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Startup Releaf Paper makes paper from fallen leaves and sells it by the ton to global brands. How Valentyn Frechka made it happen. Interview
In 2018, 17-year-old school student Valentyn Frechka from Zakarpattia made paper from fallen leaves and won the Genius Olympiad in the United States. Two years later, he...
Assouline releases a book on Ukrainian naive art, exploring works discovered in attics and brought to international acclaim. Its story is told by curator Lidia Lykhach
The Ukrainian brand GUNIA Project and international publishing house Assouline have announced Naïve My Love: Ukrainian Art of the 20th Century, a new title presenting ...
Food after shelling, aid near the front line, and support for farmers. What World Central Kitchen does in Ukraine — interview
For more than four years, World Central Kitchen (WCK) has been feeding people in frontline communities, helping displaced people, and reaching the sites of Russian...
Niya Nickel spent years looking for a way to help her daughter with epilepsy and found one. Now she is changing the treatment rules for this disease in Ukraine. Her story
At 28, Kyiv native Niya Nickel gave birth to her daughter Eva, who has a rare genetic mutation known as J amuar syndrome . Because of it, the girl lives with severe epilepsy,...
“We launched JayJay and immediately made our first sale.” A Ukrainian platform in Indonesia raised $1 million and became a leader in creative education. Interview
In 2021, businessman Vitalii Somka was looking for a country where he could set up an online professional education platform. After researching markets on four continents,...
Ukrainian startup HEFT has created an “Apple Watch for cows.” Their device is already in use in Romania and Ukraine, and is now being prepared for launch in the US. Interview
In September 2024, Serhii Ryzhkov and Denys Maltsev founded HEFT, a startup developing "fitness trackers" for cows on farms. Later, Maria Mashkovska joined the team. Operating...
“We hit rock bottom and pushed off.” Two friends from Lutsk exported Ukrainian herbs to the EU, but the war forced them to create the TRAVKA tea brand
In 2012, two Lutsk locals, Volodymyr Olkhovyk and Anton Sosinskyi, founded Shans Vik, a company that harvests, dries, and exports Ukrainian herbs and berries. By 2022,...
US-born artist Maya Hayuk always maintained a deep bond with Ukraine. After 2022, she reconnected with her homeland on a whole new level. Here is her story
In 1944, Maya Hayuk’s parents fled war-torn Ukraine. Eight decades later, their American-born daughter returned to her ancestral homeland by choice. Over the years, she...