It’s been a rough winter for Ukraine. Ru**ia continues to destroy homes, schools, hospitals, day care centres, families, and the infrastructure that should keep Ukrainians moving, that should keep their homes warm, and that should ensure that they are able to work so they might earn a living. Every power plant in Ukraine has been targeted. It’s cold! And it’s taken a long while for help to get to Ukraine in the form of generators, solar power, etc.
I recently viewed one resident of Kyiv whisper her greatest fear on Instagram, whilst bundled up in her frigid apartment: “There is no promise of tomorrow.”
This doesn’t have to be true!
Every postcard message that you write offers care, love, hope and a promise of tomorrow.
February 24th marks the 4th anniversary since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. That’s five winters of terror, each winter worse than the last. We hope Defenders know that all around the planet, people will gather to rally in support of Ukraine in a Global Day of Action.
Find out what’s happening in your community and lend your support. Check the website for your local or national Ukrainian organization to find out what’s happening near you. Join the voices around the planet that speak to a promise of tomorrow for Ukraine.
No rally in your area? Consider organizing a postcard-writing gathering. It doesn’t have to be a big event. Just an informal gathering of friends or family is nice. If you hae grander ideas, and need help, check our “How to Run a postcard-writing workshop” page to see how easy it can be.
Did you know … ?? Postcards to the Front branches in Australia and Canada have together shipped more than 40,000 postcard messages of support to the front lines in Ukraine. That’s a WHOLE LOTTA LOVE! Дякую! THANK YOU!
This month, please write a few extra postcards. Defenders need to know that they are not forgotten after four years in the trenches, and that their courage, hard work, and sacrifices are acknowledged.
If you are able, find a charity that aligns with your values, and donate. Even a couple of dollars helps. Consider Sky Sentinel which helps safeguard the sky over Ukraine from missiles and drones. Every drone and missile downed before landing on Ukrainian lives is one less homeless family, and a few fewer funerals. Or Energize Ukraine, to help bring power to Ukrainian homes, workplaces, schools and hospitals.
Each New Year, I choose a word-of-the-year, rather than make a resolution. I find it easier to apply the idea of a word to my daily living than to struggle with a goal that might be unrealistic.
This year, I chose meliorism, pronounced meli-or-ism.
I am inherently optimistic and hopeful. But it’s become difficult to be so. Ukraine has suffered a war of terror longer than Europe suffered through WWI and nearly as long as WWII. Every day, we are bombarded with news of human suffering all over the planet. And there it is … that whisper from Ukraine sounding through my brain, like crickets scratching their nightly itch: is there a promise of tomorrow?
I must believe that there is.
And so, I chose meliorism to guide me through 2026. That is, the belief that the world can be made better by human effort.
By my small efforts. By your small efforts.
Every effort, small or great, especially genuine acts of care and kindness, will make the world a better place to wake up in.
Thank you all, postcard warriors, for staying with Ukraine through these last four years. You ARE making a difference in the lives of ordinary people forced to face extraordinary inhumane circumstances. You are part of something special that makes a difference!
You might be feeling some fatigue over the daily news. Please, do not lose heart, nor interest. Ukrainians are holding the line on terror, at great cost. Our collective small acts – donations, rallies, postcards, letters to politicians, a Ukrainian flag at your front porch – make a difference for Ukraine, as well as help each one of us feel like we are doing something meaningful, something worthy of humanity.
Here’s a reminder from a Defender at the front lines about the importance of your care and kindness. He speaks in Ukrainian, first. Then English. Stay with him. Your cards do make a difference!
Thank you for your good emotion and stay with Ukraine please. … the war is not peace and is not love, but we are all fighting with love in our heart.
Please continue to tell others about this project. Ask family and friends to write cards. Involve your children and grandchildren. Defenders especially appreciate postcards with drawings from children.
Need help? Check our “How to” page, and our Ukrainian phrases page. Organize a group of family, friends or others to write postcards? See How to Run a Postcard-Writing Workshop.
Need cards? Write to us at postcardstothefront.canada@gmail.com . We’ll send you some. FREE.
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