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The de Leeuws' grandson Bennett, Harv and Seva Kovalenko. The Kovalenko family exploring their new surroundings
The babies are just a few months apart in age incuding the beautiful shoreline of Lake Huron

families who reached out to us navigate Dobrynska and Vova Kovalenko of was a nervous and stressful existence
the system – what they needed to come Dnipro, Ukraine. April 29, 2022 was for them - not knowing when or where
to Canada, requirements for the Canada- the beginning of countless emails and the next attack might happen. Their
Ukraine authorization for emergency weekly photo sharing that inevitably led apartment was on the sixth floor in the
travel (CUAET) Visa, and any helpful to where we are today! Ukraine and when the air raid sirens
hints. We also shared information on Katya was an International Economist went off, they dressed as quickly as
the Town of Kincardine and potential with a bank in Ukraine for several years possible and went downstairs to the
employment opportunities available before her children arrived. Since building basement which was full of
here. We continued to repost our then, she has become a certified hair electrical wiring – a space really not
invitation and to answer queries as they specialist offering unique treatments. meant for people and certainly not long-
came about. In addition to Facebook, Her husband, Vova, graduated with term. They would remain there until
we also engaged with ICanHelpHost. an education in industrial and civil it was safe to surface again, and the
com (a worldwide map of hosts) – engineering and has experience working threat of danger had passed. They left
which certainly made things easier on Business Projects, Budgeting, and their clothes and the children’s at night
when it came to explaining where we Project Finance. He was also previously beside their beds so that they could don
were in Canada and in Ontario. Finally, engaged in the installation and them before descending the staircase
through the wonders of social media, maintenance of solar panels. They have as the elevator could not work in such
we connected with a young couple three children – all boys – Rodion (15), circumstances.
who were interested in beginning their Kostya (7) and Seva (18 months). Fortunately, under the Ukrainian
life in Canada in rural Ontario - Katya Leading up to the War and thereafter Conscription Law, fathers with three or

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