Field Notes

Connecting Communities Across Continents to Deliver Aid and Hope

August 5, 2026

Attempted Murder in Kherson

This is pretty straightforward. At approximately 0645 on Tuesday morning, August 4th, a 52-year old man named Yuri was selling vegetables with his wife at a farmer’s market in the Tavryiskyi…

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August 4, 2026

Imago Dei

. Це був житловий район. Сталися вибух і пожежа. Щонайменше пів десятка приватних будинків пошкоджено або зруйновано. Кілька людей поранено. Щонайменше одна людина загинула. Рятувальники працювали в…

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August 4, 2026

Imago Dei

A chunk of a Russian Shahed murder-drone on my balcony. Leatherman Skeletool for scale. Russia has been throwing an average of two hundred of these at Ukraine every night for the last six months.…

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August 3, 2026

Laura and Saul and Paul and Shaun

Fruits meet for repentance Admiral Ackbar has some thoughts on this Late this past month, a certain well-known red-hatted American mega-influencer came to Ukraine for nine whole days. She spent most…

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July 31, 2026

Kherson is Burning (Again)

Of Butterflies and Bombs Tetiana (left), Arina (right). Poster above Tetiana’s right shoulder tells kids how not to get blown up by mines. Watermelon above Arina’s left shoulder reminds us that we’re…

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July 27, 2026

A Kitten in Kherson

We keep each other alive Afonya would like your complete attention. Afonya — full name Afonasiy, though no one uses it — is the Kitten in Charge at the Hope Center. He’ll tell you so himself, if you…

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