This holiday season, if you are able to, please help us to enable people to look forward rather than get lost in the past.
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@phoenixprojectua.bsky.social
We are Volunteer Action, a ukrainian register charity, and our flagship program is the Phoenix shelter.
This holiday season, if you are able to, please help us to enable people to look forward rather than get lost in the past.
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Eddie and Thierry completed the foosball table ๐คฃ Jay was benched
Kamil has setup an exhibition in Poland tomorrow on Skarbek's legacy and has invited us to present on the Phoenix so off to Przemyลl we go! ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ
HopeXBorders will be visiting us on Saturday to make this holiday season a time to look forward with hope and excitement.
04.12.2025 22:25 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0A massive thank you to Ruslan for making a magical holiday for our residents. For many of them, this is their first Christmas not at home... Not because they went on vacation but because they don't have a home anymore
04.12.2025 22:25 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Happy Thursday!
We started off the day by cutting down 11 Christmas trees! Our residents came with us to our friend Ruslan's forest and picked out the trees they wanted for their rooms and for the common areas.
Alina spent the day sorting gifts for Saint Nicholas day on Saturday and creating cute bags.
Jay and Eddie started assembling a foosball table for the children. Since Jay is working on it we hope for it to be assembled tomorrow but no promises.
Small preview for tomorrow.... Christmas trees...
We, and our future residents, are so incredibly grateful. We hope to start construction in February.
Eddie is back baby!!!! He brought clothing, toys, candy, and....... A fire pit!!!
mickelmasuk said goodbye to us today and is returning home. Before he left, he gave us a gift that will enable us to ensure that people will be able to stay at the Phoenix regardless of their physical abilities. He completed our fundraiser for a disability lift for the 2nd floor!
04.12.2025 17:03 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Anyone who wishes to help sustain this work can contribute here: givebutter.com/hopeandaction
03.12.2025 13:20 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The new hygiene room has been fully completed and stocked ๐
A massive thank you to Jesse, @mickelmasuk, @convoy4ukraineuk, and @SolidarityEngineering for making this possible!
Their support helps displaced families maintain dignity and basic well-being during incredibly difficult times.
Zhenia visited us all the way from America. We had a brief English speaking club with the kids and then he wanted to help us so we went out grocery shopping!
Lyudmila and Tanya made a borscht with the last of the leftover turkey ๐คค
Alona made amazing pastries for breakfast tomorrow!
Jesse is almost finished on the hygiene room! Just wait for updates tomorrow :)
Mickelmas took everyone out for a pizza party as a thank you for everyone welcoming him. If that wasn't enough,he then made a very generous donation towards our stair lift so that we may accept people with disabilities!
Sunday we had a lazy day :) Lina and the residents sorted humanitarian aid which will be sent to the free store in Lviv.
Today, we went to ะฟััะตััั ะะฐัะณะฐัะธัะฐ to thank them for the amazing turkeys and their kindness. It's thanks to acts like this that we keep going.
We're grateful to Trostyanets Village Council and Our Native Village Restaurant for providing us with a home and support to help those in need. Thank you to all our supporters for believing in us. Let's get back to work!
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We are grateful to @radiosvoboda.org.web.brid.gy for visiting us last month to talk about "The Phoenix" and tell Jay's story. Jay is one of the founders of The Phoenix and his heart and soul resonates throughout the project.
www.radiosvoboda.org/a/amerykansk...
Thanksgiving prep: turkeys secured (local restaurant saving us bc oven too small )! Amazing visit from John, Chris & Sean of Bulldog Aid UK โ theyโre delivering 2 ambulances east and brought toys, a tablet & big hearts for our kids. Grateful for this community!
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Happy Monday/Tuesday from Ukraine! Sent cookies to the frontline w/ help from Thierry, Mickelmas & Jesse Fixed doors, stocked up on bananas/pears/mangos , patched up an injured stray dog, and held English club (Ukrainian is TOO hard ). More shelving done in hygiene room!
25.11.2025 23:04 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Happy Sunday!
We had a quiet Sunday today ๐
Jesse worked on the hygiene/medical room. One shelving wall has been completed.
We are working on catching up on "Stranger Things" before the season 5 premier next week!
Tomorrow we will do a big grocery shop for the week.
Happy Saturday!
We got our first snow of the winter! So of course.... SNOWBALL FIGHT!
Afterwards, we took the children sledding and they built a snowman. Then... Hot chocolate!
Later we had English lessons, coloring, and a lot of Minecraft!
In addition, he helped clear the entry hallway so it isn't so cluttered.
Our residents wrote Christmas cards for the troops who so valiantly protect us. these cards will be delivered to the frontlines in the next few weeks.
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This is massively important so that we can keep the cold out and the warmth in. He also worked with our residents to beautify our outdoor space with a gorgeous bench!
Mikelmas made an amazing vegetarian chili, Let's see how it came out ๐
Jesse and our residents have been working on our new storage room on the 4th floor ๐ Tomorrow we will be taking a trip to our favorite store Epicenter to pickup plywood!
Thierry finished taking measurements for window coverings for the main stairwell.
We had in a group of child psychologists today to engage in art therapy. We also invited local children to join us โค๏ธ Tomorrow, some local children will join us to play videogames and maybe watch a movie.
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Happy Friday!
Our residents and volunteers were fixing doors and constructing shelves all day today! Get ready in the next few days to see our new storage room!
Mickelmas was on cooking duty today and made a delicious vegetarian chili and bacon wrapped chicken for dinner ๐คค
Happy Tuesday!
Today we received Halloween goody bags from a kind donor :)
Thierry completed his bird house!
Jesse and micklemas helped tidy up the shelter ๐