Two Years
Tomorrow marks two years of Russia’s all out war against Ukraine. Technically, Russia invaded Ukraine 10 years ago this month, but tomorrow marks two years since we woke to bombs...
Kim
February 23, 2024
The Latest
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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The Heart of Deinstitutionalization
From Jed: “You can take the girl out of the trailer park, but you can’t take the trailer park out of the girl.” Whenever Kim does something silly I like to remind...
Kim
January 19, 2024
A Season of Hope
It’s the day after Christmas and we all feel like we need at least a day to recover from the festivities. Ha! Are you with me? For real though, we had a wonderful time together here...
Kim
December 26, 2023
Life Together is Beautiful
Last week Ruslan and Jed returned home to us at long, long last. Oh, the sweet relief and joy of having them safe and sound, back in our arms. Annnnnnd they brought home with them our...
Kim
October 27, 2023
Healing From the Inside Out
I (Kim, if you’re new here) wear a few hats here at Wide Awake International. Mom of EVERYONE Communications Director. If you hear some news coming from Wide Awake, it’s from me....
Kim
September 21, 2023
Back to School 2023
It’s that time of year again. I can hardly believe it! Summer flew by in a haze of peppers, pickles, puppy, and the pool. (see what I did there…hehe) For reals, it went by so fast! I’m...
Kim
September 21, 2023
