A particular highlight of Jordan’s recent working trip to Ukraine’s Chernihiv region was a visit to the home of film director and screenwriter Oleksandr Dovzhenko in the town of Sosnytsia. More than a stop on an official itinerary, the visit was a prime opportunity for Kent With Ukraine to learn more about Dovzhenko and to connect Ukraine’s past cultural achievements with the present struggle to defend its future. Oleksandr Dovzhenko was born in Sosnytsia in 1894, a small tow

Kent With Ukraine extends our sincere thanks to the many individuals, community groups, and partners who have come together over the past week to support an urgent winter appeal for northern Ukraine. Thanks to an extraordinary collective effort, the organisation has successfully secured the funding required to purchase much-needed emergency generators for the Chernihiv Region, where communities continue to endure the harsh realities of winter amid ongoing war. These generator

When children from different parts of the world connect, it creates a powerful bond that transcends borders and cultures. Recently, students at Higham Primary School experienced this firsthand by reaching out to their peers in their twin school of Starobilou Lyceum in the village of Novyi Bilous, near Chernihiv, Ukraine. The staff and students Higham Primary School decided to send cards and letters to children in Novyi Bilous. These messages were filled with drawings, kind w

Kent With Ukraine Founder, Jordan Meade, began his first working visit of 2026 in Kyiv. It was intended to be a practical working visit to the capital: meeting partners, strengthening coordination activity, and advancing both the commitments of KWU and UK Friends of Ukraine for the year ahead. But within hours of arrival, at the Ukrainian Border the purpose of the visit was confronted by a brutal reality that has become routine for millions of Ukrainians. The delegation attem