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“It's the 10th day of this unjust brutal war, and yet it already feels like 10 years. I've lost the sense of time.” These are the words of Tetiana, Director of the NGO Nehemiah, which is a Ukraine Without Orphans member and an organization that has actively been serving orphans and vulnerable children since 1996. 

Without saying a word, Oksana quickly motioned for the children she cares for to jump in their beds as they heard the sound of an airplane flying low over their children's center. It was Thursday, February 24 at 4:00 am. Day One of the war in Ukraine.

In the days leading up to the attack on Ukraine, Dmytro felt prompted to begin getting the bomb shelter in the basement of his 2-story apartment building ready. A remnant of the Cold War era, the bomb shelter had been used for storage and required a lot of work to return it to a usable condition.

Little *Sofia was born in Paraguay almost a year ago and in her short life has already known three mothers. It's a complex story for an infant's first year of life, and yet thanks to the advocacy of WWO partner Paraguay Protects Families, Sofia has been protected each step of the way!