Gianna Care employee Marta Nakonieczna cleans up glass after the break-in. A Gianna Care employee described her “shock” and “surprise” upon entering their Dublin office to find it had been ransacked during the night.
Marta Nakonieczna said the non-profit, which helps women experiencing an unplanned pregnancy, now finds its work “much more difficult” as a result of the break-in.
Nuisance
“Yeah, definitely it’s a nuisance, I mean, we have to wait for the new windows. We were going to have two clients coming, which we had to cancel because of all the police work and the men coming to look at the window. It’s a pain to have clients in in the middle of this, so it’s obviously going to disturb our operation,” she said.
Gianna Care has experienced a break-in before, but this comes at a particularly bad time, in the midst of a pandemic.
“Everything is disrupted already, so something like this just adds to the difficulty,” Ms Nakonieczna said.
Strengh
“We’re told it will take a least a week for the windows to be repaired or replaced, so our usual work is going to be affected, at least a little bit, until then. When you have clients in, you don’t want them to be sitting in a chilly office,” she said.
Despite the unexpected difficulty, Gianna Care goes from strength to strength, with Ms Nakonieczna saying that their average number of contacts per month, in recent months, has been between 40-50. These are women getting in touch with the organisation for a variety of reasons.
She attributed their success to their supporters, saying that without their volunteers and donors, none of their work would be possible.
“We’ve already received a lot of support and commiserations about the break-in this morning, so we’re very lucky to have so much support,” Ms Nakonieczna said.