Katie Toth

Jan 10, 2025 | theworld.org | Katie Toth

Mere weeks after Svetlana Vovchuk fled Odessa under fire in southern Ukraine, Chișinău — the capital of neighboring Moldova — became a place of safety and stability for her and her children. She got a job in a kitchen within weeks, and is now a cook at an Italian restaurant. She’s even had the chance to teach her borscht recipe to actor and celebrity chef Stanley Tucci at the beginning of the war.

Mar 6, 2024 | theafricanmirror.africa | Katie Toth

NEARLY one million Ukrainian refugees live in Poland, 41% of them school-age children. Two years after Russia launched its attempted full-scale invasion of Ukraine, they are facing destabilising and pressing questions: How much of a new life should they build; and when – if ever – will they be able to return home? The war has settled into a grinding stalemate in eastern and southern Ukraine, punctuated by periodic Russian missile barrages throughout the country.

Feb 29, 2024 | voxeurop.eu | Katie Toth

Quando Karol Wilczyński, coordinatore di comunità di Cracovia e volontario per l’ong umanitaria Grupa Granica, ha saputo dello scoppio della guerra in Ucraina, sapeva già a chi rivolgersi.

Feb 29, 2024 | voxeurop.eu | Katie Toth

When Kraków-based community organizer Karol Wilczyński of the solidarity NGO Grupa Granica heard that the war in Ukraine had begun, he already knew who he could call on. About a year prior, Wilczyński had spent weeks in Poland’s Bialowezia region helping refugees with the country’s biggest actors – Maja Ostaszewska, Marek Kalita, Mateusz Janicki, and Aleksandra Popławska to name just a few.

Feb 29, 2024 | voxeurop.eu | Katie Toth

Als der Krakauer Quartiersmanager Karol Wilczyński von der NRO Grupa Granica erfuhr, dass der Krieg in der Ukraine begonnen hatte, wusste er bereits, an wen er sich wenden konnte. Etwa ein Jahr zuvor hatte Wilczyński wochenlang in der polnischen Region Bialowezia mit den wichtigsten Akteuren der Flüchtlingshilfe – Maja Ostaszewska, Marek Kalita, Mateusz Janicki und Aleksandra Popławska, um nur einige zu nennen – zusammen gearbeitet.