Missouri Mom Travels Half a World Away to Help 31 Orphans Escape from Ukraine

Photo by Maciek Nabrdalik / VII for PEOPLE. Wendy Farrell with some of the Ukrainian orphans that she helped flee to Poland.

Wendy Farrell, a mother of five living in Missouri, traveled half a world away to help 31 orphans escape from Ukraine. View the story photographed by Maciek Nabrdalik in PEOPLE.