Ukrainian family starts new life in Edmonton
Global News
The family fled Poltava, a city that sits in between Kyiv and Kharkiv.
For Michael Iwuu and his family, their journey to safety has been a month in the making. Days after airstrikes started, he and his wife packed up their two young sons and fled Ukraine.
“The difficult part is driving on the road for two or three days with the kids with us,” Iwuu said.
The family fled Poltava, a city that sits in between Kyiv and Kharkiv. They said although the violence had not started in their city, they didn’t want to wait to find out how long it would take for Russia to invade further.
“We knew it was just a matter of time, and we have two kids,” Iwuu said said.
Before the invasion, Iwuu and his family had planned to move to Canada and had already applied for visas. They arrived in Edmonton at 2 a.m. on April 2 with nothing, and knowing no one. Their host, David Benjestorf, said thankfully another family at the airport gave them somewhere to stay for the night.
“Then we got a call saying, ‘Can you help?’ And we said, ‘Absolutely,’” Benjestorf said.
Benjestorf, along with a group of friends and family, has made it his mission to help 10 Ukrainian families coming to Edmonton.
“As soon as the tanks crossed the border, we knew we would help,” he said.
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