted a stroller for them?
- why don't refugees bring their strollers from home?
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Extension questions for older children:
- one comment suggests the photo actually shows strollers abandoned by parents who were fleeing with their babies. Is that a possible explanation for the photo? In reply to this comment, someone has replied, "But why would people flee from a Polish station?"
- why might someone say this photo/ story was fake?
- Can we be sure which explanation is correct? What can we do in this situation? How do we know which explanation to believe?
- what does this demonstrate about social media?
- which explanation do you believe?
- we cannot be absolutely sure which explanation to believe so we can only trust in the one we think is likely. Look at the amount of help that people are giving to refugees from Ukraine right now, is it likely that people would leave strollers at train stations for young families? Why is it likely?
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- what does this photo show about people across Europe right now and their attitude towards refugees?
- what can we learn from the people of Poland?
- why is this a story of hope?
- why is this about No Outsiders?
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