As part of our joint collaboration project in Poland with Ranok Initiative, our President and Board Member Yelena Shteynberg provided humanitarian aid for Ukrainian refugees in Warsaw. She volunteered at an information center for refugees. Yelena also assisted refugees who were applying for Canadian visas under the Canada Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET) Program. She helped families navigate the application process, handled crisis letters, translated immigration office correspondence, and helped solve cases that were in limbo. She helped single moms, families with small children, and the elderly. Yelena handled cases involving mixed marriages, in which one spouse held a Ukrainian passport and another did not. No family should be separated during a time like this, and Yelena helped families get through many obstacles in the application process. Yelena also taught English, French, and Spanish to refugees. She quickly assessed the evolving needs of refugees and created new initiatives and revamped existing programs to make sure that refugees’ needs were met. Yelena created a video blog of her experiences in Poland on the Ranok Facebook Page. Here's a video of our President handing out chocolate presents to refugee children at a holiday party: