3 Weeks in Northwestern UkraineNovember 11, 2022|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, UkraineHello family and friends, We will arrive in Poland from Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine on November 10. While in Ukraine, our tasks that we needed to do require small amounts of time. This left very much down time between appointments for Sveta…
Helping children, families, and soldiers!October 26, 2022|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, Therapeutic Massage, UkraineHello family and friends, You know, dear friends, that now you are helping not only children and civilians in Ukraine, but also the military, in particular, our son Misha and his team; and our friend Dasha's husband and his team. They protect…
Father and Son reach out to their community!October 7, 2022|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, UkraineHello family and friends, A new adventure has begun for Sveta and me. We moved to a small town and are meeting new people, experiencing new terrain, rules, lifestyle, and getting around in a new part of the country. We…
From a big city to a small townOctober 2, 2022|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, UkraineHello family and friends, Sveta and I have moved to a new location in the mountains of Poland! After living in a two room flat with our wonderful hostess, Ludmila, for six months, we moved. A relative of hers has…
Report on six months into the war.October 2, 2022|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, UkraineHello family and friends, Change is constant in life, so it seems. Our son-in-law was working in England, and moved to Norway for the next season of work. Our daughter and three children have moved from England to northwester Ukraine,…
A light in the darkness of KharkivSeptember 6, 2022|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, The ChildrenA good friend of ours, Roman, worked for two years on replacing a small dacha house with a total rebuild for a main residence for his family. He continued to expand his new home. The war came to Ukraine, and…
Do you talk the talk and walk the walk?July 22, 2022|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, UkraineHello family and friends, A friend of ours introduced us to Sasha, in the Kyiv Region, who is quite the family man. He has ten children and his wife has one on the way. Sasha is a musician and teaches…
How does your imagination work?July 11, 2022|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, UkraineHello family and friends, So much is happening. So many people are seeing change for the better in their lives. News tends to focus on the brutal parts of the war. Four months ago, Sveta and I saw the war…
Massage therapy is helping autistic children overcome the trauma of warJune 18, 2022|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, The Children, Therapeutic Massage, UkraineDr. Natalia started the massage therapy program with me in 2004. Many things have happened since then. About ten years ago, she opened a private clinic in Chornomorsk, a city by the Black Sea, not far from Odessa, Ukraine. She…
How does massage therapy help children experiencing wartime trauma?June 17, 2022|Sveta Koehler|Newsletter, Therapeutic Massage, UkraineHello family and friends, The stories below were recently shared with Sveta and me by our massage therapist working in northwestern Ukraine. She shares her experiences with children who have intellectual disabilities and those who have "normal" intelligence, but have…
