Showing up for Ukrainians

NP’s Programme Advisor in Ukraine, Tetiana Gaviuk, worked with NP in South Sudan. Now, she is working for civilians in her home country.

“Dozens stood outside of the entrance to an apartment block on the outskirts of Kharkiv. Some were talking, others stared off silently, lost in their thoughts. All were exhausted and digesting their new realities. The disheveled building they call home loomed in the background, its windows blown out from days of shelling by Russian forces,” Tetiana reflected.

“While watching the building’s remaining residents wait in line for their daily hot meal— provided by local, self-organized community volunteers—it was hard to ignore the fact that they were mostly the elderly and disabled.”

From children, to LGBTQI+ communities, to people with disabilities and illnesses and the elderly … so many Ukrainians are either displaced, or they are unable to evacuate.

Not only are they at risk of injury or death from the war, but also are struggling to find food or the medicine they need to survive.

"I do this for a future of peace … for children like Artiom, an 8-year-old we met. He said he had gotten so used to playing inside the bomb shelter, he no longer wished to step outside and play with his friends."

But your support has made it possible for NP’s team to act quickly and nimbly. From connecting an elderly man named Yuri to the medical services he needed in Kharkiv … to assisting a woman with heat sickness in Mykolaiv … Tetiana and the team are providing protection for communities in hard-to-reach places and connecting people to humanitarian services like food, water, and medicine. Thank you for showing up for Ukrainians like Tetiana, Yuri, and Artiom.