The family also donated to Razom for Ukraine and Nova Ukraine in smaller amounts.
Within the first week of the war in Ukraine, 4-year-old Amelia Kokovskyy told her mother that she did not want her grandmother, who lives in Ukraine, to die.
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.