Stories & voices

Behind every project are real people and communities. Here are a few voices of those we've helped and the partners we work with.

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Partner voices

When we learned that from 1 September we had to feed over 360 children for free, we realised: with the old canteen it was simply impossible. It hadn't been renovated in almost 60 years.

Serhii Shcherbyna, principal of Bahacheve Lyceum #1, Cherkasy oblastResults publication on BBB II, 17 Jul 2026
The 'Building Back Better II' project

We understand that this aid will not replace what was lost to the shelling, nor bring residents peace in their current situation. But we hope it will ease their family budgets a little and let them feel supported - by us, by local government and by international partners.

The "Hands of Friends" team, on the aid distribution in Krasnatorka, May 2025Kramatorsk City Council publication, 16 May 2025
The 'Supporting residents after shelling' project

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