A great sorrow befell Natalia even before the full-scale invasion when her husband drowned while fishing.

His house was destroyed by a Russian missile on the night of July 24, the same night another missile destroyed the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral in the center of Odesa.

The story of great Ukrainian-Japanese friendship and assistance to Save Ukraine began last summer, when the children from two of our Hope and Healing centers took part in a Japanese charity event. 

5-year-old Sonia and her military mother, Yevgenia, ended up on opposite sides of the front a week after the beginning of the full-scale war.

To ensure a sense of security, the occupying authorities force families to take Russian citizenship and send their children to Russian schools.

The girl and her two older sisters were raised by their grandparents, who barely made a living to provide the girls with everything they needed.

His house on Parkova Street was destroyed by a russian missile on the night of July 24, the same night another missile destroyed the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral in the center of Odesa.

The center’s administration and staff arranged fun tasks, challenges, and dances, and an entertaining spectacle for kids.

Olena Serhiivna, along with her daughter Daria and mother Raisa Mykolaivna, had been escaping from war not for the first time.