Ukrainians seeking shelter and safety in Newfoundland and Labrador are expected to arrive in St. John's Monday evening.
Posted: May 09, 2022 11:47 AM NT | Last Updated: 5 hours agoUkrainians fleeing the conflict in their home country are making their way to Newfoundland and Labrador on Monday.
The flight is part of a massive effort led by the provincial government and buoyed by a network of unaffiliated volunteers — and people like Power — who are working to bring Ukrainians to Canada's easternmost province and ensure they're safe, housed and cared for. She said his sister worked hard with the team at the Newfoundland and Labrador office in Warsaw to get him a visa, a passport and a way out of Ukraine and into Poland to make the flight.
"We'll have a billboard and some brochures," she said. "And once the people come out, we will be greeting them in Ukrainian and handing them out information so they can reach out to us and tell us what they need." "My husband, he has family in Ukraine, and my best friend is Ukrainian," Dragan explained. "I just want to help."Meanwhile, a woman from Irpin, a suburb just outside of Ukraine's capital of Kyiv, has some advice for those landing in St. John's on Monday.
"It's terrible. It's really difficult. But she's hoping for better. She made this decision to come here for her own sake, for her mental health, to just try to recoup and try to get as much as possible a stress-free life." Since landing in Newfoundland, Galyna Velychko began meeting people in Harbour Grace, started to learn English and even landed a job at a local grocery store.
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