Read below what our volunteers say about their time in Ukraine.
Driving straight from Lviv by bus, I arrived in this small house in the countryside, somewhere
in between Dubno and Rivne, the region’s capital.
The house set up by FinEst, and rented to us by the local community is both small and
comfy...
I can’t speak for the other volunteers, but I have a distinct idea all of us have one thing in common: we all feel in our core the need to do something; anything to help with whatever it is we can help with, to resist the enemy. I strongly suspect most of us also feel that our...
I had been thinking for a long time that I would like to do some very concrete volunteer work somewhere in the world. The desire to help those who need help!
Ukraine is quite close to Finland and I started to seriously consider it as a possible destination country...
I had previously sent various kinds of aid to Ukraine through different organizations. One night at home, I watched a documentary about the war in Ukraine, and a strong feeling came over me that I needed to do something more....
The beginning of the story is similar to that of most who joined the effort, a pure desire to help more and more concretely.
During the application process, I was nervous about whether it would be enough that I am just an ordinary Finnish person with no special skills...
