Life stories
Enemy captivity took almost three years of his life: the story of Mariupol…
Thirty-five-year-old Oleksandr Hudilin is from Mariupol. Before the full-scale invasion he worked as a journalist for a local news website. Six months before 24 February 2022, he signed a contract with the Territorial Defence Forces.
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Merciful Love in Action: How a Case Manager Helped a Displaced Family
Case management is a form of support built on Caritas' core value: the dignity of every human person.
Read more“I dream of creating a collection of dolls in vyshyvankas and a children’s book…
Ms. Lyubov from the Luhansk region, a participant in the “Family to Family” project, creates educational tactile books for children, sews fabric toys, and makes wreaths and original dolls. Once, creativity was just her hobby, but today it…
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Life After Loss: The Story of a Family from Pokrovsk
The war took away their home and their hometown. 1,300 kilometers away, in Boryslav in the Lviv region, the family began to rebuild their lives from scratch. The support they received through the “Family to Family” project gave them…
Read moreA taste that brings you back
Support from the “Family to Family” project helped Ms. Oksana resume her beloved work after being forced to flee occupied Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region
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“I missed the bees, so I built a few hives…”
Participants in the “Family to Family” project—on how a hobby became a life’s work and how grant support helped the family restart the process in a new location
Read more“Gifts of the Earth” that bring joy and hope
A story about how grant support from the “Family to Family” project laid the groundwork for new plans and the realization of a dream
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«I dream of returning home and bringing my embroidered shirts to my native…
As part of grant support for business development provided by the Ukrainian-Polish project «Family to family» Natalia from Kolomyia purchased a sewing machine. This helps her bring her ideas to life and create. She creates amazing things:…
Read more39 years with CP: The life journey of Nataliia Kulykivska
Natalia Kulykivska is 39 years old and comes from Korosten, Zhytomyr region. She has lived with cerebral palsy since birth. Natalia was homeschooled, and her mother hired private tutors to support her education. As a result, her…
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“This is not a store — what matters is feeling that you can be a parent to this…
A couple from the Khmelnytskyi region is raising six children, three of whom are foster children. Olena and Andrii from the village of Dovzhok in the Khmelnytskyi region spent years regularly visiting residential care institutions as…
Read more«These children are ours»: A couple from Khmelnytskyi region who welcomed three…
Natalia and Yuriy are raising six children, three of whom — Bohdan, Dmytro, and Nazar — are foster children. Natalia and Yuriy are raising six children, three of whom — Bohdan, Dmytro, and Nazar — are foster brothers who joined the family…
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When bombs are flying and walls are shaking, the grandson asks, “Grandma, let's…
The story of a family from Kharkiv reflects the difficult everyday life of war, anxieties, hopes, and dreams that give strength to believe in the victory of good over total evil
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