Life is both so terrible and so beautiful
Its Sunday, on Sunday's I think of my friends in Ukraine
The first few weeks after a disaster occurs are the weeks when relief organizations hit the ground with energy and determination. Over the following months these organizations tend to pull back (funding runs out, energies fade, new disasters happen.) In my opinion, the heroic humanitarian organizations are those that stay, long after the press have left and the world's attention has been diverted. In the countries that Global Empowerment Mission serve we stay for the long haul.
The day after the Russian invasion of Ukraine GEM arrived as one of the first international organizations on the Medyka border. I arrived a few weeks later, to volunteer, to raise funds and to write about what I saw. I now return every few months. I feel part of the GEM Ukraine family.