Nearly a year since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, community organizers say there is still work to be done to help the thousands of Ukrainian refugees looking to start a new life in Canada while coping with the hardships they've faced coming here.
Ukrainian nationals fleeing the ongoing war in Ukraine arrive at Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Sunday, May 29, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
"Manitoba has opened their hearts, their wallets and their homes; it's been a very giving province, however, it hasn't stopped because we still are getting a lot of people coming weekly," Lewandosky told CTVNews.ca in a phone interview on Jan. 16.Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel program
Haiduchenko says she stayed in Ukraine for the first two months of Russia's invasion, but once the application for her and her husband to come to Canada was approved, they settled in Calgary. In Ukraine, she worked as a social media marketer. Now that she's made a home in Canada, she started a blog on Instagram documenting her process, hoping to help other Ukrainians moving to Canada.
Lewandosky says there needs to be more support given to women and children, given the amount of men who have stayed back in Ukraine to support the military. Since the beginning of the war,to refrain men aged 18 to 60 from leaving Ukraine unless they met certain criteria like having more than three children under the age of 18 or raising children on their own, among others.
"These children are traumatized, they need psychological attention, they need counselling and so we're trying to work out to get some support systems that have the language skills for the educational system because their mental health issues need attention," she said.
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