MONTREAL — Six Ukrainian children who took part in Quebec City’s famed peewee hockey tournament earlier this year are returning to the provincial capital next…
“Since the day they went back, they’ve been talking about Quebec and their experience almost on a daily basis with their parents back in Ukraine,” Berube said.“For this trip, I told those boys ‘Hey, you’re going to be coming now and it’s going to be serious,”‘ Berube said. “They are coming here to be like regular Quebec kids, go to school, play hockey and try to have a normal childhood.”
The children are from Kyiv, Dnipro and Odesa and have lived through war. Berube recalled speaking to one of the mothers about the Quebec option the same day their Dnipro apartment burned down from a nearby airstrike. It’s not certain how long they will be able to stay in Quebec, but Berube is hopeful it will extend beyond the coming school year.Article contentA group of volunteers started a non-profit organization to help finance the Ukrainian students heading to Quebec City for school. They named the organization Mission Druzhba in honour of the Druzbha-78 team that played in tournament in 1992.
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