On October 7, 2024, the Ukrainian School of Elites supported the initiatives of GoFriends NGO on the psychological and physical rehabilitation of veteran families, internally displaced persons, and vulnerable populations affected by Russia’s aggression.

The financial support was provided generously by the supporters’ community of the Business Coalition of the World Evangelical Alliance, supervised the coalition’s Director Timo Plutchinski.

Since the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Yevhen Moiseyev, Founder of GoFriends IT Academy for orphans, evacuated the academy’s students and his family from Kyiv to Western Ukraine — first to the city of Stryi, where he initiated social care for the internally displaced people, and later to Morshyn, where he established an organized social center.

People who lost or left their homes, mostly coming from the occupied areas of the Eastern Ukraine, all actively set to work, and organized a farm in a village near Morshyn town that not only fed them but also supplied food to other social centers! That captured our attention and we decided to support that responsible and proactive community.

In 2024, GoFriends NGO created the environment for psychological rehabilitation of and mental care for the IDPs, Ukrainian veterans and their families, and others who suffered from the war. The Friends provide both emotional and physical healing. Those seeking spiritual support also have an opportunity to receive soul care.

Rehabilitation at the farm is enhanced by the natural setting: a few lakes, spacious meadows, and clean air — exactly what all psychologists recommend for healing.

Every month, 20—100 people undergo rehabilitation ministry of GoFriends.

In October 2024, thanks to our international friends at WEA BC, we were able to transfer a portion of financial aid to support these amazing efforts of GoFriends.

For more details on GoFriends NGO, see our blog here. What an honor to be part of these life saving initiatives!