Maybe the shortest blog of ours.....

ever..... We got our visas that allow us to return to Ukraine and do what we do. Still peeves me that Fiona Canada paid $65 and UK Bob paid $333 to be a volunteer in Ukraine. As a byword, an Italian would pay $166. Go figure. Would love anyone to to explain this? Especially our Ukrainian Lviv Oblast people that we know :). And especially as the UK is one of the biggest supporters of Ukraine.

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