Last week, I had the honor of hosting H.E. Joseph D. Blotz, Grand Hospitaller of the Sovereign Order of Malta, together with H.E. Antonio Gazanti Pugliese di Cotrone, Ambassador to Ukraine, and the team of Malteser International.

In Ukraine’s Donetsk region, a shell ripped through the roof of Olena’s house, where she and her 10-year-old daughter Vika were hiding. Miraculously, they survived.

Last week, Austria’s First Lady Doris Schmidauer visited our Save Ukraine center on the occasion of the Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen.

At Save Ukraine’s “Hope & Healing” Center, we use case management to turn a family’s urgent, overlapping needs into a clear, time-bound plan.

At 78, Mrs. Larysa had spent her entire life in Kharkiv region. When Russia’s full-scale invasion began, her village fell under occupation.

At Save Ukraine Irpin Center, hippotherapy is a clinical modality we integrate into trauma-informed rehabilitation for war-affected children.

They met with families rescued from occupation by our team through the Bring Kids Back UA initiative.

Ukraine’s children must remain at the center of our prayers and our actions.

At Save Ukraine, we work with children who have endured the trauma of war, displacement, and separation from loved ones.