{"id":15220,"date":"2024-12-05T15:18:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T15:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/better-future.org\/?page_id=15220"},"modified":"2025-04-04T21:48:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T21:48:33","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/better-future.org\/index.php\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"15220\" class=\"elementor elementor-15220\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79d3ad3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"79d3ad3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c47b415 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c47b415\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/better-future.org\/category\/blog\/\">Blog,<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dca0303 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dca0303\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/better-future.org\/category\/homelessness\/\">Homelessness,<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7ad315 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d7ad315\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-528267b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"528267b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4bcf7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f4bcf7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/better-future.org\/index.php\/category\/stories-from-ukrainian-newcomers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Ukrainian Newcomers\u2019 Stories<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-990242f elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"990242f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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elementor-element-2bf971e post-excerpt elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-excerpt\" data-id=\"2bf971e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-excerpt.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Anastasiia or Nastya, as her family lovingly calls her, is a 25-year-old autistic newcomer from Ukraine who discovered a whole new world through painting. 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-528267b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"528267b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4bcf7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f4bcf7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/better-future.org\/index.php\/category\/homelessness-prevention\/\" rel=\"tag\">Homelessness Prevention<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/better-future.org\/index.php\/category\/stories-from-ukrainian-newcomers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Ukrainian Newcomers\u2019 Stories<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-990242f elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"990242f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b379d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"9b379d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items 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Journey<\/a><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bf971e post-excerpt elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-excerpt\" data-id=\"2bf971e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-excerpt.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>For nearly 3 months, Ganna Sokolova, a 70-year-old Ukrainian newcomer, has been living in a hospital bed, trapped in a limbo no one should have to endure. She has dementia-like[...]\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<style id=\"loop-dynamic-15818\">.e-loop-item-14022 .elementor-element.elementor-element-aaf6935:not(.elementor-motion-effects-element-type-background), .e-loop-item-14022 .elementor-element.elementor-element-aaf6935 > .elementor-motion-effects-container > .elementor-motion-effects-layer{background-image:url(\"https:\/\/better-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Christy-Woods.webp\");}<\/style>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"15818\" class=\"elementor elementor-15818 e-loop-item e-loop-item-14022 post-14022 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-canadas-best tag-canada tag-canadas-best tag-doing-good tag-people-in-crisis tag-ukrainian-newcomers\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-350bffb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"350bffb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaf6935 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aaf6935\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/better-future.org\/index.php\/the-kindness-curse-christy-woods-story\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d314262 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d314262\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-528267b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"528267b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4bcf7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f4bcf7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/better-future.org\/index.php\/category\/canadas-best\/\" rel=\"tag\">Canada\u2019s Best<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-990242f elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"990242f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b379d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"9b379d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-2afa455 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>June 8, 2024<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f05abe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f05abe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/better-future.org\/index.php\/the-kindness-curse-christy-woods-story\/\">The Kindness Curse: Christy Woods&#8217; Story\u200b<\/a><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bf971e post-excerpt elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-excerpt\" data-id=\"2bf971e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-excerpt.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>I learned about Christy Woods, a nurse from British Columbia who went on a humanitarian mission to Ukraine, from a group of Ukrainian newcomers staying at the Avid hotel in[...]\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<style id=\"loop-dynamic-15818\">.e-loop-item-14694 .elementor-element.elementor-element-aaf6935:not(.elementor-motion-effects-element-type-background), .e-loop-item-14694 .elementor-element.elementor-element-aaf6935 > .elementor-motion-effects-container > .elementor-motion-effects-layer{background-image:url(\"https:\/\/better-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4393-1024x768-1.webp\");}<\/style>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"15818\" class=\"elementor elementor-15818 e-loop-item e-loop-item-14694 post-14694 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-homelessness category-stories-from-ukrainian-newcomers tag-homeless tag-looking-for-job tag-newcomer tag-struggles tag-toronto tag-ukrainian-newcomers tag-ukrainians\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-350bffb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"350bffb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaf6935 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aaf6935\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/better-future.org\/index.php\/from-newcomer-to-homeless-in-less-than-2-months\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d314262 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d314262\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-528267b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"528267b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4bcf7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f4bcf7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/better-future.org\/index.php\/category\/homelessness\/\" rel=\"tag\">Homelessness<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/better-future.org\/index.php\/category\/stories-from-ukrainian-newcomers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Ukrainian Newcomers\u2019 Stories<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-990242f elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"990242f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b379d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"9b379d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-2afa455 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>May 16, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f05abe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f05abe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/better-future.org\/index.php\/from-newcomer-to-homeless-in-less-than-2-months\/\">From Newcomer to Homeless in Less Than 2 Months<\/a><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bf971e post-excerpt elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-excerpt\" data-id=\"2bf971e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-excerpt.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vasyl arrived in Canada from Poland at the end of March and stayed for 2 weeks at a hotel for free, as part of the program for Ukrainian newcomers, where[...]\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<style id=\"loop-dynamic-15818\">.e-loop-item-14887 .elementor-element.elementor-element-aaf6935:not(.elementor-motion-effects-element-type-background), .e-loop-item-14887 .elementor-element.elementor-element-aaf6935 > .elementor-motion-effects-container > .elementor-motion-effects-layer{background-image:url(\"https:\/\/better-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dasha-sasha.jpg\");}<\/style>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"15818\" class=\"elementor elementor-15818 e-loop-item e-loop-item-14887 post-14887 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-stories-from-ukrainian-newcomers tag-looking-for-job tag-ukrainians tag-war-in-ukraine\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-350bffb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"350bffb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaf6935 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aaf6935\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/better-future.org\/index.php\/two-ukrainian-artists-embarked-on-a-lengthy-journey-to-canada\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d314262 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d314262\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-528267b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"528267b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4bcf7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f4bcf7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/better-future.org\/index.php\/category\/stories-from-ukrainian-newcomers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Ukrainian Newcomers\u2019 Stories<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-990242f elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"990242f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b379d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"9b379d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-2afa455 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>December 10, 2022<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f05abe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f05abe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/better-future.org\/index.php\/two-ukrainian-artists-embarked-on-a-lengthy-journey-to-canada\/\">Two Ukrainian Artists Embarked on a Lengthy Journey To Canada<\/a><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bf971e post-excerpt elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-excerpt\" data-id=\"2bf971e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-excerpt.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dariia Kovalova and Oleksandra Yesipenko are two talented Ukrainian artists, illustrators and graphic designers that recently moved to Toronto from Kyiv, in hopes of finding a safer place, away from[...]\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<style id=\"loop-dynamic-15818\">.e-loop-item-14892 .elementor-element.elementor-element-aaf6935:not(.elementor-motion-effects-element-type-background), .e-loop-item-14892 .elementor-element.elementor-element-aaf6935 > .elementor-motion-effects-container > .elementor-motion-effects-layer{background-image:url(\"https:\/\/better-future.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/318572776_710627486916372_8996184507701760923_n-768x1024-1.jpg\");}<\/style>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"15818\" class=\"elementor elementor-15818 e-loop-item e-loop-item-14892 post-14892 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-stories-from-ukrainian-newcomers tag-ukrainian-newcomers tag-ukrainians tag-war-in-ukraine\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-350bffb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"350bffb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaf6935 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aaf6935\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/better-future.org\/index.php\/after-two-wars-mother-son-get-new-start-in-canada\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d314262 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d314262\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div 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