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Month: April 2023

AZ Refugee Teen

In June 2022, a few months after the war began, we received an urgent request from a close Ukrainian friend to potentially bring her daughter to America, while the family tried to chart a path forward as refugees in Poland. After several difficult discussions and a flight to Poland, we brought “Anya” home to live…
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What about the children?

—- Story of four children —- A friend hosting us in Beregovo told us how she escorted a woman with four children from Mariupol to the border.  She escaped on an evacuation bus.  She is a teacher.  Only one out of the four children is her own.  The second is her nephew, her sister’s child. …
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Stories from the Mothers

Ukrainian mothers from Kyiv share their stories Anna lived in Kyiv with her husband and two daughters aged 12 and 9. On February 24, the whole family woke up from explosions, and then a fighter jet flew past their house. “We ran to the children’s room, turned the lights on and said to pack quickly…
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