DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — There is an effort this weekend to assist Ukrainian citizens who’ve been displaced by the war with Russia.
Many of them are living in the southeast but were in metro Atlanta on Saturday to get essential help. Those efforts continue today.
Chamblee City Hall is far away from home for the dozens who showed up there this weekend.
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“So these are people who lost their homes, who lost their places in Ukraine or simply don’t want to keep their children under constant missile strikes,” Tetiana Lemdiel with the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America said.
After the war with Russia started in 2022, many Ukrainians relocated to Georgia. They’re here temporarily under humanitarian programs.
Saturday they found help from the Embassy of Ukraine from Washington D.C. who brought their services to Chamblee City Hall.
It’s a trip that could be hard to make.
“Because the trip first of all is expensive and you need to find time to make it,” Lemdiel said. “Many people who have arrived, some of them have their passports nearing their expiration dates.”
Others need to register their children.
It’s not just those living in Georgia but Ukrainians from all over the southeastern United States.
“We actually had one family early in the morning that drove from Sarasota Florida,” Lemdiel said. “Ukrainian people who are displaced by war currently in the United States, are forever grateful to Americans, to the American nation for opening their doors to our people, to bring in people in here, and given this opportunity to have their children in peace.”
The event continues today at Chamblee City Hall from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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