Every other week in St. John’s, a group of Ukrainian women in their sixties, seventies and older meet to talk, do handwork, and get out of the house for a few hours. They call themselves Silver Hearts. Coordinated by volunteer Tetiana Naidonova, the club was founded on March the 7th and now has about 22 members. For many of the oldest Ukrainian newcomers who’ve resettled in Newfoundland and Labrador since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, days can be spent largely alone while children and grandchildren are out working or in school, and Silver Hearts has become one of the only places where they can meet without navigating everything in English.
Silver Hearts club offers connection for Ukraine’s oldest newcomers in St. John’s
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