Stories
EU4Culture: Ukrainian composer Ivan Taranenko to present new project in …
Ukrainian musician and composer Ivan Taranenko has received a mobility grant from the EU-funded programme EU4Culture
Unique skills for top universities: how the Eastern Partnership School l…
The possibility to choose courses, extra-curricular activities and a scholarship that covers fees, travels, and boarding and meals at the school’s facilities – this is the story of studying at the …
What are the coordinates of the successful community?
An NGO in the Novoushytska hromada has opened a social laundry and brought together internally displaced persons and locals.
“I dream of rebuilding Donetsk”: the story of a twice IDP fr…
The NGO “Zahody” (“Events”) was founded in Mariupol now continues to help internally displaced persons in the west of Ukraine.
Family connections: a source of strength in challenging times
The contest invited professional photographers from the six Eastern Partnership countries to enter a set of photographs around the theme of ‘Family connections’.
Libraries as centers for informal learning for IDPs in Lviv
More than 200,000 internally displaced persons moved to Lviv in the first four weeks after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Clear the land of enemies and pests
For nine years, the enterprise “NPC DESPROFMED” helped large and small institutions in Ukraine to be safe. The company provided disinfection, deratization and disinsection services throughout the c…
How the OrtoSano Clinic Saved Itself and the Military
On February 24, 2022, the doors of the Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinic in Mykolayiv opened despite Russia’s invasion. Almost all clinic staff either fled the city or hid from the invaders’ shelli…
Sweet Enterprise in Bitter Times
In early 2022, Larysa Kapranova owned a house in Mariupol, where she ran a successful confectionery business and led a department at the university. A few months after the start of Russia’s full-sc…
Cheesy, Natural, Ukrainian: Yummy snEco Snacks
Even before the full-scale invasion, crispy cheese balls snEco were much loved by thousands of Ukrainians. Their unique property made it possible to store cheese snacks even without a refrigerator….
“To retreat from your principles means to lose”: Olena Afanasieva on how…
Kherson was under occupation almost since the very beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. From the first day, the city residents went to rallies, holding Ukrainian flags and chant…