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'KOLYCHIVKA, Ukraine — Hanna Yurchenko carries a basketful of apples, freshly
picked from the trees next door. It's a drizzly afternoon on one of the first
cool days of fall.
The 66-year-old walks around the perimeter of what was once her home — reduced
to the foundation by multiple rocket hits on March 7 — and hands out apples to
workers shoveling the debris into metal buckets.
"I'm retired, and I can't do this cleanup myself," she says, her eyes filling
with tears. "I'm just so grateful for these kids."
The "kids" she refers to are a dozen 20- and 30-somethings clearing rubble.
It's a grim setting, but the mood is light: Techno music blasts from a
Bluetooth speaker and people dance and laugh as they work.
They volunteer for Repair Together, a large network of friends who raise money
to bring busloads of young people from around Ukraine to destroyed villages, to
help people clean up their homes.
Organizers say another aim is to restore a sense of community after seven
months of war.'
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
