Stories
An entrepreneur from Luhansk continues to grow her business amid the war
In February 2022, Ievgeniia Abdula and her husband were in Kyiv, at an exhibition of children’s goods, when they woke up to the familiar noises of sirens. They knew immediately what it meant – the wa…
Producers of traditional Ukrainian cheese go for growth with EU support
In the Carpathians, Ukraine’s highest mountain range, live the Ukrainian highlanders – the Hutsuls. Apart from their distinctive language, music, traditions, and costumes, there is one more thing tha…
From overalls to wedding dresses
Over almost ten years, Svitlana Korotun has learned the ins and outs of making the perfect wedding dress that will suit the tastes and preferences of any bride. Until recently, she was the owner of a…
Horses for therapy: the social enterprise that has prospered despite the w…
Hippotherapy, one of the newest and most promising healthcare developments, is based on the use of the horse for the renewal of human bodily functions. Anna discovered it as part of her treatment for…
“We are not tired”: how EU-funded project provides assistance…
“We are not tired” is not just the name of the project of the Kharkiv Charitable Foundation “Sister-Mercy”, but the slogan with which the organisation’s team has been working for many years.
The Shelter project: assistance to internally displaced people
Few could have predicted the development of events at the end of February when Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The things the world witnessed were a complete shock to civilized human…
Starting from scratch, twice. How an entrepreneurial couple from Luhansk O…
In 2014, after the initial outbreak of the war in eastern Ukraine, Olena, her husband and their young son were forced to leave their home in Severodonetsk. But in 2017 the family decided to return. B…
Dentistry without pain: How a unique dental clinic in Mykolaiv is survivin…
“On February 24, we woke up to the sound of explosions – we live near a military airfield. We immediately cancelled all appointments in our dental clinic, because we had no idea what was going on. We…
EU4Skills: Better Skills for Modern Ukraine teaches partnership and unity
“The EU continues its support to Ukraine through all of our projects. EU4Skills is one of our programmes which cover the most crucial emergency needs of IDPs. In cooperation with our Member States Ge…
EU4Business and EBRD assist Ukrainian wine producer in times of war
Vitalii Ukrainets remembers the day Russia invaded Ukraine as clearly as anyone. He was on holiday with his wife, Yuliya, and knew immediately he had to get his mother and two children out of Odesa t…
MARTA gets an “A”
In 2021, a development team of the medical chatbot from Mariupol ‘Open Data Lab – Ukraine’ won the competition of civic tech instruments ‘Act to connect’ from the Eastern Europe Foundation (EEF), fun…
Bridges of Trust Serve People
In September 2021, Kyiv hosted a plenary gathering under U-LEAD’s initiative ‘Bridges of Trust’ where representatives of 16 Ukrainian and 11 Slovenian municipalities shared experiences of local self-…