Dear Friends,
Olha and Yasya continue to be separated from Sashko as Olha does not yet feel it is safe to return to Ukraine. As she stated in a recent email, one of the hardest decisions she had to make in the last three months was to stay in Poland. She made that decision based upon what she feels is best for Yasya. Nevertheless, she yearns to return to her home in Ukraine and be reunited with Sashko.
Due to your generosity, we were able to send Olha $1000. Olha has allowed us to share the email she sent to Sharon when she received the money. That email is as follows:
"Dear Sharon,
I've got the money from MoneyGram, there weren't problem at all.
I want to thank you and all the people from your synagogue for help.
I will pay for the apartment from these money, I hope it will be enough for some months, and it would be very helpful for me and my daughter. I want you just to know that living in peace these months is something that I cannot explain in English. This feeling when you don't afraid of fireworks and planes (oh, almost always I think), only sounds, but it's not about your child. I appreciate this feeling very much and I want to thank all of you for this opportunity.
Yours sincerely
Olha"
We have now raised approximately $1700 for Olha, Yaysa and Sashko. As we were finally able to work out the kinks in getting money over to Olha (the intermediary bank would not approve a wire transfer due to the unstableness in the area), we will be sending her the bulk of the remaining moneys soon.
As Olha has no choice at the moment but to stay in Poland, she desperately needs funds to assist her in paying her bills. As such, we are continuing to collect moneys for her and appreciate any contributions.
As always, should anyone want to contact Olha, you can do so by emailing her at kuprolya@gmail.com.
Thank you so much for your continued support.
All the best,
Israeli, Jewish and Community Affairs Committee
