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Stories
There are many stories that showcase Ukrainian resilience and hope in the face of the brutal Russian invasion, and at Amoami we believe we must tell as many as we can.Β
Every Amoami bear has a unique story worth telling. Every Amoami is accompanied with a postcard signed by its crafter: Yuliia, Veronika, Anna, Oksana⦠Discover their stories
Olena
ππ This is Olena's first amigurumi! "I learnt to knit from my grandmother but I had never done amigurumi before Amoami! Crocheting means to...
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ππYuliia is from Nova Kakhovka, a captured city in Kherson, and studied Pharmacy at university. βMy parents and many of my friends have not...
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ππ Olga comes from Khmelnytskyi, a city in the mid-West of Ukraine. She is a seamstress and arrived in Madrid in March, a week...
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ππ Elena used to work as an architect. She is learning Spanish and already speaks fluidly. "This is all very difficult, everything can change...
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ππ Nataliiya comes from Sumy, a city very close to the Russian border. She came to Madrid to see her daughter before the war...
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ππ Veronika is about to meet her baby, who is half Ukrainian. However, it is imposible to know when they will be able to...
View More >Halyna
ππ Halyna is from a small town called Striy. Most of her family is still in Ukraine and she feels extremely worried about them...
View More >Irina
ππ Irina is a pharmacist. She came to Switzerland from the Kiev region in mid March with her daughter. "By the end of February,...
View More >Lyudmila
ππ Lyudmila is from Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine. She is now with part of her family in Switzerland, while her son and his family are...
View More >Anna
ππ Anna arrived in Spain from Kharkivv mid-March with her son. βFrom the very beginning my city has been bombed everyday. A lot of...
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ππ Olena is from Kryvyi Rih, where she studied and worked as a maths and physics teacher. It is also the place where she...
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ππ Elena is from Mykolaiv, in the south of Ukraine and she just joined our Amoami community. Mykolaiv is now a war-torn frontline city...
View More >Olha
ππ Olha lived in Kyiv until February 24, 2022. She is retired and used to have a quiet and peaceful life. βKnitting has always...
View More >Iryna
ππ Iryna only knew about wars from history textbooks. These were events, as she used to think, that could never happen to her. "Reading...
View More >Oksana
π πThis is Oksana's first bear! She was visiting her daughter when the invasion began. All happened overnight and she can't come back now...
View More >Tatiana
π π Tatiana worked as an optician in Mykolaiv, a region that is being bombed every day. Here is where she built the best...
View More >Ruslana
ππ Ruslana continues crocheting. " It will soon be a year since I have been living in Spain with my daughter. We continue to learn...
View More >Yuliia
ππYuliia is from Ukrainka (a city located in the province of Kyiv Oblast), and has four children. βIn Ukraine my family and I had...
View More >Iryna
ππ Iryna is from Kyiv and has always loved crocheting. "My daughter and I came from Kyiv, where I worked at the National Academy...
View More >Taisia
ππ Taisia is from Kupyansk, in Kharkiv region. "When the war started, my husband was asked to join, and my son and I had...
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ππ Tatiana is from Fastiv, near Kyiv, where she had her own business, they raised chickens and quails of different breeds. "My story is...
View More >Galina
ππ Galina is from the city of Kharkov and is a doctor by profession. "My city is a big beautiful city. Since Feb 24,...
View More >Larysa
ππ Larysa is from Kyiv. "On the first day of the war, as soon as we heard explosions and low-flying planes over the house,...
View More >Ksenia
ππ Ksenia is from Kyiv region. "When I left home in March, I thought I would be back in a few weeks. But after...
View More >Irina
ππ Irina left Kharkiv on March 7. βAt that time we didnβt have windows, water, electricity, gas or heating. The shops in our area...
View More >Tamara
ππ Tamara was born in 1933 in Mariupol. βThis is the second war I live. I had a large beautiful apartment in the centre...
View More >Yuliia
ππ Feb 24 began very early for Yuliia when they were informed of war "We took everything we could from home. There were explosions...
View More >Vita
ππVita comes from Kherson. Her city was under occupation since Mar 2. For months they lived under terrible and inhumane conditions. βWe hid in...
View More >Olena
ππ Olena is 42 years old and moved recently to Switzerland with her little son. "It's very hard for me to speak about this...
View More >Kasiia
ππ Kasiia is 22 and decided to come to Spain 4 months ago because her parents lived here. 3 years ago, they had to...
View More >Olga
ππ Olga comes from Kramatorsk, in Donetsk. The fighting in this region began in 2014. "We understood since the very beginning in 2014 what...
View More >Zhanna Lytvynenko
ππ Zhanna Lytvynenko comes from Kherson. Her hometown was captured by Russian troops since the very beginning of the war. " And only a...
View More >Yuliya
ππ Yuliya Makhnach came with her mother from the city of Kharkiv.. "My city is the second-largest city in Ukraine, but unfortunately it is...
View More >Iryna
ππ Iryna lived in Kyiv. Many residents not only of the capital, but also of all of Ukraine were forced to become refugees, just...
View More >Ruslana
ππ Ruslana arrived in Spain with her daughter from the city of Rivne, located in the western part of Ukraine. She is a journalist,...
View More >Natalya
ππ Natalya currently lives in Switzerland with her son Alexei. He is 9 years old. βIf you ask where we come from and how...
View More >Valentina
ππ Valentina lives near Kyiv and she is a ski teacher. She arrived in Spain two months ago with her daughter but her mother...
View More >Lyudmila
ππLyudmila is from Odessa, where she used to work at the airport. Now she is in Madrid with her daughter Milena. "My elder daughter...
View More >Antonina
ππ This is Antonina, from the Rivne region. She has 3 children and she was only worried about one thing: their safety. She didn't...
View More >Anna
ππ Annaβs hometown is Kupyansk, in Kharkiv region. The city was occupied since the third day of the invasion, February 27, and was under...
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