At a Cleveland nonprofit, Ukrainians fleeing war help others seeking shelther
CLEVELAND, OH — JANUARY 26: Anna Messerly who works on the employment team for Ukrainians with humanitarian parole talks with a colleague at the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants , January 26, 2023, at the USCRI Cleveland Field Office, in Cleveland, Ohio.
“We already have kind of like established communication with Office,” Messerly said. “And so when they come, we either apply and submit a new application or, like follow up on what was done before. And it’s usually food stamps, Medicaid, and possibly cash assistance.” Since she left, Russia illegally annexed Crimea, separatist forces in the Donbas attempted to break away from Ukraine, and Russia launched a full-scale invasion. Messerly has watched it all unfold with growing anguish. Her parents came to the U.S. just before COVID-19, but she worries about her grandmother in Lviv. She worries about friends from high school and from college.
“With the flow of Ukrainians coming, I feel like I have so many opportunities helping them,” she described. “And this experience that I had, through 10 years, I can share all my knowledge with them. So I think like being here specifically, is great help for both sides.”Messerly isn’t the only one who has come to USCRI from Ukraine. Ivan Prodanyk left Ukraine for Germany with his wife and two daughters the day the war began.
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