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Utah County attorney heads to Ukraine to help anonymous donor find 500 families to support
Utah County Legal professional David Leavitt speaks throughout a press convention in Provo on Jan. 23, 2019. Leavitt is heading to Ukraine to assist an nameless donor choose 500 households to help for a complete 12 months. (Kristin Murphy, KSL)
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PROVO — Utah County Legal professional David Leavitt is heading to Ukraine to assist an nameless donor choose 500 households to help for a complete 12 months.
“He needs to be beneficiant, however he does not essentially need the credit score for it,” Leavitt mentioned.
Discovering 500 households to help
To assist with this beneficiant donation, Leavitt might be on the bottom in Ukraine making an attempt to determine these 500 households. As soon as the households are recognized, Leavitt says Visa reward playing cards might be supplied to every household for fast monetary help till financial institution accounts will be arrange.
“Actually what we’re making an attempt to do is humanize what is going on on in folks’s lives,” he mentioned.
Leavitt is greater than accustomed to the war-torn nation; it is virtually a house away from dwelling of kinds for Leavitt and his spouse. For 14 years (2004 to 2018), they labored in authorized reform efforts in Ukraine as a part of The Leavitt Institute for Worldwide Improvement.
“Our position was to show the jury trial and American legal regulation in 35 regulation colleges all through Ukraine and Moldova,” Leavitt mentioned.
Throughout their time there, the Leavitts made many associates, and actually have a dwelling there.
“Kyiv is as a lot a house metropolis for us as Provo or Salt Lake is,” he mentioned.
Second journey to Ukraine
That is the second journey to Ukraine this 12 months for Leavitt. He says he was there simply earlier than the Russian invasion to deal with some private household points, relating to their dwelling.
“And now we’re going again to assist our associates and others who’re refugees,” Leavitt mentioned.
The method of figuring out the households that might be supported figures to be an enormous endeavor.
“We’re taking functions and listening to tales and making an attempt to determine individuals who have misplaced all the things,” he mentioned.
Attending to Ukraine will not be straightforward, nonetheless. Leavitt says he’ll first fly from Salt Lake Metropolis to Amsterdam. From there, he’ll fly to Romania, and can journey by floor the remainder of the way in which into Ukraine.
Leavitt says he’s accepting donations, and that may be accomplished by clicking right here.*
*KSL.com doesn’t guarantee that the cash deposited to the account might be utilized for the good thing about the individuals named as beneficiaries. In case you are contemplating a deposit to the account, you must seek the advice of your personal advisors and in any other case proceed at your personal threat.