The squeak of their shoes and the thump of the ball on the court feels blessedly normal for Vika Kovalevska and Vlada Hozalova. Know more:
THE squeak of their shoes and the thump of the ball on the court feels blessedly normal for Vika Kovalevska and Vlada Hozalova.
Kovalevska and Hozalova are friends who have played internationally for Ukraine’s under-20 women’s team. The two guards arrived in Canada in May.Hozalova, 24, needs to complete an English for Academic Purposes program at the university before she’s academically eligible to play conference games in Canada West—Hozalova answered questions for this story via email. She can still practice with the Pronghorns and play exhibition games.
“Those were the scariest moments of my life. I thought for a second that I might not make it out alive,” Hozalova wrote. They haven’t heard from a mutual friend who serves in Ukraine’s armed forces for six months. Hozalova says he was taken prisoner while defending Mariupol’s steel plant.Looking to escape the conflict, the women obtained Canadian visas. Using Facebook, they looked for volunteers in Canada who could help them.
“When the conflict occurred, we had some students already studying here at the University of Lethbridge,” said international executive director Paul Pan. “Because of the conflict, they weren’t able to receive money from home to support themselves. They were worried their parents were out of work because of the conflict.Kovalevska and Hozalova were approved for the bursaries covering on-campus living and tuition for two semesters.
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