Although news of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is growing more grim every day, the carnage has inspired people from all over the world to step up and offer their support to both refugees fleeing Ukraine and those who remain inside the beleaguered nation.
And while there's an impact we can all make to help citizens get through this crisis, it's impossible to overstate the difference that volunteers in the nations that border Ukraine like Poland, Moldova, Slovakia, and Romania are making.
Whether they're providing food, shelter, transportation, medical aid, legal and translation services, or simply comfort, these volunteers are instrumental in ensuring survivors keep up the strength to make it through their worst nightmares coming true.
And one of them started doing her part to shed light on one of history's worst humanitarian disasters when she was just a little girl.
