Vera Kostiuk Busch & Dr. Hanna Shvindina (Charity/NGO Founders in Support of Ukraine)

Vera is the founder and president of Pro Ukraine e. V., a charitable organization in Germany supporting Ukraine. As an American Fulbrighter going to Germany, Vera completed her Master's studies at Middlebury College in Mainz. For her outstanding commitment of over twenty years to relieve poverty in Ukraine, she has received the Mulert Award by the German Fulbright Alumni Association.

Hanna is the founder and CEO of the Lifelong Learning Center, an NGO in Sumy, Ukraine, and she is a professor of Management at the American University of Kyiv, also teaching at Sumy State University. As a Ukrainian Fulbright going to the US, Hanna conducted post-doctoral research at Purdue University in Indiana.

We talk about daily life in Ukraine in the face of Russia's ongoing invasion, about how Hanna and her organization have helped residents in her city, how Vera and her organization have helped Ukrainian pupils, and how their work has changed since Russia's war against Ukraine.