The Support System That Keeps Ukraine Going

Angry Planet

Matthew Gault

War, Politics, Conflict, Government, History, News

4.3 • 882 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

When you’re talking about disasters, natural and manmade, it’s always the first responders—soldiers, police, EMTs—who get all the credit. But what about the people who not only support the first responders, but who help people once the front line has moved on?

On this show, we talk a lot about wars and weapons and such. We talk about geopolitics and strategy. We rarely talk about people who are working to make things just that little bit better.

Today we’re changing that in the case of Ukraine. We’re going to talk about humanitarian efforts and what’s happening to people—not just soldiers—on the ground.

Joining us are Britta Ellwanger of For Peace and Nelli Isaieva of Helping to Leave. Their efforts, and the efforts of those they work with make a huge difference in people’s lives in Ukraine, getting civilians and soldiers the aid they need when they need it, but also helping people get out of some pretty sticky situations using mostly the power of the mobile phone.

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0:00.0	Love this podcast.
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0:12.0	Hello and welcome to Angry Planet.
0:15.0	I'm Jason Fields.
0:17.0	Matthew Galt has flown away.
0:19.0	On this show we talk a lot about wars and weapons and such. We talk about geopolitics and
0:24.8	strategy, but we rarely talk about the human cost of those fights. Today we're
0:31.4	changing that in the case of Ukraine.
0:33.4	We're going to talk about humanitarian efforts and what's happening to people, not just
0:38.1	soldiers on the ground.
0:40.8	Joining us are Brita Elvanger and she works for an organization called For Peace.
0:48.0	And we also have Nellie Easeva of helping to leave, which by the way it's just absolutely a fascinating group and we'll find out about them very soon. So hi.
1:00.0	Hello.
1:02.0	So. So, let's see, if your organizations are very different and so, or at least their aim seem to be.
1:12.0	Brida, would you And so, or at least their aim seemed to be.
1:14.2	Brita, would you mind starting and just sort of
1:16.8	to tell us what your group does and what it's all about?
1:21.4	Mm-hmm.
1:22.4	I think it reflects well your intro about like the human cost of the war.
1:27.0	For peace sort of started in Ukraine.
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