Volunteers participating in “The Real Ones” photo exhibition. Photo from Справжні on Facebook
December 5 is International Volunteer Day, and this year, Ukrainians came out in force on Facebook, Twitter and elsewhere to say a heartfelt “thank you” to their country’s volunteer community for all the work they have done—and are still doing.
Volunteering, while present in Ukraine in the past, was never an overly popular pastime. The grassroots civic initiatives blossomed during the Euromaidan protests: citizens volunteered to help with transportation, cooking, medical needs and IT support. After the protests, there was hardly a lull for volunteers, since many of them …read more
Source: Global Voices
