Nova Ukraine, another nonprofit, has a refugee task force. They’ve been working with law firms to arrange pro bono legal services, and they’ve established a partnership with Airbnb to help with temporary housing.
However, they say most of the people they’ve helped so far have either overstayed tourist visas or come to the Bay Area because they have relatives here.
“These are the people who had travel documents from before the war. And getting travel documents now in Europe, I heard the sign up in some of the consuls for Ukraine is for August,” said Igor Markov with Nova Ukraine.
When the Pain Becomes a Part of You
“Nova Ukraine's new Vector of Resilience joint pilot project helps Ukraine's veteran support specialists address burnout and secondary traumatic stress.” The program's first residential trainings, launched by Nova Ukraine and its partners, were recently held in Ukraine's Volyn Oblast. Mariia, a support specialist, almost didn't attend. Leaving the veterans and families she supported for three days filled her with guilt she couldn't shake. She worried about how they would manage without her. But when she found herself among psychologists, social workers, healthcare professionals, and community specialists who shared the same responsibilities, something changed.