From our corner of the world

The Servas blog.

Stories of friendship, guides to our community and perspectives from Ukraine. Written by Serhii Kibitkin.

Featured perspective · 2025

Ukraine, through
our own eyes.

A personal briefing for international Servas members on life in Ukraine during the full-scale invasion, covering 2022–2025.

10 articles

Ukraine·21 September 2025

A personal briefing for international Servas members on life in Ukraine during the full-scale invasion, covering 2022–2025.

Talks & meetings·23 November 2022

My SICOGA 2022 speech on Ukraine, the support of Servas members and what peacebuilding means in wartime.

Servas guides·14 May 2022

Meet the idea behind Servas and discover the different ways to take part as a host, day host or traveller.

Ukraine·12 May 2022

An introduction to UNITED24, Ukraine’s official fundraising platform launched in 2022.

Talks & meetings·9 April 2022

A conversation with Servas Canada about life in Ukraine and ways to support people affected by the war.

Ukraine·26 March 2022

A link to the official Ukrainian photo gallery documenting the impact of Russia’s invasion.

Ukraine·20 March 2022

An early snapshot of the response by Ukraine’s neighbours, based on UNHCR information from March 2022.

Personal stories·14 January 2022

A shared meal, a conversation, a lifelong friendship. My family’s experience as Servas hosts and travellers.

Servas guides·14 January 2022

A short illustrated video introduces the ideas of Servas and explains how the network works.

Servas guides·14 January 2022

My original step-by-step guide to creating a website for a local Servas organisation.