Life stories
“We walked for two days just to escape the occupation...”
Antonina is a mother of six children. She is raising 5 sons and a daughter on her own. The war forced the family to leave their home in Polonne, Zaporizhzhia.
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Case management gave hope and supported a family from Kharkiv in a difficult…
A case manager is not a magician who will solve all your problems with a single wave of the hand, but a reliable shoulder that provides a sense of support, assistance, and the value of human connection.
read more“...And this faith has given us strength all this time”
That August morning in 2022, a black line divided the lives of Natalia and her son Mykhailo in Kharkiv into “before” and “after.”
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Stories of evacuation from the Pokrovsky district by the Caritas-Spes Sloviansk…
The streets of peaceful countries are already filled with bright decorations, the aromas of gingerbread cookies, and Christmas melodies. Meanwhile, in Pokrovsk, where Mykola Leontovych composed his Carol of the Bells, and its surroundings,…
read more“I dream that Maria will start walking...”
The hard struggle for her daughter's health has been going on for ten years, since she was born, says Lesia from the village of Potyelići near Rava Ruska. What gives the family strength to overcome daily difficulties, strengthens their…
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«When we look up at the sky, I point to a star: “Your daddy is there, he is…
In September 2023, during the Russian “Shahed” attack on Lviv, when, among other things, warehouses with Caritas-Spes humanitarian aid were destroyed, Petro Burban, a father of three, was killed. The memory of him and the good he gave, as…
read more“What gave us strength during the occupation? Children. They are our greatest…
A family of internally displaced persons from Kupiansk dreams of peace, their own home, and a meeting with Polish families who supported them in their time of need after the victory
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“When it seemed that the despair was endless, your support gave us strength and…
They lived on the very border with Russia, and the war literally burst into their home at dawn on February 24, 2022. Read about the long and painful journey “from home to home,” about dreams, regrets, and hopes, and how the support from…
read more“Your support is like a sign. It's like a strong feeling that everything will…
A family of internally displaced persons from Donetsk Oblast talks about their participation in the Family to Family project, their hardest and happiest day recently, and their dreams
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“It's important to believe in a miracle, that's the only way it can happen.…
“Yarchyk likes to build things. He makes houses, airplanes, trucks. This is his greatest joy today. We have two bags of construction sets, here, take a look,” says Nadiia about her nine-year-old son's hobby. The kid smiles, and it seems as…
read more“When the explosions subsided, the pigeons returned. Bohdan fed them, talked to…
The mother and son spent 40 days of Chernihiv's occupation in the basement. How do they live, what dreams do they have today, and what keeps them hoping for better times?
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"Sometimes it seems that missiles are not as scary as drones when you…
Thanks to the support of the Ukrainian-Polish project "Family to Family", a large family from Kharkiv is restoring their home damaged by enemy shelling and cherishing their dreams of a peaceful life.
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