Extraordinary gesture of one man and his community for Ukrainian family

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Cerith Gardiner - published on 04/11/22

Jamie Hughes took action after finding it was "absolutely devastating watching millions of people fleeing -- the bombs going off."

When Jamie Hughes from Wrexham, Wales, saw news footage of what was going on in Ukraine, he was compelled to help. At first he contemplated renovating his house to welcome a family, but the length of the work and the lack of privacy led him to go even further.

Hughes decided instead to buy a house to offer shelter to a refugee family.

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