A woman sits on a patterned sofa inside her home, holding a white Hope For Ukraine food bag in her lap. Her hands rest on the top of the bag as she looks toward the camera with a quiet smile. We do not know every part of her story. What we do know is that this food...
At 27 years old, Mark Zydga regularly makes a journey across Ukraine that few people could imagine. He climbs into a refrigerated van with fellow volunteers and travels toward eastern Ukraine. They are not carrying humanitarian supplies or evacuating civilians. They...
Before the full-scale war disrupted her life, Oksana led a quiet, fulfilling life in Nikopol, a city in the Dnipropetrovsk region. She had a place to call her own and spent her days serving her community as a dentist. But almost overnight, the safety of home gave way...
Much of my work for Hope For Ukraine takes place thousands of miles from the people and animals our programs support. I often learn what is happening through photographs and updates sent from Ukraine. When these images were shared with our team, I kept returning to...
Six people are seated on a couch and chair, shoulder-to-shoulder, in a Ukrainian living room. Centered and holding a cane is an elderly female. In front of them stands a portable power station positioned between two foldable solar panels. Next to it lies a one-burner...
