The #B50heroes media project broadcasts stories of people who have decided to systematically engage in volunteering for the recovery.
The project focuses on B50 volunteers who have taken up shovels, wheelbarrows, grinders, paintbrushes, and rollers to restore housing and life in the liberated communities. These are people of different ages, with different life experiences and worldviews, but with an extraordinary reflection on the events and the future of Ukraine.
In every conversation about volunteering and life outside of it, you will definitely find something to admire, something to be surprised by, and something to think about. Their volunteer experience will certainly break your prejudices about helping!
The project is a part of the Country of Volunteers Program by B50, which promotes recovery volunteering.
Ruslan Habdulov
His career with B50 started with dismantling destruction in the Kyiv area, then he began coordinating volunteer trips and eventually became the director of the B50. Currently, he focuses his resources on…
Elmira Yakubova
At first, she had to leave her home in Makiivka, and later in Kramatorsk. She made up her mind before 2014 and has always been proud of her origins, when most people…
Polina Koruts
The B50 red-headed "beast". Our fiery light and energy boost. But if someone misses the contour with a brush or offends the weak, you've woken up a real typhoon in the artist…
The country comes first: a blitz interview with B50 volunteers – defenders of Ukraine
Today, for the first time, we celebrate the Day of the Defenders of Ukraine and the Intercession of the Theotokos on October 1. Last year, our country finally managed to “win back”…
Foreign Legion: blitz interview with foreign volunteers about B50
Expanding the circle of support, strengthening international solidarity, and new partnerships are all effects of the involvement of foreigners in restoration volunteering. In recent months, the B50 team of legionnaire volunteers has…
Nataliia Hryniuk
Nataliia always has a plan! Both literally and figuratively. Self-organization is her life principle, planning is her business, time management is her constitution, and coordination and communication are her tasks at B50. …
Svitlana Yehorova
There are people who are like an open book. And there are those like our active volunteer, Svitlana Yehorova. She is reserved and balanced, yet sociable and persistent. She resembles a book…
Anastasiia Chaikina
If you see a girl loudly telling jokes at the location while holding a huge sledgehammer, it will definitely be our active volunteer Nastia, who goes by the call sign “Chaika” (“Seagull”).…
Anastasiia Baranova
If someone were to remake “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” Nastia would be the main character. Volunteer coordinator and accounting assistant Anastasiia Baranova really looks like a princess from a cartoon—luxurious…
Vitalii Krokhmaliuk
This man can easily knock you down with a powerful throw or a good joke. Vitaliі Krokhmalіuk, an active volunteer with B50, trains children and adults in a fight club in his…
Oleksandr Tishura
He is a person who pushes the development of science and highlights promising technologies. Outside of work, he coordinates volunteers and conducts analytical and statistical activities at B50. His studies at the…
Yuliia Horbasenko
Before the war, she considered herself a private person, and chose her social circle very carefully, but now she admits that communication with B50 volunteers helps her emotionally in difficult moments.
Pavlo Kulinskyi
Is he a real philosopher or a real troll? This is the question that comes to mind after a day of volunteering in Moshchun with our activist Pavlo Kulinskyi. He is an…
Svitlana Rudokvas
When was the last time you corrected your worldview? Svitlana Rudokvas, content manager of the Ukrainian-language B50 Facebook group and editor of the website, has the courage to admit her mistakes and…
Andriy Karpenko
Have you ever been to one of Okean Elzy's (Океан Ельзи) big concerts? It's likely that you heard them perform thanks to B50's active volunteer Andrii Karpenko. For more than 25 years,…
Artem Onyshchuk
He usually creates buildings, but now he has to dismantle their ruins. Our active volunteer Artem Onyshchuk is an architect by profession. He designed houses, developed the interior of several halls at…
Andriy Mitin
Leaving the past in Donetsk to build a new life among "his own people". Andrii Mitin, an active volunteer with B50, has already faced combat twice. In 2014, they forced him to…
Oleksandr Kramarenko
The man who started the B50 Volunteer community. A man who always has a plan for everything. Today, in the #B50 heroes section, we tell you about Oleksandr Kramarenko, the leader of…
Denys Herasymov
Shall we introduce you to the CF "B50 VOLUNTEERS" director, Denys Herasymov? Because this modest guy in a green panama hat (or green cap), although he loves the role of an ordinary…
Diana Naichenko
We'd like to introduce you to Diana, one of our first volunteers who has done the most work trips in our community!
Ruslan Habdulov
Director of the B50 Public Organization. At the time of the first interview, he was the coordinator of the B50 Restoration program and an active volunteer.