A family who fled the war in Ukraine have been rehoused in a Welsh school and they appeared on The One Show this evening, June 20, when viewers saw just how the family of five have been welcomed into their new community.
The report on the BBC show told that the empty caretaker's house at St Martin's School in Caerphilly has now been filled by Maria and her family, you can see the original story of the house, here. The five, Maria, her two brothers and parents, Vitalii and Tatiana, live on the school grounds and Maria and her brother Luka attend the school which is just a hop away from their front door.
Maria tells reporter, Lindsey Russell, about living in Wales: "People here are so nice and they really care and are ready to help," she said, but the teenager sadly confesses that she also feels guilty. "My life's become really even better here, I have a lot of things which I didn't have in Ukraine. It's so hard for me to understand and I feel a little guilty. I just read the stories [of back home] and I'm here. And I have other things but they don't."
