{"id":204136,"date":"2025-06-22T03:24:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T03:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/204136\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T03:24:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T03:24:32","slug":"ukrainian-refugee-in-wells-supporting-other-displaced-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/204136\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian refugee in Wells supporting other displaced people"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BBCBBC<\/p>\n

Inna Prykhodko said she enjoys giving back to help support other refugees<\/p>\n

A woman who fled Ukraine three years ago said she is helping to support other displaced people feel welcome in the UK.<\/p>\n

Inna Prykhodko moved to Wells in Somerset in 2022 as part of the homes for Ukraine programme and now teaches English to other refugees.<\/p>\n

She has been speaking at a new exhibition for World Refugee Day at Wells Cathedral, describing what it is like to be as a displaced person.<\/p>\n

Ms Prykhodko told BBC Radio Somerset:<\/a> “I was trying to start my life from scratch but I also wanted to help others to navigate a new country as I knew the English language. It’s been very rewarding.”<\/p>\n

She said: “When I came here to Wells, my life has changed considerably and trying to help others has helped ease that pain of fleeing my home country. <\/p>\n

“The UK and Ukraine life is really similar but the cuisine is quite different.<\/p>\n

“Sunday Roast is something we don’t have in Ukraine and that’s such a wonderful tradition with spending time with family and eating amazing food.”<\/p>\n

\"Six<\/p>\n

Ms Prykhodko (second from the right) told her story alongside other refugees at an event at Wells Cathedral<\/p>\n

She now works with the Wells Welcome Hub which aims to create a safe space for anyone who is displaced.<\/p>\n

Ms Prykhodko said: “We try to promote British values through volunteering and participating in events. It’s about getting them into the community.<\/p>\n

“I want to show people that are displaced that learning a new language and integrating with the local community can be so beneficial.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BBC Inna Prykhodko said she enjoys giving back to help support other refugees A woman who fled Ukraine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7654],"tags":[2000,299,657],"class_list":{"0":"post-204136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ukraine","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-ukraine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114724881633488678","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}