Culture and Sports Minister Chili Tropper says he has taken in a Ukrainian family to live in his home after they fled the war.
Mark, 9, a young tennis player, his mom, Lena, and their dog are now living with the Troppers.
Mark and his mother were part of a program that relocated 100 athletes from Ukraine to Israel. The boy’s father has remained behind in Ukraine, in a city between Kharkiv and the capital Kyiv, the minister writes in a Facebook post.
“They are charming, in much pain, endlessly worried, but also manage to smile and maintain optimism. My children vacated their rooms, offered them the beds, and tried, without words but with simple human language, to give them ‘a place in the world,'” he says, using the name of his book.
מארק בן התשע, אמו לנה והכלב גושה ברחו מאוקראינה. הם פליטי מלחמה ובתחילת השבוע הם עברו לגור בביתי. אנו משתדלים לתת להם…
Posted by חילי טרופר | Chili Tropper on Thursday, March 24, 2022
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