by Evan Raftes | May 19, 2026 | Ukraine Humanitarian Updates
The Human Cost Behind the Headlines: Why We Cannot Look Away From Ukraine On May 18, Ukraine was pushed back into the global spotlight after another large-scale wave of Russian attacks struck communities across the country. Reports described hundreds of drones and...
by Evan Raftes | May 13, 2026 | Blog
Children in Ukraine are growing up in a reality no child should have to understand. Air raid sirens interrupt their sleep. Schools are damaged, closed, or forced online. Families continue to live with power outages, displacement, and the daily uncertainty of war. For...
by Evan Raftes | May 12, 2026 | Blog
She didn’t think twice. When the volunteer lay down in that field next to the dog — not to pose, not for a photo — but just to be with him, something quiet happened. The dog, who had been alone for weeks in a frontline village, stopped trembling. That moment is...
by Evan Raftes | May 12, 2026 | Blog
In Ukraine, a child picks up a crayon. Not because someone told her the world is safe. It isn’t. But for this hour, in this room, she is making something. And that matters more than it sounds. Hope For Ukraine’s after-school program reaches more than 600...
by Evan Raftes | May 8, 2026 | Blog
Air raid sirens are not a disruption for children in Ukraine. They are routine. The sound that sends a child sprinting for shelter — that sound is just Tuesday. The mental toll of growing up inside a war is something most of us will never fully understand. Anxiety is...
