A group of Grey County residents who began helping twin brothers who fled Russia more than two years ago are celebrating after the young men began their university studies in Poland on Wednesday.

And since incorporating as a non-profit organization and becoming a registered charity, the Bluewater Refugee Education Project (BREP) hopes to some day assist others in Eastern Europe facing similar situations.

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Danil and Roman Korenkov began studying computer science at Lodz Polytechnic University on Wednesday after successfully mastering the English language, and navigating the entrance requirements and tests of Poland’s higher education system, all with the help from others half a world away.

“It is quite an achievement in a year-and-a-half to get your English from pretty

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