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Nowadays, Dima and Nika can often be seen playing music in various places around Bucharest. They say it’s enough to get by for now, but they hope to find other means to provide for themselves, fearing the assistance they receive might soon come to an end.

Finally reunited with relatives, the two are happy to stay in Romania for a bit and hope to one day celebrate their love as they have always dreamt. “We didn’t get to have a proper wedding, so we are waiting for things to calm down and throw a big party,” the couple says.

When the war started, the two started taking care of pets that had been left behind by their owners. They even brought some with them to Romania, and soon after arriving, they started caring for a new dog. “The war made me realize that we shouldn’t wait to do the things that make us happy,” Nika explains.

IOM’s health response in Romania is possible thanks to the support of the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), Government of Japan, German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO), Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, US State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM), UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and the Government of Korea.

If you are interested in donating to Ukraine relief efforts, please visit IOM’s fundraising page.

Written by Monica Chiriac

Source of original article: International Organization for Migration (storyteller.iom.int).
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