Category: Bridges to Peace for Ukraine

Seeds

Seeds

  Jan is a beautiful person. He looks through his little glasses the world that so usually makes him smile, with such tender smile that you’d keep looking. His thoughts are like his glasses: he only speaks a lot about things he spent a time thinking. In contrast, for the casual conversations, he’s a young […]

The future with someone else’s eyes (An interview with Sasha Romantsova, Center for Civil Liberties)

I come from a south-western European origin; I was born in Barcelona, so despite I travel a lot, still my learning about Eastern Europe, ex-sovietic countries is a constant and accelerated process. I landed in Ukraine at a moment in which the region is in a fast changing process: their people change, the country changes, […]

Visions and Challenges on Youth: visiting the Ministry of Youth and Sports

Visions and Challenges on Youth: visiting the Ministry of Youth and Sports

During our stay in Ukraine, our delegation of IVS networks (CCIVS, SCI and Alliance), guided by Irina Bodnar from Alternative-V, was received by the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine (Yes! Ukraine has a ministry for youth, which talks about the importance given to Youth at this very moment of their history).   We […]

On Human Rights (&more) in Ukraine with Zoryan Kis, Amnesty International Ukraine

On Human Rights (&more) in Ukraine with Zoryan Kis, Amnesty International Ukraine

On April 28th we had the privilege to visit the office of Amnesty International in Ukraine (AIu in following lines), and we were exchanging with Zoryan Kis, their campaign coordinator. We had an overview to their campaigns (they run 3: one about torture, police impunity and brutality; one to give a response to the present […]

What’s going on in Ukraine? And what happens with Russia?

What’s going on in Ukraine? And what happens with Russia? Between the 26th and the 29th of April, our delegation visited several civil society organisations and also institutions in Kyiv, and had dozens of hours of conversations with citizens, volunteers, activists, and among ourselves. We cannot aspire to say: Look, this is what happens in […]

Human stories to raise peace in Ukraine

It is said that “truth is the first victim of a war”. Hope and trust may follow close. With this blog and its sister actions we may want to bring true stories (if not “truth”) and open windows for hope, for trust and understanding. We spent several days talking to civil society organisations, to citizens, […]

Contributing to build bridges for a fair peace in Ukraine

Contributing to build bridges for a fair peace in Ukraine

          The International Voluntary Service movement visited diverse partners, civil society organisations and institutions to get to know closer the reality in Ukraine. A war in Ukranian territory that involves the Russian army is taking lives, breaking perspectives, and poisoning the life of millions of people. Representatives of the CCIVS, SCI, […]

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