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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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Remembering Our Friend, Remembering the Urgency

This post is brought to you by Christiana ❤️ Last week, we lost another friend at Romaniv to the great enemy: death. This is the second boy who has died since I arrived in the fall,...

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Kim March 15, 2024
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How’s Ruslan

Happy Friday, Friends! Today is officially the first day of spring here in Ukraine and we are hoping spring is actually here, and here to stay. I’m not sure how much snow and ice and...

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Kim March 1, 2024
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Кулінарія

View this post on Instagram A post shared by [ΔᎥм]ГᎥдностᎥ | Dignity Home (@dim_hidnosti_ukraine)

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Masha Semeniuk February 28, 2024
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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...

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Kim February 23, 2024
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Wide Awake Moments #22

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Kim February 3, 2024
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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...

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Kim January 19, 2024
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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...

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Kim December 26, 2023
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