Since war began in February, 124 people have fled Ukraine and are now living in P.G.
One in four Ukrainians have been displaced from their homes in the nine months since their country was invaded by Russia and just before the conflict began Vasili Derunts and his wife Iryna found refuge in the home of Iryna’s brother in Spain.
The Derunts had a friend living in Canada in a place they’d never heard of and that connection is what brought them to Prince George on May 24, three months after the war started, where they now live with a host family. “Right now we’re trying to figure out his she can be a doctor in Canada,” said Vasilli, who came to St. George’s Ukrainian Catholic Church Friday afternoon to speak at a gathering arranged by Prince George Share Hope Refugee Committee.
On March 2nd, the Share Hope non-profit volunteer organization turned its refugee focus to displaced Ukrainian families and individuals to help them get settled in the city. They arrange for flights, find billet homes for the people, find them jobs, and get them set up with donated clothing, household items, furniture, toys and school supplies. They also offer them financial support, provide language training and help get their medical care and school registration sorted out.
In eight months Share Hope had raised $313,000 and distributed $150,000 of that total to the 124 Ukrainians uprooted by the conflict. Thousands more dollars more have been sent by Prince George people overseas to the Canadian Red Cross relief effort in Ukraine.
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