MONTREAL — Cruise ship Staff Capt. Rakesh Prasad can't forget the traumatized expressions on the faces of hundreds of Ukrainians who boarded Holland America 's Volendam in April 2022.
The Volendam, now back to ferrying vacationing travellers, was the first cruise ship of the 2024 season to arrive in the city. The port authority held a ceremony aboard the vessel to celebrate the occasion, with invited guests including diplomats from Ukraine and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.Metres from the pool area, toward the entrance of the dining hall, some of the Volendam's crew members hung a large frame filled with drawings from refugee children who lived on the ship in 2022.
"We had one available," he said. "We hosted and looked after them and made sure they could have a relatively normal life at that time." Czolij said the U.S. aid package was very helpful, adding he thought it would help Ukraine win the war. He said the only people who have "fatigue" over Ukraine are those who don't understand that the country is not only defending its territorial integrity but "defending the whole of Europe.
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