Own business through support: women in Sumy and Kharkiv regions gain new professions in VONA hubs
The war takes away homes and jobs, upending normal life. Yet, it cannot strip away the will to act. Here are the stories of women…
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Natalia Gourjii: Over two decades, Rokada has become an influential player among Ukraine’s humanitarian organizations
The most important thing is people. The most critical is assistance. To be proud of the entire team. To develop together with like-minded individuals. Natalia Gourjii,…
Rokada – 23: Everything we do sometimes happens contrary to circumstances, but thanks to inner strength – both ours and that of the people we support
Today, Rokada turns 23 years old. And our chronicle is a large mosaic that is complemented every day with new projects, acquired experience and knowledge,…
Yana Rybalchenko said: “Even when it gets tough, you have to pull yourself together and keep moving forward”
Yana comes from the Sumy region. Together with her husband, she spent a long time searching for a place to call home, eventually finding it…
When the waste heaps are out of sight: Anastasiia’s story of life far from home and the hope of return
Anastasiia has had to flee the war twice – first in 2015, when she moved from her native Donetsk to Pokrovsk. The second time was…
We dream of a house with a vegetable garden next to it: a large family from Donetsk region is building a life in Kirovohrad region
The Lavryk family, who are raising seven children, evacuated from near Bakhmut in Donetsk region to Oleksandriia in Kirovohrad region in 2022. At the time,…
Anastasiia + Mykhailo = love in spite of war
Before the full-scale invasion, Anastasiia and Mykhailo lived in different regions and could not even imagine that fate would bring them together hundreds of kilometres…