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Olesya Bogdan

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06 February, 2023

The social cafe ‚Hornyatko’. How youths with disabilities work in Bukovyna province

Measured pace of life, coffee and homemade goodies. In this cafe you will not see hundreds of guests or a menu offering twenty dishes. However, it is exactly the place where you can feel the awe and love of those who set this place up and who daily greet visitors with an open heart.  We […]

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30 January, 2023

Furniture on a mission: a social workshop ‚Woodluck‘ helping people

Ending up down and out, losing trust of nearest and dearest, but then in the end finding strength to ask for help and eventually getting it. It is not easy to cope with addiction. However, there are those who have managed to do just that. Not only have they overcome it, they have also returned […]

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24 January, 2023

From Slovyansk to Kropyvnytskyi: who teaches modern skills to older people

Computer school, pilates, painting… All these activities are available not only to the youths, but also to older people. The public organization from Slovyansk proves that older people deserve not only humanitarian help, but also development and education.  We talked to the founder of the public organization ‚Vik shchastya‘ (the Ukrainian for ‚the age of […]

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23 January, 2023

On their own land: “Family Garden” builds modular houses for those who have lost their homes

A house burned down after being hit by cluster munitions. Domestic animals and cattle could not be saved. Its residents are now forced to live in a barn, since the walls are the only things that are left from the house. There are hundreds of such stories. The public organization “Family Garden” records stories of […]

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19 January, 2023

Sewing and surviving: how a social enterprise is functioning in a shelter

Women that have been affected by domestic violence and war have found help offered in a shelter. Apart from the roof over their heads, they also have the opportunity to work and speak about the important through embroideries and symbols of the shirts they sew. The head of the Saint Olha shelter, Nataliya Dresviannikova, and […]

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28 December, 2022

Space for safety: how residents of Mariupol build ‘Khalabuda’  in Cherkasy

In our childhood we would often make our own hiding place out of chairs, blankets and sheets. Inside there was a completely different world – safe, snug and full of dreams. A hub from Mariupol has taken on the task to recreate this atmosphere. The hub had been operating until the full-fledged invasion. Now it […]

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05 October, 2022

Twice occupied, one hope: a story of doing good and cooperating in occupied Kherson

Even in the context of temporary occupation with enemies lurking everywhere, there is always a place for the good. We have spoken about people, help for others and belief in a swift liberation shared by a woman who is currently residing in Kherson. Here is what she said.  Life before Originally I am from Kherson. […]

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25 October, 2022

A big dream in a small town: how a two-time forcibly displaced person opened a café

Diana Maksymenko has lost her home twice due to war. However, she has never stopped dreaming. In the thick of the Russian full-scale invasion she opened her new coffee shop of which she had been dreaming since her childhood. Her dream came true in the town of Teplyk which is located in Vinnytsia province. This […]

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