![]() ![]() They also needed a country where people spoke English. “We choose Canada because it’s really quiet and safe place and a lot of nice people here,” she said. However, Elsayed and her husband were still worried that Russia would also invade Poland and started to look for a safe place to live with their two sons who are 12 and three. The women would be temporarily housed at one of her friend’s homes until she could find them a host family. She was able to collect clothes and food for those who needed it and she had volunteers from the town she was living in, Gdansk, drive to the border to pick up women from the border who had nowhere to go. When the war started, Elsayed said, she was already settled enough to help others fleeing her country, including her parents, close friends and their children. ![]() 31, 2021, a couple of months before Russia invaded her homeland on Thursday, Feb. My husband he was in Poland all this time so I took the kids and I came to Poland,” she said, arriving there Dec. “Because I love pies.”Įlsayed and her family fled from a city in central Ukraine called Vinnytsia, deciding to flee before the war began because she felt the situation was getting more and more dangerous in the country. “And also I like the blueberry pie,” Elsayed smiled. It’s the first time that I tried a dinner like that,” she said about the meal that included turkey, mashed potatoes, carrots, stuffing, gravy, topped with a dollop of cranberry sauce. “We feel like the big family sitting at one table and it’s amazing. She said the Thanksgiving dinner was amazing and it was nice that they didn’t feel alone at this time of year. Mariia Elsayed and her family arrived in Canada six months ago – five of which they have been living in Maple Ridge. 30, for Ukrainian refugees and their host families living in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.Ībout 53 adults and 37 children who fled their homes in Ukraine attended the traditional turkey dinner, along with 10 members of local host families, that was put on by the Ridge Meadows Ukrainian Welcoming Committee in collaboration with Golden Ears United Church. A special Thanksgiving dinner was held Friday afternoon, Sept. ![]()
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