Ukrainian refugee shares what it's like coming to the US as resettlement agency prepares to welcome families to Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Ukrainian refugee shares what it’s like coming to the US as a resettlement agency prepares to welcome families to Jacksonville violence overseas breaks Nesterenko’s heart. The White House has announced the U.S. will take up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees. Catholic Charities in Jacksonville has been preparing to resettle 35 people from Ukraine, but now the organization expects that number to grow.
Action News Jax met with Alona Nesterenko, whose family was resettled in Jacksonville by Catholic Charities last year in November before the war started. Fleeing what she described as religious persecution, Nesterenko, her husband, and their three kids packed up and left life as they knew it in Kryvyi Rih.
“I have not noticed any [negativity], all people want to help,” Nesterenko said of her time in Jacksonville so far. The past few months have brought challenges: finding employment doubled with a language barrier, just to name a few.For the past several weeks, Catholic Charities has been preparing to resettle 35 Ukrainian refugees. But that number could be even higher this summer, as the White House announced the U.S. will welcome up to 100,000 refugees from Ukraine.
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