As the evacuation life of those who were forced to evacuate from Ukraine due to the military invasion by Russia is prolonged, parents and children who are living with their sister in Gifu prefecture are trying to face life in Japan. I started learning.
Last month, the parents and children of Natalia Maritch (32) and her eldest daughter Eva (10) evacuated from Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, to her sister, who lives in Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture, with her mother and her three-year-old second daughter.
The two are learning Japanese by starting to attend a Japanese language class in Gifu City from this month as their evacuation life becomes longer.
Her sister, Sbitrana Iwaki (39), was also present in the class, and Natalia occasionally learned the meaning and pronunciation of Japanese and practiced hiragana while receiving explanations from her sister. ..
Eva, the eldest daughter, was preparing to enter a local elementary school, so she said "Nice to meet you" and "I'm from Ukraine" and learned how to introduce herself.
Natalia's husband and her father are still in Ukraine, and they check their safety on the videophone every day.
Natalia says, "I can't sleep when I think of my family in Ukraine. If I can't speak Japanese, I can't do anything by myself, and I'm worried that my child can make friends at school. I usually go shopping and work. I want to live a life of
Her sister, Subitrana, said, "Recently, her sister has come to see a smile. Now that I can't do anything without me, I studied Japanese and the children went to school. My sister wants to get a job. "