For Health and Humanity in Ukraine.

Ukraine’s Seniors Learn to Live in the Unknown [Project HOPE]( [A photo of two senior refugees from the Ukraine conflict at a Project-HOPE supported community center. They are sweetly touching foreheads against the background of a garden wall and many plants.]( [Ukraine’s Seniors Learn to Live in the Unknown]( Dear Friend, Nearly 6 million Ukrainians have left their country since Russia’s invasion began in early 2022. Among them are untold numbers of seniors who were forced to leave everything behind — their children, grandchildren, and the homes they had lived in for decades. Moldova, though a small country, hosts the most Ukrainian refugees per capita. It was there that, Galina, a Ukrainian grandmother and refugee, found herself looking for ways to cope with the trauma of displacement and separation from her family. Galina, and other seniors like her, got connected to Project HOPE’s local partners at Casa Marioarei who provide mental health support. In group therapy classes, Galina can share her pain, her fears, and her hopes for a future back home in a safe space with other women and men her age in similar circumstances. [You can hear more from her and other seniors on how they found connection and a support system away from home here.]( [Round photo of a Ukrainian refugee named Galina as she holds two knit toy animals, a bunny and mouse, she made at the community center. She has short hair, a kind smile and is sitting on a couch.]( [Galina holds the stitchwork stuffed animals she made at Casa Marioarei to send back to her daughter in Ukraine. “The first group therapy lessons were really hard, but now it’s easier,” she says.]( [Round photo of a Ukrainian refugee named Viktor as he holds up the vine of a plant to smell it in the community center garden. His eyes are closed peacefully, and he wears a polo shirt against the background of a wall and plants]( [The center is also where Galina met her friend Viktor, another refugee and veteran. Viktor has only met six men his age here — but the friends he has made, he says, will be friends for life.]( [Round photo of a Ukrainian refugee and a therapist she talks to regularly through a Project-HOPE supported program. She has short hair above the ears, a slight smile and is sitting on a couch. Her therapist looks at her with a smile and pats her arm.]( [Depression, anxiety and other mental health disorders are common among refugees. Project HOPE and the partners we support are helping close the significant gap in mental health care for thousands of people whose lives have been upended by war.]( [LEARN MORE]( Everyone needs HOPE, especially when facing the trauma of war. Since Russia’s invasion in 2022, Project HOPE has reached more than 1 million people inside Ukraine and tens of thousands of refugees across the region. We remain dedicated to helping the people of Ukraine heal and continue to support health workers, provide mental health and protection services, and restore access to essential primary health services including through the reconstruction of clinics. P.S. [If you'd like to provide HOPE to seniors and families displaced from Ukraine and others facing health disasters around the world, please click here to make a gift.]( You’ll have my gratitude for making a lifesaving difference. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( [TikTok]( [ProjectHOPE.org]( PO Box 3270, Harlan IA 51593-0450 | 844.349.0188 © 2023 Project HOPE. All rights reserved. A gift to this appeal will be used to support Project HOPE’s global emergency response, medical, educational and humanitarian assistance programs, wherever the need is greatest. Project HOPE — The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. Dba Project HOPE is a 501(c)(3) not‑for‑profit organization, CFC #11115, EIN 53‑0242962. [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Financial Accountability]( | [View this email online]( [online fundraising, advocacy & donor database]( [nonprofit software](