Ukraine: Introducing Falun Gong to the People of Drujkovka and Raising Awareness about the Persecution

On April 29th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners went to Drujkovka, Ukraine, to introduce Falun Dafa and expose the persecution of Falun Gong to local people.

Falun Gong practitioners demonstrate the exercises	Bus passengers and drivers watch practitioners demonstrating the exercises	Local people read the exhibition boards to learn the facts about Falun Gong

It was cloudy that day and torrential rain poured along the way to Drujkovka. It didn't stop when practitioners arrived at their destination. Due to the rain, only a few pedestrians were on the roads. However, practitioners made up their mind to cherish their precious time, and set up for their activity. They set up exhibition boards and began to do the Falun Gong exercises. While setting up the exhibition boards, the rain reduced. When the practitioners began to do the exercises the rain stopped and the sun came out.

Only a few people were walking on the street, but there were many vehicles and buses. The drivers and passengers in those vehicles could clearly see the exhibition boards and practitioners who were demonstrating the exercises. Some bus drivers even stopped nearby the practitioners so that the passengers could easily ask for leaflets from the practitioners.

A woman and her teenage daughter were very interested in Falun Gong. They watched practitioners doing the exercises from beginning to end. Later, practitioners heard that she is the director of the Interior Department in the Drujkovka administration.

She told practitioners that she is the person who is in charge of campaign applications in the government and Falun Gong practitioners had called her to apply for the activity permit. She also said that her daughter suffered a strange ailment. The doctors were helpless and suggested she practise Chinese qigong. She was very happy to come across Falun Gong practitioners. After learning the facts of Falun Gong she made up her mind to practise Falun Gong with her daughter.