‎Please, help these three ladies from Ukraine

Hi, my name is Alexander Morris.

‎Please help the family of my late old friend Petro Marusyk, a known Ukrainian filmmaker and poetry translator.

His daughter Bogdana Shelest with her two young daughters, Mariana (19 years old) and Daria (11 years old), were forced to leave their home in Kyiv's suburbs due to the treacherous attack of the Russian aggressors on Ukraine.

‎The family enjoyed a peaceful life until the early morning of the 24th of February 2022, when the first deadly rockets fell on Ukrainian cities and villages.

They didn’t know that their lives would be changed forever, that in four days and nights of hiding in the basement and listening to air-raids warnings and explosions, they would be leaving their beloved and still beautiful city of Kyiv as war refugees.

Risking their lives, they managed to get to the railway station. Then was the long way by train to the city of Uzhgorod in Western Ukraine, and then sad walk and crossing the Slovak border with many crying and praying women and children fleeing the war.

From Slovakia, thanks to the help of Czech friends and volunteers, they reached the Czech Republic, the city of Brno.

The support of friends and caring people helped the family find temporary housing and provided them with basic things they needed... and a peaceful sky, first time in days.

‎Now Bogdana is trying to find a job. In Ukraine, she taught Czech to students at the university and worked as a translator. She is trying to find a school for her girls as well.

The future is uncertain... food, rent and other simple and basic things. They don’t know when they will be able to return home and whether there will still be a home to return to since every day in Kyiv, the enemy carries out airstrikes... ‎

‎The girls are trying to get out of Ukraine their mother and grandmother Galina (72 years old ), who could not leave with them because she was ill. She remains in Ukraine...‎

‎ Please help this family get back on their feet .... Thank you for your generosity.