A Ukrainian mum who fled the Ukrainian war for Whitley Bay is desperately fundraising to help provide prosthetic limbs for soldiers and civilians injured in her homeland.
Iryna Orshak fled the city of Lviv with her daughter, first of Poland and then for the UK. She arrived in Whitley Bay and now works for Newcastle City Council. In Ukraine she was a lawyer and PR executive, now she works in data.
But despite settling in the North East, Iryna's mind remains with her loved ones - including a husband and elder daughter - in Ukraine. She is part of an organisation - Dopomogator - fundraising to provide life-changing prosthetic limbs to those who need them, but these do not come cheap.
