Subscribe to Visit Ukraine Blog

We paid a visit to volunteer organization Glory UA With some of effort, me and Boel have managed to get all the figures for how much money we spent in Ukraine (not in Poland) during our tour in April. The figures are in SEK. Some figures are rounded Payments in Ukraine 79,491 Donations during the trip 45,380 Participants’ personal expenses and donations 433,000 Donations after the trip 88,100 Total left in Ukraine 558,000 SEK. (50 700€ or 59 500$ or 2,604,000 HRV) This

The Monument at Independance Square, Maidan. Photo Richard Bilhaut Children of Heroes "The Heroes" are men and women who have died at the front. This organization provides financial support to the heroes' children. This is a large nationwide organization that last year had a turnover of 11 million dollars. 95% have lost their father in the war. Currently, they support 17,000 children aged from one week to 18 years. The number increases each time we visit them. Most children l

29.4 Yesterday we went sightseeing in the city. The problem is that Kyiv has so incredibly much beautiful, interesting, and important to offer. The churches are breathtaking, but they make me wonder how previous rulers spent the country's resources to please God and thereby secure themselves a fast track to Paradise. Next year I want to have more time to see all the wonders. And there is certainly much more than the churches. The Museum of Contemporary History shows the count

27-28.4. Volunteer organization Dobrobat supports the military hospital in Chernihiv. They arranged a tour with the chief physician. He is an eye specialist and the one who operated on Artem, whom we had met the day before. Crowded and a lot of people who rushed inbetwen different tasks. We peeped into the hospital wards with about ten beds in each. A doctor earned €500 a month, a nurse €200. Boel and I chose to walk back to our hotel along river Desna. Longer than I thoug