Since 24th February 2022 This war is not a crisis. It is a tragedy that has affected absolutely all aspects of my life. There is a “before” and an “after”. It has been extremely tough from an emotional point of view. Yet I know I will not stand aside! I have to do my utmost and even more. I spent most of my time volunteering during the first month. I have been waking up at 5.30 a.m. and processing messages until 7 a.m. Then the day gains momentum. Somehow this pace helps me not to go insane. I do hope I may be able to go back to a normal pace of life and to resume my work. Yet this is a heavy blow to our state, to our education system and to our future in general. So it is going to take some time. We know that Ukraine has always found a way out. Ukrainians even manage to make up some opportunities out of the most critical situations. We do not sit idly by! Unity and solidarity - this is the only way we can grow as a strong independent state, preserve our peace and live a normal life with our loved ones.
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Еsma ADZHIIEVA
Yesma Adzhieva, chair of the board at NGO “Alem” & Elnara Abdullaieva, PhD candidate in agriculture, dancer
Crimea
Roman DIAZHUK
Organic farmer, owner of the Danube Agrarian, Safiany village, Odesa Region
Odesa
Bohdan DELIUK
Doctor, General practitioner, Kalynivka district, Vinnytsia Region
Halyna DZHULAI
First deputy-mayor of Novoyavorivsk, Lviv Region
Lviv
Lina FYNIAK
Nurse-in-chief, Center for Primary Health Care, Veselynivska village administration, Mykolaiv region
Mykolaiv
Kateryna ILKIV
Farm of Two Katerynas, Tukhlia village, Lviv oblast
Lviv
Yurii KOTSULIVSKYI
Head of the Maternity Department at the Vinnytsia Rayon Hospital, Vinnytsia
Yurii KURYLKO
Yurii KURYLKO, Deputy director of the Health Protection Department in Poltava Region & Ivan SHUMEIKO, Chief therapist at the Central Regional Hospital in Poltava
Poltava
Snizhana MATKOVSKA
Businesswoman, owner of the Relaks Café in Popasna, Luhansk region
Luhansk
Tetiana NALEZHYTA
Head of Department – intensive care unit for newborns at the Vinnytsia regional hospital, Vinnytsia
Mykola OVCHARENKO
Head of the Mental Health Center in the Luhansk Region, Rubizhne
Luhansk
Valentyna PANASIUK
Director of the milk collection point “Prushanka”, Kozyatyn district, Vinnytsia Region
Andrii PINCHUK
Priest, community leader in the Voloske village, Novooleksandrivska amalgamated community, Dnipropetrovska oblast
Dnipro
Oleksii RIABOKON
Mayor of the Obiednana Terytorialna Hromada (Amalgamated Territorial Community) of Pyriatyn, Poltava Region
Poltava
Liudmyla ROSTETSKA
Deputy director of the Cherkasy Higher Vocational School of Construction Technologies, Cherkasy
Cherkasy
Valerii SELISHCHEV
Head of the Upper Kalmius Water Filtration Plant at Voda Donbasa, Donetsk
Donetsk
Vladyslav SEMENIUK
Citizen, Vinnytsia
Leonid TSENTYLO
Farmer, Head of the “Kolos” company, Pustovarivka, Kyiv Region
Kyiv
Alla VNUKOVA
Internally Displaced Person, Entrepreneur, head of company “Edelweiss”, Kramatorsk, Donetsk Region
Donetsk
Yevhen YAROVYI
Former economist, head of his residential building’s “Association of Apartment Building Co-owners” (OSBB), Darnytsia district, Kyiv
Kyiv
Olha ZAIARNA
Masters’ graduate, “Conflict resolution and mediation” programme, Kyiv
Kyiv
Yuliia ZAIKA
Executive director of the League of Business and Professional Women of Ukraine, Chernihiv city
Chernihiv
Oleksii ZELIVIANSKYI
IT engineer, Coordinator for “E-services” at the E-Governance for Accountability and Participation (EGAP) Programme, Kyiv
Kyiv
Tetiana ZIATIKOVA
Head of the department of infrastructure projects, energy efficiency and promotion at the municipality of Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr
Yuliia ZEMETSKA
Deputy director of the department of economics at the Bila Tserkva municipality, Kyiv Region
Kyiv