At the start of the war in Donbas, volunteers saved the Ukrainian army, providing everything from socks to sniper rifles. But as time passes, the role of these so-called volunteers comes up for discussion more and more often. Are they...
“Where’d all the good people go I’ve been changin’ channels I don’t see them on the TV shows Where’d all the good people go We got heaps and heaps of what we sow” (Jack Johnson, “Good People,” from the...
The role of volunteers in sustaining the Ukrainian armed forces against the backdrop of Russian aggression cannot be overestimated. In 2014, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lacked troops, capacity, and resources. On 28 February 2014, at the...
In 2006, 85,000 people in Ukraine were estimated to be homeless. Officially, there are around 12,000 homeless people in Kyiv alone, but the numbers are believed to be much higher. A grassroots organization called “Help the Homeless”...
This project is run as a private initiative under the auspices of KRYLA Ukrainian Volunteer Association http://kryla.org.ua/. Your generous gift is used to provide direct financial assistance to wounded soldiers and help purchase...
Natalia used to be a director of marketing in a pharmaceutical company, a successful businesswoman. Her whole life was revolving around her work and children: “I was living a completely different life. I was a shopaholic. I had...
Like Coursera, but free Prometheus has a lot in common with the world-known platform for online education Coursera. However, there are two pronounced differences. First, unlike Coursera, Prometheus is not a commercial platform, but a...
Sarah Jennings is a 52-year-old volunteer from California. She was interested to see the situation in Ukraine for herself, which is why she joined GoCamp initiative. As a destination she chose eastern Ukraine. She volunteered in the...
The war is well into its fourth year, but the law on military chaplaincy has yet to be approved. On the other hand, the law on prison chaplains has been signed by the president. Why? I don’t understand the nuances in prison chaplaincy....
… Everything’s very clear… we all know what really happened. (On June 1, 2017, Amina Okueva and her husband, Adam Osmayev, narrowly escaped death when Osmayev was shot by a man who identified himself as a journalist of the...
Four years after the Euromaidan Revolution, many people are wondering what it changed, and what it brought Ukraine. What is your opinion? I look at it from another point of view. It wasn’t Euromaidan that changed something – it was...
