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Natalia Stepanenko, her 11-year old twins Yana and Yaryk, and a couple other family members arrived in San Diego Airport in July. The Stepanenko family were caught in a Russian Missile attack at a train in Kramatorsk in April (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/04/08/ukraine-east-attack-train/). Yana lost both legs below the knee; her mom lost one, and her grandmother was killed. Stepanenko’s husband died weeks later while fighting the war in Ukraine.

It’s difficult to imagine a worse human tragedy than what this innocent family went through. San Diego’s non-profit “Right to Walk Foundation” helped bring the family here for prosthetic rehabilitation and gave them a new chance at life. Mother and daughter will spend at least a year getting rehab at Peter Harsch Prosthetics in Mira Mesa. Local churches, House of Ukraine and a few other non-profits have been helping them to get settled here.

More media stories about the family

https://www.10news.com/news/national/russia-ukraine-conflict/san-diego-non-profit-helps-ukrainian-family-wounded-in-russian-missile-attack

 

https://www.kpbs.org/news/local/2022/09/22/ukrainian-teen-gets-a-prosthetic-leg-san-diego-and-dreams-big

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