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CARE Humanitarian Workers: Meet Daria Khrystenko
After fleeing the war in Ukraine, Daria Khrystenko started working as Communications Officer at CARE Poland
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After fleeing the war in Ukraine, Daria Khrystenko started working as Communications Officer at CARE Poland
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