The first three families from Ukraine to be sponsored by the Parkland Ukrainian Family Fund have arrived in Dauphin.

Two families arrived last Tuesday and the third on Wednesday, said fund founder and member Don Tarrant (Right). All three, he added are comprised of mothers and their children as the fathers are all still in Ukraine fighting with the country’s armed forces.

“They just said whenever the war is over they’re going to come, but right now we don’t know when that will be,” Tarrant said. “What we’ve done is they’ve gone to local families for a few weeks here to get them integrated. They have to get the kids in school and get their medical stuff up to date. We’re going to have a session about meeting employers, getting skill levels figured out, getting their language levels figured out. This is where the (local) families are trying just to get them settled properly.”

Tarrant expects the families, who are all planning on staying in the area permanently, will be in their own homes by the end of the month.

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