Stories

Ukrainians to Ukrainians: sharing books with newly arrived refugees...

The Association ‘Ukraine Switzerland Bern’ has delivered educational and developmental materials to children in the Fiererfeld container city in...

Psychological club ‘Resilience’ in Thun: how Olga Bukovska helps Ukrainians in Switzerland...

Text: Svitlana Prokopchuk In March 2022, Olga Bukovska, a clinical psychologist, PhD and associate professor, arrived in Switzerland with...

It’s Never Too Late to Belong...

By Svitlana Manzer When people talk about integration, they usually think of children starting school or young adults entering...

Yulia’s story: Dancing, self-realisation and integration...

By Svitlana Prokopchuk He story of the lumière dance club in Burgdorf began almost by accident. One day, one...

We help with career guidance...

The Secrets of the Insect World: School of Entomology project was created as a unique opportunity for teenagers aged...

We raise the issue of reintegration as an important component of building social cohesion...

Text: Svitlana Prokopchuk Anastasiia Yushchenko, mother of two girls, Veronika and Victoria, came to Switzerland in the first days...

Raising awareness: “New Year’s magic or the fight for independence?”...

The global symbol of Christmas and, at the same time, the code of the Ukrainian nation – “Shchedryk”. A...

Not About Us Without Us — as Infrastructure, Not Slogan: The Idea Behind the USB Media Hub...

Swiss media talk about people with migration experience far more often than those people get to make media themselves....

Discussing the results of a study on human trafficking and exploitation in Bern...

The results of the study on vulnerability and resilience to human trafficking and exploitation among people fleeing Ukraine in...

Raising awareness: ‘Genocide again’...

Svitlana Prokopchuk, media coordinator of the association ‘Ukraine Schweiz Bern’, wrote an article for the Bernese magazine Journal B...

Countering Russian propaganda: ‘In the shadow of the patriarch’...

An article by Svitlana Prokopchuk, media coordinator of the Association Ukraine Schweiz Bern, for the Neue Zürich Zeitung. “In...

Promoting cultural understanding through art...

The exhibition of two Ukrainian artists Eva Poliak and Lena Solomenchuk took place in Bern. The article by Svitlana...

We understand each other: “Is No Charm in War”...

‘War has no feminine face. And women do not start wars! Because they know exactly how painful, challenging, and...

We understand each other: “(Un)Loved School”...

An article by Svitlana Prokopchuk, media coordinator of the “Ukraine Switzerland Bern” Association, in Journal B titled “(Un)Loved School.”...

Participating in the European study of the rights of Ukrainian refugees in Bern...

USB is honored to be part of the study ‘Vulnerability and Resilience to Human Trafficking and Exploitation Among People...

Integration Begins with Opportunity...

By Olena Krylova For many people who arrive in Switzerland after fleeing war, one question quickly becomes more important...

Dialogue Is Also Part of Recovery...

By Olena Krylova Wars are fought on battlefields. Recovery begins in conversations. That may sound surprising, but lasting solutions...

We provide bus and coach services from St Gallen to Chernihiv...

The city of St Gallen (Switzerland) has donated 11 buses to the Chernihiv City, which until recently were public...

We understand each other: ‘I am not allowed to love my country’...

An article by the media coordinator of the Ukraine Switzerland Bern Association, Svitlana Prokopchuk, about Ukraine’s Independence. Why are...

We understand each other: ‘Older people at 45?’...

An article by the media coordinator of the Ukraine Switzerland Bern Association, Svitlana Prokopchuk, in Journal B. Why Ukrainians,...

Migrants and Swiss Youth: Learning Bern Together...

Text: Olena Krylova A joint project of the USB Youth Platform and the Youth Red Cross Canton Bern is...

We understand each other: ‘How boiling water changes the way we think about medical development...

An article by the media coordinator of the ‘Ukraine Schweiz Bern’ Association, Svitlana Prokopchuk, published in Journal B. For...

Standing Still Is Not an Option...

By Olena Krylova When an organisation works with people rebuilding their lives, one thing becomes clear very quickly: needs...

We understand each other: ‘Why does marmalade make you happy?’...

An article by the media coordinator of the ‘Ukraine Schweiz Bern’ Association for Journal B, Svitlana Prokopchuk, about why...