When Tamara and Alyona first reached out to us, everything looked like a typical refugee story in Dnipro. They came from eastern Ukraine - Tamara lived with her family in Severodonetsk while Alyona lived with her family in Lysychansk. They are related; Tamara's daughter Bogdana is married to Alyona's...
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, over 600 children have lost their young lives and many more have been injured due to Russia's attacks on civilian targets. According to United Nations, more than 2.5 million children have crossed the border to neighboring countries, while approximately the same...
Women & Children center in Dnipro receives 1000+ refugees per day or better said internally displaces people. They mostly come from eastern Ukraine, but we have also met families from Kharkiv, Mauripol, and other cities.
When we first visited the center, we could easily see many frightened faces signing...
During our recent visit to Dnipro, we were welcomed by the Children's and Youth Center "Lider". We enjoyed our first ever show under sirens in Dnipro.
Sofia Bezugla, 13, has performed a special dance that she created to honor has dad, a professional soldier defending Ukraine. She expressed her...
Official reports say that they are 10+ million internally displaced people in Ukraine at this moment. When we add refugees who crossed the border seeking a new home to this number, simple math says that over 30% of Ukrainians have been forced to find a new place to live.Ukrainians...
You've probably never heard about Bezvodne, a small Ukrainian village in the south, approximately 30 km from the border with Moldova, What makes this village special are refugees from Mauripol, Kharkiv, Severodonetsk, and other cities in Ukraine. Over thirty families settled down in abandoned houses - about 150 people...
Recently, Slaven and Iryna of Flaming Beacon visited the train station in Dnipro Ukraine, where they were met by officials from the Department of Youth Policy and National Patriotic Education. They have been on the ground since the beginning of the war assisting those impacted by the Russian invasion,...
Regards from Pokotylivka, Kharkiv district, #Ukraine! We have visited families whose building was severely damaged and now is getting renovated thanks to YOUR donations. pic.twitter.com/2O6yDmlTBM— Slaven Vujic 🇺🇦 Flaming Beacon (@slaven_vujic) May 21, 2022
We finally met Nina and Andriy, a hard-working volunteers from Vinnytsia, who reached out to us to deliver aid to Bezvodne village where 30+ refugee families live in abandoned houses.
