Britta Ellwanger volunteers for the non-profit organization For Peace and discusses her work currently in Ukraine. She describes how For Peace provides humanitarian aid to civilians and soldiers through local connections and organizing. She has developed an expansive network informing her about what is needed, and her methods for fulfilling these exemplify the power and effectiveness of local and international grassroots organizing.
Britta discusses projects such as locating needed vehicles and responding to the flood resulting from the explosion of the Kakhovka Dam.
Britta was a graduate student at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy in their flagship Anticorruption Studies program. She is specializing in humanitarian aid until the war is over. She has been living, working, and investing in Ukraine for ten years. She has a B.A. from Stanford University in Political Science.
For Peace states its purpose is integrated war relief, responding to the multifaceted needs of frontline communities during war time.
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