I am the author of the Goodacity blog, a journalist, and a translator. For 16 years, I have worked in professional journalism, contributing to regional and national publications, both in print and online media. I have written reports, conducted interviews, reviews, articles on cultural, social, and charitable topics, as well as materials in the style of "solution journalism" and communication materials.
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Human kindness in difficult times
Support and mutual aid keep our country going through this difficult time. Thanks to our unity and solidarity, and our humanity, people’s kindness became more visible in the horrors of the war!
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“We saw what evil looks like… But it did not destroy our faith in goodness. On the contrary, we began to value every act of humanity even more,” Ms. Olena says. “And we will do everything we can to prove that goodness exists in this world. After all, faith in goodness and light gives you strength to take action even when there is so much darkness around.”
Step 1. Dark times. Bright people.
Her native, poetically named village, Mykhailo-Kotsyubynske in the Chernihiv region, was under Russian occupation for more than a month. When Ms. Olena starts telling about those events, her voice trembles…
“The occupiers came here literally in the first days of the war,” the woman says. “Some of the locals left the village, but I remained alone with my sick son (Mykhaylo has a severe form of diabetes, with eyesight complications and problems with his legs), so we could not leave. My eldest son Sashko lives in the neighboring village of Andriyivtsi, and it was occupied as well. On February 15, a few days before the war, his daughter, my granddaughter Anechka, was born. We were all so happy!”
“Who could tell that soon the little baby girl would spend the first days of her life in a cold basement, where the whole family would hide from shelling… She is so little, but she has already learned what war is. God forbid that others know or see this. Any person who has spent at least one day in it would not wish this, even on their enemy.”
“We even lacked bread and the simplest groceries, not to mention medicine for my sick son. We tried to survive the best we could. The occupiers broke fences, drove tanks into yards; our neighbors’ fence was destroyed this way, their house miraculously survived. These were very dark, scary times… But our people are so bright! They have so much, so much strength, authenticity, and love!”
“People got together and helped each other in whatever way they could. Local enterprises were giving away milk for free, and several dozen people came for it every day. Someone else baked bread. Others distributed products from the shops so that the occupiers would not have time to loot them(because they rushed to loot everything in the early hours of the occupation, they took everything they saw from people’s houses).”
Step 2. People should do good!
“Anger and envy oppress and destroy our souls. But kindness creates, revives, and heals,” the woman insists. “An acquaintance of mine, an elderly woman just like myself, was donating milk to fellow villagers, saying that she couldn’t drink it herself, so at least she could help others. Everyone tries to support and comfort each other with something, be it food, clothes, actions, or at the very least a kind word!”
“After our village was freed from the occupiers, my son was taken to the hospital in Slavutych: a month of stress and malnutrition showed itself, as there was additional trouble with his legs.
I am a widow; I have raised two sons myself. Mykhaylo was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 16, and I put all my efforts into his treatment and support ever since. Now he is 31. The diabetes ruined his vision, took its toll on his kidneys, and now there were also problems with his legs.”
“We are grateful to Goodacity for the vital medicines for my son. The disease is not waiting for the war to end, so your help was crucial and timely! Now it is important for all of us to feel supported by others more than ever. I am also seeking opportunities to help others, to volunteer,” Ms. Olena admits. “Because people should do goodness! I ache for all of our people who found themselves without homes, without the most necessary things. The war took away my peace, but not my strength. I want to do something so that I don’t sit idle and can be useful to others. So if someone needs at least a drop of my work, I will do it!”
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Time to sum it up
These are real life stories of ordinary Ukrainians. Stories of the light in their souls, of the strength that does not fade, despite everything that happens to them. And these stories show that you can’t overcome people who care about each other so much!
You can afford yourself the luxury of goodness!
Doing good is very simple!
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