Editor’s Note: This story was sponsored by Internews Ukraine and UN Women Ukraine within the project to strengthen the capacity of young women from Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. The UN Women is part of the United Nations Recovery and Peacebuilding Programme (UN RPP), which is being implemented by four UN agencies and is suppored by the EU, the European Investment Bank, the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, and the governments of Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden & Sw

Editor’s Note: This story about the Vostok SOS nonprofit was sponsored by the Foundation International Communications Hub and the Comms Hub Ukraine. Vostok SOS provides humanitarian aid to people affected by Russia’s war and helps evacuate civilians from front-line settlements. If you would like to support their efforts, donate here. Iryna Yakovleva, a retired 60-year-old medical worker, faced one of the biggest challenges of her life when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in February. Then