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Vasyl is originally from Romania but has lived in the UK for the past seven years. Now the man is actively volunteering in Ukraine. In particular, he helps to dismantle the rubble of buildings destroyed by the war, build walls and repair roofs. Recently, he also joined the digging of a ditch to lay a pipe and deliver water to the house. He also repairs bicycles, which are then distributed to citizens in the affected regions of the country.

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• volunteers
• Kyiv

Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the Ukrainian-Israeli medical volunteer movement FRIDA Ukraine has been going on charitable rescue missions and helping civilians. Currently, doctors are actively working in Kharkiv, Kherson and Donetsk oblasts. Journalists are invited to join the team of medical volunteers during future trips to the de-occupied territories.

For reference: Volunteer doctors (of various specialties) make trips and help local residents who complain about their health. They provide consultations, perform surgeries, evacuate people and distribute medicine.

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Teachers in Zaporizhia hold sports and entertainment activities for refugee children every week. Entertainment activities and performances are held in a theater. Parents and children who moved away from the occupied territories of Zaporizhia and Kherson regions come here every Sunday.

Due to the lack of high-quality equipment and the fact that the premises are unsuitable for sports games, creative teachers invent games for children with objects made of available materials: paper, balloons, etc.

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• children
• volunteers
• Zaporizhzhia

Tetiana Brovarets is a folklorist, candidate of philological sciences and an employee of the Institute for Art Studies, Folklore and Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

On February 23, 2022, the woman went on a business trip from Kherson to the capital, where she found herself when russia’s full-scale invasion began. Later, she decided to join “Dobrobat” volunteer movement. For nine months, Tetiana has been volunteering to help clear the rubble of buildings destroyed by the war and even install window slopes. Her mother also joined the volunteer work. 

• reconstruction
• volunteers
• women
• Kyiv

As the volunteers of the Zhytomyr regional branch of the All-Ukrainian charity organization “Turbota pro Litnih v Ukraini” (Age Concern Ukraine), ‘Grandma’s Battalion’ helps Ukrainian soldiers. More than 30 older women have joined the team. The oldest one is 85 years old.

Among other things, the women sew pillows, bedding, balaclavas, mittens for the military, and even special underwear with fasteners for wounded defenders. The women also knit socks. 

For reference: ‘Grandma’s Battalion’ has been helping the military since 2014. It was Ukrainian defenders who came up with the name.

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• women
• Zhytomyr

After an entrepreneur from Ivano-Frankivsk, together with German investors, set up its business, a newly built plastic surgery clinic placed only a few operations on a commercial basis. Since the war outbreak, everything has changed. It was then that it was decided to turn the facility into a volunteer surgical hospital where wounded soldiers are treated free of charge. Doctors from all over Ukraine and even scientists agreed to work unpaid. In addition, the entrepreneur opened an outpatient clinic where internally displaced persons are treated for free.

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• volunteers

On March 4 and 5, volunteers of “Brave to rebuild” project will help residents of Kyiv region. In particular, the activists will clear the debris of buildings destroyed during the war in Irpin, Hostomel and Horenka.

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• reconstruction
• volunteers
• Kyiv

Halyna is a resident of Mariupol and Co-Founder of Halabuda Educational Hub. At the start of russia’s full-scale invasion, this hub became a support center for thousands of people. Those whose houses had been destroyed as well as many others came here. Over two hundred volunteers worked in the hub. At that point, Halyna took over all the processes related to assistance coordination.

A field kitchen was set up in the hub. So, for example, people could cook food on refrigerator grills. To get water, they had to melt snow. Volunteers delivered food to those in need and helped the wounded.

Despite the war, the educational platform “Halabuda” is currently developing in other cities of Ukraine, particularly, in Cherkasy and Lviv regions. (Since 2014, the educational platform has been engaged in volunteer support for the military and civilians).  

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• occupation
• volunteers
• Mariupol

Issa Sadi from the Republic of Guinea in West Africa has been living in Ukraine for over 30 years. The man studied in Kyiv. He was a Vice-Consul of the Honorary Consulate of Guinea in Ukraine. Currently, he is the President of “African Council in Ukraine” NGO.

In the first days of russia’s full-scale invasion, the man helped the Africans to evacuate. He also provided the Ukrainian military with warm clothing. Later, he joined the volunteers of “Dobrobat” (Volunteer Building Division). He has already helped to clear debris in Kyiv region on multiple occasions, and also repaired a roof destroyed during the war. The man also plans to involve his family and acquaintances in volunteer work.

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• Kyiv

The goal of the volunteer project “Brave to Rebuild” is to help residents of the de-occupied territories of Ukraine to restore housing and social institutions damaged as a result of the russian federation’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine. Since the beginning of May 2022, over 2,000 volunteers from Ukraine, Europe, the U.S., Canada and Australia have been involved in the project. Among other things, volunteers helped to clear debris, repair roofs and windows in 228 detached houses and 153 apartments in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Kherson regions. 

Upcoming events:

February 21-22, 2023 (Kyiv) — setting up “Volunteer Indomitability” hub in the premises of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. This indomitability center will help volunteers and young activists, as well as provide electricity to enable work during power and communication outages. In fact, it will be a public co-working space, arranged by the activists themselves.

February 25-26 (Irpin, Bucha and surrounding villages). Clearing debris, small repairs in detached houses.

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• russian crimes
• volunteers
• Kharkiv
• Kherson
• Kyiv