Ukraine Aid Fund sponsors children who lost parents in the war

DENVER (KDVR) — More than a dozen children who lost parents in the war in Ukraine arrived in Colorado Wednesday.

Ukraine Aid Fund, a Denver-based non-profit, is sponsoring 14 children. They will spend 14 days in Colorado with host families, doing activities like tubing in Frisco, Meow Wolf and even a Nuggets game. 

“One of the kids, Andrii, is going to live with our family and we’re going help him,” Oksana Koval said.

Koval is one of the host families for the group. Her family moved from Ukraine to Colorado about 20 years ago. 

“It’s one thing watching the news and another thing when somebody comes from their side and you see their eyes and everything, these children, it is…