It is sad full stop that people are having to leave their homes. Some friends of ours have taken in two Ukrainians, a 40 something year old mother and an 18 year old daughter.
They're not vegans and are proving to be considerate and grateful house guests, but they are both very unhappy. The daughter is particularly traumatised by her experiences and, pleasant as the surroundings are that our friends have provided, they just don't want to be here. They'd rather be in their own flat in Kyiv, which they have no idea if they'll ever be able to return to.
There is a contingent of approx 80 Ukrainian refugees in our small market town, and despite efforts from local residents to arrange events for them to meet up, they don't want to socialise with each other. Apparently meeting up with other Ukrainians just reinforces what they've lost.
The Vegan in the story at the start of this thread is in a similarly sad position, just worse because of her life choices. Cruel as it may sound, i wonder how long she'll stick with her Vegan principles. Ultimately, it will come down to what is more traumatising, not finding a home and living in a B&B or compromising on her principles. It is actually quite amazing that in this modern world a refugee is still able to stick with their vegan principles and live 'relatively' comfortably (relative being relative to those that fled Syria or other recent conflicts). I would imagine that the starving refugees fleeing across Europe at the end of the second world war wouldn't have had that choice and would have eaten any food they could find, whatever it was.
I hope that publicity like this story may help her find a Vegan family who can offer her a home.
