Valeriia Khoruzha, Dnipro region: volunteering as a way to cope with anxiety
Valeriia Khoruzha joined the Ukrainian Red Cross after being forced to relocate from Lysychansk to Ternivka in 2022. Having experienced...
Vazira Omelchenko, Dnipro region: “Volunteering is open to all who have a kind heart and a desire to help”
Vazira Omelchenko is almost 80 years old and has decades of experience as a deputy chief accountant. She has always...
Oksana Kondratovych, Ternopil region: “Even small help can make a big difference”
Oksana joined the Ukrainian Red Cross as a volunteer at the end of 2022. In such a challenging time for...
Yevheniia Hustilina, Kyiv region: “Every hand extended to help is proof that we are not alone”
Before the full-scale invasion, Yevheniia was a social worker in Kostiantynivka. In her role, she worked with many people, most...
Yelyzaveta Lysenko, Kyiv: “Even a kind word or a simple gesture can make a real difference”
Yelyzaveta is a volunteer with the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) programme of the Ukrainian Red Cross. She joined...
Serhii Zavada, Kharkiv: “Supporting those around us makes the world a better place”
Serhii joined the Ukrainian Red Cross in 2025 with a simple yet deeply meaningful goal — to make the world...
Oleksii Mishchenko, Kyiv: “People’s lives depend on the decisions you make”
Oleksii is the commander of the emergency response team in Kyiv. He began volunteering with the ERT in January 2016. Providing...
Liubomyr Sakharuk, Volyn: “We are the ones you can rely on”
Liubomyr began volunteering with the Ukrainian Red Cross in 2015, when the emergency response team was established in Volyn. He...
Oleksandra Haponova, Kyiv: “I have found my place”
Oleksandra is a volunteer with the emergency response team of the National Committee of the Ukrainian Red Cross. She joined...
Ihor Klymenko Kharkiv region “I am inspired by looks of gratitude, which sometimes mean far more than words”
Ihor Klymenko has been in the emergency response team since the first months of the full-scale invasion. Today, he leads...
Anna Hlech, Chernihiv region: “Respond when it is needed”
Anna is a volunteer with the emergency response team of the Ukrainian Red Cross in the Chernihiv region and a...
Maksym Vovchenko, Kyiv: “The hardest part is seeing those who are waiting and hoping for a miracle”
Maksym, a graphic designer by profession, volunteers with the emergency response team of the National Committee of the Ukrainian Red...