A sweet smile, an intense gaze, and an obsession with helping the families of her fellow countrymen, the Ukrainians who fled to Italy after Putin unleashed his attack on their country.
OLGA NAKONECHNA
Olga Nakonechna, 33 years old, student of Educational Sciences at Lumsa University in Rome, has lived in Italy for six years, and has fully understood one of the fundamental problems facing refugee families in our country: how to find a school for their children. Typically, these are women (their husbands are deployed at the front) who don't speak a word of Italian or English, and are unable to complete the various bureaucratic procedures. At that point, Olga steps in: she searches for the school closest to where the Ukrainian family, makes contact, and tries to enroll, at least temporarily, the boys who ran away with their mothers. She even managed to enroll four young musicians in the Santa Cecilia Conservatory.
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SCHOOLS FOR UKRAINIAN CHILDREN
Among the many ways to help UkraineThe one Olga chose has a special meaning: it means not leaving families who have fled to Italy alone and providing important support to mothers who can rebuild a temporary life while waiting to return to their country. Olga experiences the tragedy of her people firsthand: her father is an army doctor and is, with his entire family, in Ukraine, where he is serving his country and his people.
Image source: Lumsa University
THE STORIES OF THOSE WHO HELPED UKRAINIAN REFUGEES:
- Fania, a Ukrainian Jew, was saved by Maria during the Nazi era. And now she returns the favor.
- Natalia, the Russian teacher who teaches Italian to Ukrainian refugees who fled to Palermo
- Fast food for the poor, where a Russian chef also cooks for Ukrainian refugees
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