Millennium Media’s Nu Boyana studio facility in Bulgaria has begun finding work, training and shelter for displaced Ukrainians and refugees and has been operating a weekend job fair.
At time of writing Yariv Lerner, CEO of the studio complex in Sofia, said he had found work for five people in Bulgaria and four in Nu Boyana’s facility in Greece, where Millennium is currently filming The Bricklayer. Two more displaced Ukrainians arrived late last week.
Lerner and his colleagues are working with the grant-making foundation America For Bulgaria, the US Embassy, the American Chamber of Commerce, The American College in Sofia and other organisations to find any work for arrivals from war-torn Ukraine or for those who were outside their country when Russia invaded nearly one month ago and have been advised by loved ones not to return.
Job fairs have taken place over the last two Saturdays with another one set for March 26. Nu Boyana staff have brought in legal advisers to help Ukrainians register as refugees and connected mothers with daycare facilities to look after their children while they work.
The studio has also arranged for refugees to receive advice on how to fill out resumés and are helping with academic assistance to students affected by the humanitarian crisis.
The photograph shows displaced Ukrainians, employer representatives and volunteer student translators at a recent job fair at Nu Boyana. Some faces have been blocked out at the request of the studio facility.
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