Mutual assistance in the war

Theatres and museums volunteering during the war

With the beginning of a full-scale war, art institutions in Ukraine have transformed the way they work. They began to approach the victory in multiple ways: providing the military and civilians with needed things, organizing shelters for internally displaced people,...

Volunteering without limits: how people with disabilities help during a full-scale war

Disability is not an obstacle to volunteering, even during a full-scale war. This is proven by the heroes who, despite extremely difficult conditions, do everything possible to help other people. In peacetime, they actively defended the rights of people with...

Post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. To become better than ever

Online-maps that capture destruction, manuals for rebuilding cities, military rehabilitation programs, and agreements with partner states to restore infrastructure — Ukraine is poised to become even better than before a full-scale invasion. Ukrainians are already working on this, without putting...

The extraordinary daily life of Ukrainian rescue workers

Staff of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) selflessly rescue people from fire, water, and any other emergency. During the full-scale war they are, without any exaggeration, true heroes who work daily at the limits of human capabilities.

Living inside the school. Kharkiv in times of war.

Kharkiv has been suffering from daily shelling by the Russian army since the beginning of the full-scale war. Some people have got evacuated, but there are also those who, despite everything, cannot leave the city. A few residents of Saltivka,...

Housing IDPs at a ranch

From the first days of the full-scale Russian invasion, many residents of central and eastern Ukraine fled to the western regions to escape enemy shelling. Until February 24, the Skarbova Hora in Halychyna was a center for green tourism. But...

How Zgraya works during war

The regions affected by the full-scale war now face food shortages and limited access to essential services. Female volunteers quickly organized assistance for their communities, ensuring that they had access to basic necessities such as food, water, and medicine. Zgraya...

How Ukraine’s Red Cross is helping during war

Tetyana has volunteered with the Red Cross of Ukraine for almost three years. The following is Tetyana’s personal story about the help she provided to civilians during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and an explanation of the difference between the...