A story of sacrifice from the past. A British pensioner decided to buy a house for the Ukrainian refugee family he was hosting just because “it was the right thing to do”. According to the BBC, the woman, who came from the town of Eastleigh near the city of Southampton, was involved in a program to host displaced Ukrainians fleeing the Russian occupation. Ms Penn-Barwell hosted Oksana and her two daughters, Lena and Yara, for 18 months, then decided to buy them a house to live in.
The Ukrainian mother, interviewed by the BBC, said that she was very grateful to the woman and felt peace for the first time: “It’s great, I had the feeling of running, running, running and finally I stopped. I relax and let my daughters do what they want, realize their dreams. I work as much as possible and be useful.” I’m trying to be.”
The elderly woman applied for a mortgage to give her guests hope: “I’m not a very rich woman, far from it, I have a national health service pension – she told the BBC – but if we don’t have ‘We need a lot of things, why not do something useful?’ “
And love turned into gratitude. Oksana’s two daughters, Yara and Lena, said Ms. Penn-Barwell had become part of their family and they now affectionately call her “Grandma.”
Source: Today IT
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