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Ukraine Recovery Aid | 14 Oct 2026

New Learning Spaces for Children in Ukraine

What our donors make possible Ukraine Recovery Aid (URA) will soon equip new learning spaces for children in Ukraine. This is made possible by a…

Ukraine Recovery Aid | 06 Oct 2026

After Rescue: Finding a Way Back

On 19 October 2026, together with our Ukrainian partner organisation Save Ukraine, we will open a new learning and creative space for rescued children and…

Ukraine Recovery Aid | 23 Sep 2026

Share the Joy of Christmas 2026: Become a Christmas Elf for a Child in Zaporizhzhia

For the third year in a row, we are bringing Christmas joy to children with health impairments in Zaporizhzhia, together with our partner organisation «Щасливе…

Ukraine Recovery Aid | 22 Sep 2026

Warm Invitation to the Christmas Ornament Painting Workshops 2026

Create your own Christmas ornament in the traditional Ukrainian Petrykivka style with Ukraine Recovery Aid! Our festive painting workshop in the series of our intercultural…

Ukraine Recovery Aid | 23 Jun 2026

Donation Appeal: Give Your Old Laptop a New Life – and a Child a New Future

A decommissioned laptop in Switzerland can mean the difference between falling behind and keeping up for a child in Ukraine. What a donated laptop can…

Ukraine Recovery Aid | 28 May 2026

Day of Good Deeds 2026 – 18 Backpacks Full of Hope

Air raid alerts come almost every day. Then 18 children of a primary school in the Zaporizhzhia region must run to the shelter room. They…

Ukraine Recovery Aid | 13 Apr 2026

Why Art Therapy Gives Children in Zaporizhzhia Hope

In a shelter room in the Zaporizhzhia region, children sit around a table and paint. For a moment, the sirens outside feel far away –…

Ukraine Recovery Aid | 07 Apr 2026

Art connects cultures: Thank you for four intercultural events with Ukrainian UNESCO heritage

A beginning in colour and wax In winter 2025 and spring 2026, we were able to host four intercultural events in and around Lenzburg, dedicated…

Ukraine Recovery Aid | 25 Jan 2026

Unbreakable Points – Safe havens for people who refuse to give up

In the winter of 2025/2026, Ukraine is facing the hardest winter since the beginning of the full‑scale war. Russian missile and drone attacks once again…

Ukraine Recovery Aid | 01 Jan 2026

Association Calendar

Our association calendar shows how we keep hope for Ukraine alive together. Discover upcoming events, find your moment to get involved – as a volunteer,…

Ukraine Recovery Aid | 31 Dec 2025

“Take care of yourselves” – Words from Ukraine

Simple words that carry gratitude, warmth, and hope. Whenever we speak with people in Ukraine, we often hear the same sentence at the end of…

Ukraine Recovery Aid | 10 Nov 2025

Raising Children with Special Needs in a Time of War

When a child with special health needs is born, life changes completely for the entire family Daily routines, meals, transportation, education, therapy sessions, communication —…

Ukraine Recovery Aid | 27 Aug 2025

Perspectives from the Rampe Talk – Insights from Kurt Pelda and Svitlana Altherr

On September 11, 2025, an insightful panel discussion took place at Restaurant Rampe in Aarau, where war reporter Kurt Pelda and Ukraine-born, Switzerland-based Svitlana Altherr…

Ukraine Recovery Aid | 25 Aug 2025

What Ukrainian Children Teach Us in Times of War

How can one find peace when war surrounds them? A group of Ukrainian children gave us the answer – through photos full of silence, hope,…

Ukraine Recovery Aid | 13 Aug 2025

Live in Aarau: War Reporter and Ukrainian Volunteer at Rampe-Talk on September 11, 2025

Our president, Svitlana Altherr, will speak on September 11, 2025, together with one of Switzerland’s most renowned war reporters, Kurt Pelda, about the war in…

Ukraine Recovery Aid | 15 Jul 2025

Teaching with Passion in Wartime: Bringing Hope to Children in Ukraine

Despite air raids, destroyed infrastructure and life near the frontline, dedicated teachers like Larisa Luchko fight every day to keep children learning – and to…

Ukraine Recovery Aid | 23 Jun 2025

Sincere Thanks at the Summer Solstice

We warmly thank everyone who supported our charitable art event at the summer solstice! We extend our heartfelt thanks to Villa Sonnenberg (https://www.villasonnenberg.ch/en/) for their…

Ukraine Recovery Aid | 15 Jun 2025

We Love Lenzburg: “Ukrainian Painting Course in the Garden of Villa Sonnenberg”

We Love Lenzburg features our event in the Stadtgespräch section! “To mark the summer solstice, the Lenzburg-based association Ukraine Recovery Aid invites you to an…

Ukraine Recovery Aid | 21 Apr 2025

Protection and Hope in a War Zone: Progress in Zaporizhzhia

Safe education – even while war rages outside. We are delighted to share the first visible progress of our aid project "Shelter and Trauma Support…

Ukraine Recovery Aid | 17 Apr 2025

Highlights: Pysanka Workshops & Charity Market 2025

Three heartwarming workshops, around 60 creative participants, and countless moments of connection:In Lenzburg and Aarau, we celebrated the Ukrainian tradition of Pysanka egg painting –…

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