{"id":49787,"date":"2016-02-24T13:12:26","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T13:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=40528"},"modified":"2016-02-24T20:00:12","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T17:00:12","slug":"40528-lyubov-do-blizhnogo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/40528-lyubov-do-blizhnogo","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers working with civilians from near-front area: only through neighborly charity can we show that Ukraine is different from what adversary mass media depict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XitB_3fP3RA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH IN ENGLISH<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Kyiv, February 24, 2016.<\/strong><\/em> Gaining the victory by arms only, liberating the territory, is not enough in circumstances of the hybrid war \u2013 the new unprecedented type of warfare. Information front is equally important, the front living in conscience of people, especially those residing in the conflict zone and are most influenced by propaganda and disinformation. \u201cThe war takes place in minds, for people\u2019s conscience. It\u2019s most important not to leave there a permanent opposition area among dissatisfied people who will always reject anything Ukrainian,\u201d said chaplain Ihor Ubiy-Vovk, pastor of the Glamour God\u2019s Glory church, member of the civil council of\u00a0 Poltava regional council, at a press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center. Volunteers believe it can be achieved not so much through logic argument, but rather with the help of peacemaking \u2013 everyday help by essentials and communication \u201cfrom heart to heart\u201d. \u201cPeace will come to Ukraine only when it sets in hearts of people from the east of Ukraine and all the other territory Ukraine [\u2026] We can destroy barriers in people\u2019s mind only through neighborly charity. It\u2019s the only way to show that real Ukraine is different from Ukraine depicted by adversary mass media,\u201d said Ihor Prus, coordinator of volunteer group #LoveHasNoBoundaries<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers started helping civilians from the near-front area right after the beginning of the conflict. \u201cWhen I say \u201cour fellows\u201d, they say \u201cUkrainian army\u201d, when I say \u201cseparatists\u201d, they say \u201crebels\u201d.\u00a0 This means they do not associate themselves with Ukraine,\u201d said Ubiy-Vovk. \u201cWe are trying to show them Ukraine [\u2026], that people from Poltava, Khust, Lviv, Rakhiv spend their money and time to come here and help them, and these are \u201chorrible Banderites\u201d who came to repair roofing in their buildings\u201d. People\u2019s attitude starts changing with time. \u201cThey start thinking: \u201cHow is it possible? People, who came from other parts of Ukraine, are helping us, though we thought they were coming to kill us\u201d, said Valeriy Ionov, volunteer of Salym NGO. \u00a0According to Ionov, Ukrainian troops who interact with local inhabitants closer than anybody else, tell the same story. People come to them first of all to get the essentials. \u201cSoldiers say local people keep asking \u201cprotect us, don\u2019t leave us\u201d, though earlier they were received negatively,\u201d he said. \u201cSome changes are possible only if we show we can be citizens of one country\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>One of the charity projects of NGO #LoveHasNoBoundaries is a so-called SmartHelp project: people from near-from area are given seeds to grow vegetables on their land. \u201cWe give people aid worth less than 10 USD, or 200 UAH, but at the same time we give them hope: they grow these vegetables and gather harvest worth more than 100 USD,\u201d explained Prus. He emphasized that the smart-element lies in giving people the instrument, not the ready-made aid. \u201cA kind of \u201clabour therapy\u201d takes place. If we just gave aid, we would form consumers, but in our case they themselves become producers,\u201d he said. Next year, in addition, volunteers plan to give spring chicken to multiple children families in villages.<\/p>\n<p>He drew attention to the fact that these are civilians who need more help now, as opposed to the beginning of the conflict when it was necessary to supply the army. Considering this, Prus appealed to volunteer organizations to shit the center of their activity, as efforts of one organization only are not enough to solve many problems. \u201cOur experience of humanitarian aid proves that people\u2019s minds are affected by enormous post traumatic stress disorder. Due to this, people are unable to perceive any information and are not ready to accept changes; any change is stressful for them. [\u2026]. They are afraid to be left without help, food or medicine. It is impossible to handle this fear through general approach. We need work with every person individually,\u201d said Prus. There is another problem which did not receive sufficient attention so ar. Many pregnant women from the occupied and near-front territories are trying to move to the Ukraine-controlled territory prior to childbirth, so that their children receive Ukrainian birth certificates without problems. Taking into consideration the situation in the near-front area, such a trip is a real challenge, so volunteers help would be extremely opportune.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WATCH IN ENGLISH Kyiv, February 24, 2016. Gaining the victory by arms only, liberating the territory, is not enough in circumstances of the hybrid war \u2013 the new unprecedented type of warfare. 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