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reporter: this is olena gnes today in the united states staying win a small town in georgia. it s really amazing beautiful country. reporter: back in the fall while still in ukraine her 8-year-old daughter katia was diagnosed with autism. the trauma of ma war was affecting her mental health. that s when mary and scott magee who had seen her videos online invited her and her family to stay with them in georgia as part of a new ukrainian refugee program. thank you for this day, thank you for this food. reporter: they arrived just in time for their first american thanksgiving. she made a speech and said thank you are, mommy and daddy for taking us here to a safe place and thank you for keeping us alive. thank you to mary for taking us to her home. so i m just in here. reporter: katia is starting to adjust to a life outside a
family are allowed to stay for two years and she and her husband have applied to are work permits and driver s licenses and grateful to the united states and to mary and scott but it s hard being away from your home when it s under attack. i ran away from the war to save my children. it s not the life that i wanted for myself. i wanted genocide to stop in ukraine. i want to come back to my country and lead my life in my country. this is what i was doing during the war. reporter: i still didn t lose hope to humanity. i think there is no alternative but to be brave and to believe in light. and to fight for light against darkness. such a beautiful family. one family, one year on the anniversary of this war. we ll be right back. create something new? our dell technologies advisors can providide you with the tools and expertise you need to briring out the innovator in you.