Boss Buys Over GH¢900K 3-Bedroom House for Mother of 3 Running away from Ukraine to Live in for Free
- A kindhearted employer has offered a remarkable lease of life to a mother fleeing Ukraine with her kids
- The boss identified as Jamie Hughes bought a GH¢979,594.72 (N54.5 million) 3-bedroom house in UK for the woman and all refugees fleeing the Russia-Ukraine war
- Jamie didn't initially not wanted to splash such a whooping sum in purchasing a house for strangers
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The UN refugee agency had on Monday stated that more than 4.2 million Ukrainian refugees have now fled the country since the Russian invasion with more expected to flee as the war rages on.
But a family in Ukraine is set to get a new lease of life thanks to a kindhearted UK boss who has got them a new house.
Source: UGC
Daily Mail reports that Jamie Hughes bought a 3-bedroom house in Wrexham, North Wales worth £100,000 (N54.5m) which Maria and her three kids will move into upon successful emigration from Ukraine to the UK.
The inspiration behind Hughes' gesture
50-year-old Jamie who started his telecoms company at age 21 said it was devastating watching millions of people fleeing their country and sought to help.
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He had wanted to convert an annex in his home for refugees but that would take two years to achieve.
''I wanted to help because it was absolutely devastating watching millions of people fleeing - the bombs going off.''
The new home is open to Maria and her three kids who are aged 10, 12 and 14 who will be in the UK in coming weeks. Other refugees coming in from Ukraine are also expected to take shelter in the home for free.
Maria who is still in Western Ukraine works in anaesthetics at a Ukrainian hospital.
65-year-old Ghanaian Blind Man Living in Mudhouse Gets New Self-contained Apartment
Meanwhile,YEN.com.gh previously reported that after years of living in a dilapidated mudhouse under deplorable conditions, 65-year-old blind Wofa Yaw from Pekyi-Tweapeasi in the Ashanti Region, has been given a new house.
Before the gesture, he lived in a muddy thatch in extreme poverty under heart-wrenching conditions, going without food for days sometimes.
The fate of the aged man with visual impairment received a glimpse of hope after his plight came to the attention of the Bernard Nketiah Ministries. Then, the journey to provide him with a dignifying accommodation began.
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