Hello.

My name is Polina. I am 15 years old. I am from Zhytomyr. I study at a
sports lyceum and attend an art school. I like it. I participate in international art
competitions, including Polish ones, and win prizes. I love animals and collect
herbarium.

Before the start of the war, I was engaged in archery. But how did I end
up in Zhytomyr? Not so long ago, my mother died 2 years ago. I became an
orphan. Now I live in a foster family in Zhytomyr. I learned that Zhytomyr is
closely connected with Polish culture, history, Polish diaspora and religion. All this
is very interesting to me. Even recently I found out that my great-grandmother
was Polish. I want to get acquainted with Polish culture and history. I am
interested in architecture and plan to visit many interesting places in Poland. I
know that our countries are very interconnected. I want to tell Poland about
Ukraine, and Ukraine about Poland. I hope that by visiting this country with your
project I will make a lot of sketches and photos for my album. I want to explore a
new country for me and get to know the Poles better. I want to learn about my
family history and make new friends. My foster family is trying to help me fulfill
my life. They told me about this project. The whole world is open before me and I
want to start acquaintance with it from Poland!

Polina has applied to participate in the History, Healing and Hope Tour. You can help Polina realize her dream by making a donation here:

Polina