Success stories

Amazing #FirstTurkey: how Americans  welcome refugees to their home

Amazing #FirstTurkey: how Americans welcome refugees to their home

“If you helped at least one person, this is already a great achievement” More than 100,000 Ukrainians fled the war in the United States this year. It was an important mission for UAWelcome to make sure that their first Thanksgiving…

Send Ukrainian refugee kids to summer camp

Send Ukrainian refugee kids to summer camp

The war in Ukraine brought many refugee kids to Charlotte, North Carolina. There is no government support, and all efforts to help families fleeing war are private initiatives. Our important goal for the summer is to send the refugee kids…

Ukrainian family works to preserve Easter traditions amid war at home

Ukrainian family works to preserve Easter traditions amid war at home

Bondar, a mother of two, uprooted her family from their southern Ukraine home a little more than a week ago, finding refuge with a host family in Waxhaw, N.C

Olga and Liza are safe in US

Olga and Liza are safe in US

Thank you all for helping Olga and Liza to buy tickets! We have found a hosting family for them. Liza is already back to school! Stay tuned, we will update their story.

VOA: Families in US host Ukrainian refugees

VOA: Families in US host Ukrainian refugees

“My colleagues and I do what we can – we bring people who have tourist visas and place them with those people who have an extra room,” says Katerina.“A huge number of people began to write to us and offer…

WCNC: Russian family seeks political asylum as Ukraine crisis draws on

WCNC: Russian family seeks political asylum as Ukraine crisis draws on

“What he was doing was trying to get to the truth and the bottom of it. So whoever spread that type of ‘misinformation’ can go to jail for a long time — just for spreading posts on social media,” said…

WCNC: Ukrainian mother making Charlotte home amid war

WCNC: Ukrainian mother making Charlotte home amid war

I said thank you God that you saved us and those friends that called me so I escaped from Ukraine earlier.