a shelter has been employing Ukrainians for almost a year

At more than 2000 meters above sea level, at the top of the slopes of Val d’Isère (Savoie), it is difficult to imagine that a place of celebration has become a refuge for dozens of people over the past year, far from the war. ‘Ukrainians. In the kitchen, Ludmila Tropivska works diligently. “I’ve been working here for a year, making salads. I never imagined that I would find myself here one day”, she says. César Reversade, business manager, already employed Ludmila’s husband long before the war. He has now moved back to Ukraine while she has been offered a job here.

An artist reconnects with her passion

A year ago, at the Ukrainian border, César Reversade and his brother left Val d’Isère by car, encouraged by their mother to pick up women and children. “They were outside, they were frozen when we found them, but afterwards, they were super happy”, says Caesar. Since then, some Ukrainians have left and others have arrived, like Anastasiya Demenkova, an artist who is reconnecting with the passion from which the bombings had taken her away: singing.