Stella Marchuk, 29, works in IT and devotes her free time to her art, creating souvenirs with her own illustrations. For her, this is the perfect balance, although it took some time to find. In the early days of the full-scale invasion, the artist did not understand how she could make art, but later she saw it as a tool to capture memories and emotions and to volunteer. Now she sends her postcards to military hospitals to express words of support and gratitude for our defence through art, and donates part of the proceeds to the Ukrainian army.
Dear readers, we have got some really great news today: the Norwegian foundation Fritt Ord has given a positive response to a grant application from our NGO. We applied with a project called “War Diary: Stories of Ukrainian Resistance”.
Today I had the opportunity to talk to one of Ukraine’s young ambitious people, Sofiia Yevchenko. Despite her young age, she has already completed internships in various institutions and organisations, is actively involved in the development of the European Youth Ambassadors (YEAs) initiative in Ukraine, is a member of the Academy of Youth Diplomacy “United Youth”, the Women’s League and the Coordination Platform of Ukrainians Abroad, and has completed internships at the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine. Sofiia is currently interning at the IFES Ukraine office.
We are always very happy to communicate with talented and ambitious Ukrainian youth who, despite all the difficulties and challenges of today, continue to create, do cool things, work on various projects, establish their own NGOs, student publications and report on the lives and experiences of Ukrainians during full-scale war. I had the opportunity to talk to Oleksandra Gotsuliak. Oleksandra is an activist and a member of the language NGO RVN (Making You Nervous), which works to de-Russify Odesa. She works as a scriptwriter in the video team, where she is involved in creating materials that help rethink the linguistic and cultural environment of the city. She is also editor-in-chief of the student publication DeFacto.
Всі ми знаємо, що таке націоналізм. Правда ж? В українському контексті націоналізм — це ідеологія та рух, спрямовані на збереження й захист української державності, культури, мови, історії та традицій.
Ділимося історією 20-річного ентузіаста з Чернігівщини Артема Гільтяюка, який у невеликому селі відроджує легендарні мотоцикли Jawa 70–80-х років. Хлопець не просто ремонтує техніку — він розбирає її до останнього болта, шукає оригінальні чеські деталі та ділиться процесом відновлення у своєму TikTok-блозі.
