Ukrainian, Oksana Tkachenko, has been living in Australia since 1999, but she still has family hiding from the invading Russian forces in an underground cellar in Mariupol, Ukraine. This is an excerpt from the Reaching For The Middle podcast Season 2 Episode 8. Oksana discusses her families wellbeing, and the Solar Flower foundation she's setting up, under her company Lean Finance ( https://www.leanfinance.net/ ) in Brisbane, to assist those Ukrainians in need.
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CREDITS
Thumbnail image: War damages in Mariupol, 12 March 2022 (01) courtesy: Mvs.gov.ua
Music:
Ancient Ukrainian folk instrument - bandura, Бандура - Artem Kuzmik: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7cSIy-opeE
News:
Battle for Mariupol: Civilians holed up in Azovstal steel plant - Al Jazeera 24 Apr 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjsOtCekJaU
Over 20 civilians evacuated from Azovstal plant in besieged Mariupol, 9 News Australia 1 May, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oXXffXjGPs&t=24s
PBS NewsHour, 3 May 2022 - Ukrainian civilians desperately try to flee … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIUAIFErUM0
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