The story of Wide Awake International began in the summer of 2010 when Kim Johnson, one of our co-founders, stumbled upon a blog about the adoption of children with disabilities from Ukraine. Shortly after that she started her own blog and has been sharing our story with the Wide Awake Community ever since.
On this page, you will find all the latest news about what we are up to here in Ukraine from the different outlets where we share: the blog, the podcast, and YouTube- all of it is here, in one place! If you want to dig into our history (and have several hours to spare…) you can find our archives here and go all the way back to the beginning of our story.
You won’t find us on social media, so we have created “The Latest” as a way to engage with each of you who has opened your heart to this work. Feel free to comment, ask questions, and dig around to your heart’s content. You are welcome here!
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So, what exactly do we even do here in Ukraine? Wide Awake International has a lot of moving parts and I don’t blame you if you have a bit of a hard time keeping them all straight...
Kim
February 10, 2022
You’ve read the news, you’ve heard all the rumblings about Ukraine and Russia, and we figured it was time to pipe in from our end. What is even going on around here????...
Kim
January 28, 2022
It’s been a long time since we shared a video! Here are some sweet moments from the Christmas season. 🎄
kimnjed
January 19, 2022
Hey Friends! Just an FYI, that we published two new episodes of the podcast this weekend. I don’t want to clutter this blog with podcast info, so…you can find everything...
kimnjed
January 16, 2022
In the first episode, I shared how our eyes were opened to the plight of orphans with disabilities in Ukraine. We just had no idea that world even existed! In this episode, I tell the...
Kim
January 14, 2022
Every story has a beginning, and today I’m sharing ours! In this episode, I tell the story of how our ordinary family, living our ordinary life in Oregon started down the path...
Kim
January 14, 2022
Oooooooh yeah. That’s right. We’re starting a podcast! We wanted to try something new in 2022 and decided that trying our hand at podcasting could be a really fun way to...
kimnjed
January 7, 2022
