Stories
How Repair Together NGO Turn a Volunteer Cleanup Into a Party
For the second year in a row, Repair Together NGO continue to rebuild war-ravaged communities in the Chernihiv Oblast. Volunteers get so inspired due to the incredible atmosphere created by the NGO…
Resilience and hope: displaced Ukrainians rebuilding their lives
Dnipro — The war in Ukraine has left countless people displaced, their lives upended by the violence and turmoil that has gripped the country
How Solomiansky Kotyky Save Lives
The Solomiansky Kotyky, or Solomiansky Cats, Charitable Foundation was born out of a community of activists in Kyiv on February 24, 2022.
“Sometimes minutes count when you have saved a person’s life”
Just imagine that you can save someone’s life when commuting, in the subway, or even in the neighbor’s yard. And the graduates of rescue courses do not have to imagine: two weeks of training, and t…
How to act and move on: strategies for women facing discrimination and o…
Зростання рівня жорстокості в Інтернеті, кіберзалякування та різні види дискримінації стали актуальною проблемою в усьому світі.
Rising from ashes: Trostianets in Sumy Oblast fights for recovery after …
The small town of Trostianets in Sumy region was one of the first in Ukraine to find out what being “liberated” by Russia actually entails.
‘If we do nothing, nothing will happen. We have to bring Crimea back fro…
After fleeing Sevastopol in 2014, following the illegal annexation of Crimea, Zayets and his wife decided to live in Irpin, just outside Kyiv, believing it would be a safe place to raise their fami…
Developing STEM and educational innovation in a time of war
First, in 2020, the world was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic: smartphones and laptop screens had to replace the usual desks and textbooks in schools and universities, as Ukraine, like other countries…
The rising star: supporting children with special needs during the war
Children are one of the most vulnerable social groups in peacetime, let alone wartime, constantly needing exceptional support.
The key is to never give up: how Ukrainian women are building communitie…
Across Ukraine, inspiring women and their NGOs have been creating new initiatives and adapting existing ones to support communities and people affected by the war
Bicycle Patrol 2.0: Strengthening safety and accessibility in Zaporizhzhia
Parks, squares, fountains, pedestrian areas – anywhere that is hard to reach by car – can be especially unsafe if there is no police bicycle patrol in the city.
Bringing normalcy to a war-torn Ukraine
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has triggered the largest humanitarian crisis in Europe since World War II.