Oksana Matiiash·Feb 24, 2025Putin Wants a Lost Generation in Ukraine. We Can’t Let That HappenThis is the third year I’m writing a blog to mark the anniversary of the war. The first time, I wrote with hope — that there’d be no next…A response icon1A response icon1
Oksana Matiiash·Oct 2, 2024Reflections from UNGA Week: Why Ukraine Must Remain in the Global Humanitarian SpotlightThis September, I had the opportunity to attend the UN General Assembly week in New York for the second time. Every year, this week becomes…
Oksana Matiiash·Feb 24, 2024Second Year of a Full-Scale War: Why Investing in Ukraine’s Education Matters Now More Than EverAs we mark the second “anniversary” of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, I find myself reflecting on one fundamental question…
Oksana Matiiash·Jul 6, 2023Wartime Teachers: Celebrating the Graduation of Teach For Ukraine’s 2021–2023 CohortAmid war, where shelling and air raid sirens have become a daily routine in Ukraine, a group of remarkable individuals have risen above the…
Oksana Matiiash·Feb 24, 2023A year as the wartime CEO of a Ukrainian nonprofitIn October 2020, I finished my Masters’s at Oxford and returned to Ukraine to relaunch an organization whose mission I sincerely believed…A response icon2A response icon2