Local business woman sponsors two families who were displaced by Ukrainian war
) -As the war in Ukraine nears the seven-month mark, Ukranian families are still coming to terms with what’s happening in their home country.
Some people were able to escape like Alex Pyl who was able to make it across this bridge to Switzerland with his grandmother.Unfortunately his pregnant wife Olga is still in Kyiv.Meanwhile, Natalya Skopina managed to make it to Ireland where they live in a refugee house with 200 people.Local businesswoman D’wanda Schwartz is trying to help. She joined a group called U4U. It’s a government program that allows people to sponsor Ukrainians to bring them to safety and provide them housing.
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