Thank you letter to our foreign colleagues

Dear Colleagues,

On 24th February 2022 Russia began a slaughterous war against our country. According to the statistics 303 students out of 720 were forced to flee from Ukraine and had to continue their studies and receive knowledge in many different schools outside our country.

Thank you for providing a shelter and a safe place to our children. I am confident that Ukraine will win and that our students will return back to Cherkasy, their home. We know that we will always remember your care and protection that you showed towards the externally displaced people of our country.

May peace and goodness be with you!

Yours sincerely,

Serhiy Sayenko,

Principal of First City Gymnasia, Cherkasy, Ukraine

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Reconstruction by Diana Shypovitch (Ukraine)

Ukraine Special Dispatch

My fingers are sore from the cold; my coat is soaked with rain. I am clinging to the blue stripe of the flag, trying to stay grounded, keeping my thoughts under control. But they scatter. I am staring blankly at people who prepare for the approaching march, while the white noise from their excitement fills my ears.

Main street is busy during lunchtime. Some, hurried by the rain, throw a quick look at us, before disappearing in the warmth of a cafe. Some stop and scrutinize our procession. Do we look silly? Threatening? Or, perhaps, miserable? Curious, I survey the gathering. Ordinary people with extraordinary hearts—they answered to the plea in the local magazine to join the march.

“Let’s go!” someone cries out, impatient to start moving.

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