“We built our house by our hands. Unfortunately, our house was bombed and destroyed.” A Ukrainian couple now living in Indianapolis is sharing their story.
INDIANAPOLIS — America is a country of immigrants, and our latest new residents include Ukrainian refugees who left after Russia invaded their home.
It’s a new sense of confidence, teacher, Mila Vilesova is credited with building. She’s also credited with heling them find the school in the first place.“It’s heart breaking for both Ukrainian and Russian people,” said Vilesova.“But we hope peace will come and people will be able to live the life they should live and deserve to live," Vilesova said.
“I think we’re not really teachers, we’re educators and we help our students and without knowing it or without realizing it, our students help us as well,” said Vilesova.So, Mila knew that posting about the program in Russian would reach Ukrainian refugees. We have good news tonight -- Boris learned English through this program so quickly, he could test and pass the test to get a CDL license and get a job driving trucks.
They have a support system in place where they have coaches who follow the students academically, and they offer resource supports to ensure they’re moving all the obstacles out of the way to make sure that they have every opportunity to be successful while at school.
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