Rebuilding Hope in Ukraine
When war took everything, these families refused to give up on home. Alongside generous partners, we’re helping them rebuild — one house, one family, one future at a time.
Help Build a HomeFamilies home again
The Vyalets Family
They fled to the forest as war began, then learned their home was destroyed — only their land remained. Their dream: return and rebuild.
✓ Home complete
The Semendyay Family
They sheltered through shelling, evacuated to strangers’ kindness in Chernihiv, and returned to find their home destroyed by fire. Today, they are home again.
✓ Completed April 2025
The Novozenko Family
Residents since the 1970s, they lost their home and livelihood in 2022 but refused to leave their land, living in a small trailer on their plot.
✓ Home complete
The Sklaryova Family
Having already lost her husband and son, Nadiya fled with her family and returned to find their home reduced to ashes.
✓ Home complete
The Shkabura Family
Yuriy carried wounded neighbors through fields under fire. After three years in shelters and losing most of his eyesight, they’re finally home.
✓ Home complete
The Demchenko Family
After nearly two years in shelters, they moved into their rebuilt home in December 2024 — right as their newborn daughter arrived.
✓ Completed Dec 2024
The Yashchenko Family
Forced out in 2022 and their home destroyed, they spent two years in shelters before a compassionate donor made a new home possible.
✓ Completed Dec 2024
The Kuzhelniy Family
War left nothing of the home they’d built over 20 years. Thanks to many — including a gift from Way Church — their new home even includes dreamed-of upgrades.
✓ Completed Feb 2025
The Pavlenko Family
After rebuilding, Daria is studying to be a veterinarian and Vlada completed a semester as a U.S. exchange student — futures reclaimed.
✓ Completed June 2024
The Yarema Family
Mother and son sheltered in a root cellar, then survived a winter in a drafty trailer before receiving a new home.
✓ Completed April 2024
The Matsuto Family
They sheltered in their cellar while daughter Elena cared for patients in an occupied hospital basement. Today, they are home again.
✓ Completed June 2024Waiting for a home
The Kulgeiko Family
Their home was destroyed by tank fire; only the barn survived. Five-year-old Anna’s New Year’s wish was simply “to have a home again.”
Goal: $65,000 to rebuild their home.
Follow the work
New stories from Ukraine appear here as we publish them.
We Did It. Homes 12 and 13.
A milestone moment — two more Ukrainian families finally home.
Bread.
The Semendyay key handover — bread, a Bible, a key, and a garden to share.
She Got to Come Home First.
Remembering Natalia Novozenko, who lived to see her family’s home rebuilt.
What Is Family?
Six families, one unforgettable week — birthdays, keys, and a church in Lutsk.
Every home is a family’s future, restored.
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