Daria Khrystenko

Daria Khrystenko
CitizenshipUkrainian

Daria Khrystenko is a Ukrainian teacher, refugee and humanitarian, known for speaking widely about her experience of fleeing the conflict in Ukraine and rebuilding her life in Poland.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Khrystenko was a teacher living in Kyiv until she fled the country with her mother and son due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1][5]

Khrystenko is fluent in Ukrainian, Russian, English and Polish.[3]

Activism as a refugee

After fleeing to Warsaw, in April 2022[6] Khrystenko signed up to be a teacher in Polish schools with the cash-for-work program sponsored by international humanitarian charity CARE International and the Polish Centre for International Aid.[5] Khrystenko subsequently joined in helping Ukrainian refugees who had fled to Poland. Khrystenko has been acting as teacher for Ukrainian children adapting to Polish schooling, a translator between refugees and local charities, and a spokesperson for Ukrainian refugees and displaced people.[1][3]

In June 2022, Khrystenko joined six other women and girls from around the world who wrote to G7 leaders ahead of the G7 Summit. Khrystenko, citing her own experiencing as a refugee, called on leaders to "support vulnerable refugees from Ukraine without existing support systems" as well as refugees worldwide.[2]

Khrystenko is interviewed regularly in the media about her experiences as a Ukrainian refugee.[7][8][9][3] In February 2023, Khrystenko returned to her hometown in Ukraine to visit her father and grandmother for the first time since the conflict began.[1] She was interviewed about this experience by Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Helen Pankhurst in the #Walk4Women podcast, produced by Stylist Magazine and CARE International.[4][10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "After fleeing war in Ukraine, this woman helps others who are trying to rebuild their lives in Poland". Stylist Magazine. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  2. ^ a b Wilson, Claie (2022-06-24). "The women being forced to flee war zones and trade sex for food". Metro. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  3. ^ a b c d Daria Khyshenko, Ukrainian refugee & teacher hired by CARE - CNN, First Move with Julia Chatterley, retrieved 2022-07-29
  4. ^ a b "Walk the Talk: #Walk4Women". Spotify. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  5. ^ a b "Daria Khrystenko's letter to G7 leaders | CARE". www.careinternational.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  6. ^ "3 months of war in Ukraine: voices from the humanitarian frontlines". CARE International. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  7. ^ Russia's frankenstein tanks & Ukrainian refugees in Poland | Ukraine: The Latest | Podcast, retrieved 2023-03-10
  8. ^ First Move With Julia Chatterley - DARIA K - CNN live, retrieved 2023-03-10
  9. ^ columnist, Guest (2023-02-22). "We must keep up humanitarian aid to Ukraine: William Lambers". cleveland. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  10. ^ "Helen Pankhurst: How Meghan has been treated is sad". The Independent. 2023-03-03. Retrieved 2023-03-10.