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ENGin Helping Ukraine speak to the world

08/24/2026

🇺🇦❤️‍🔥 Today, Ukraine celebrates 35 years of Independence, and we have a small gift for the occasion.
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💙💛 Our team members, volunteers from around the world, and students from our Speak Ukrainian program came together to read "Любіть Україну" by Volodymyr Sosiura in Ukrainian. We chose this poem because its message feels as important now as the day it was written, and because "Love Ukraine" is something everyone in this video does in their own way, every week.
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💪🫂 Working for Ukraine is something we carry with pride. Connecting Ukrainians with the world through language, conversation, and friendship is what we do, and on a day like today, we are especially grateful that we get to do it.
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🫶 To every Ukrainian watching this: this day is yours.
З 35-річчям Незалежності, Україно! 💙💛

🤩 Good news for ENGin students who asked for more time: the deadline for our "How ENGin Changed My Life" video contest h...
08/23/2026

🤩 Good news for ENGin students who asked for more time: the deadline for our "How ENGin Changed My Life" video contest has been extended to August 30. You have one more week!
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⬇️ And we have one more reason for you to use it.
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🥳 We are excited to announce that our guest judge is Jane Sindell, a former Hollywood talent agent who helped bring Forrest Gump, Dirty Dancing, When Harry Met Sally, Big, Stand By Me, and City Slickers to the screen. Over her 22-year career she worked at some of Hollywood's top agencies, managing the careers of Paul Newman, Kevin Costner, and Billy Crystal, and later co-produced the movie Seabiscuit. Jane is now retired and volunteers with ENGin, where she has found a treasured friendship with her student Iryna.
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🌟 So yes, someone who helped launch Forrest Gump is going to watch your video. We thought that might be a good motivator! 💪
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🎥 There are no restrictions on format or creative approach, make the video however feels right to you. Tell your story in English or Ukrainian, be serious or funny, film on your phone or your laptop, keep it simple or go all out. What matters is your story and your willingness to share it.
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🎬 Theme: "How ENGin Changed My Life"
👤 Open to all ENGin students, past and present
🕒 New deadline: August 30, 2026, 11:59 PM Kyiv time
💰 Prizes: 4,000 / 2,000 / 1,000 UAH
🎓 Every participant receives a certificate
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🔗 Apply and submit your video here: https://forms.gle/8T6214iprZyiQeYD9

08/20/2026

Dear young volunteers,
❣️ We built something new for you!
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💪 This fall, we are launching the ENGin Young Leaders Fellowship, a 12-week virtual program for volunteers aged 13-18. You will work with our Founder Katerina Manoff, meet people running social impact projects for Ukraine, and create your own project with real mentorship from our team.
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📲 Watch Katerina's message above and apply by August 31 at the link: https://forms.gle/dZpEM6HLL6cQaX1TA
❤ We would love to see your name on the list.
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📩 If you know anyone who might find this interesting, share this video with them.

08/18/2026

💬 "I can't imagine myself three months ago speaking, having this interview with you. It was impossible for me."
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👩‍🦰 That is Anastasia, a military physician from Kyiv, speaking on one of the biggest English-language podcasts about Ukraine. Three months into ENGin for Defenders, she agreed to be interviewed on The Telegraph's "Ukraine: The Latest," a podcast with over 140 million listeners, and she did it in English!
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🎙️ She was not alone. Sitting next to her (virtually) was Jane, her ENGin volunteer from the UK, whose son is currently serving in the Ukrainian armed forces. Their connection through ENGin started about five months ago, and what began as weekly English practice has turned into something both of them describe as a partnership.
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💬 Jane put it this way: "Although the ENGin program has this classification of volunteers and students as though the volunteers are the ones doing all the volunteering, I view it much more as a partnership. I equally get as much back from Anastasia as she does about improving her English."
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😍 The interview covers how they were matched, what they talk about every week (everything from Ukrainian Easter traditions to Jane's son's experience on the front lines), and why Anastasia now recommends ENGin to every person she meets.
This feature happened because our volunteer took the initiative, pitched the story to The Telegraph, and made it real, and we could not be happier ❤️‍🔥
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🎧 Listen to the full episode (ENGin section starts around 24:00): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FC4cyBmwdE

😎 Every ENGin: Speak Ukrainian lesson is designed around the student, not a fixed textbook 🇺🇦⠀🌟 Our teachers choose Ukra...
08/17/2026

😎 Every ENGin: Speak Ukrainian lesson is designed around the student, not a fixed textbook 🇺🇦
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🌟 Our teachers choose Ukrainian materials for every class based on each student's level, goals, and interests. Here's a glimpse of what that looks like in real lessons: shopping vocabulary, clothing and body parts, verb conjugation, storytelling, and even a surprise song performance from one of our students! ➡️
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💪 This is what personalized learning actually looks like in practice, and it's why our students keep making real progress, lesson after lesson.
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Ready to start your own Ukrainian language learning journey? 🌻
📩 Book your first lesson here: enginprogram.org/learn-ukrainian

🥳 Нещодавно до ENGin приєдналося багато чудових волонтерів різного віку, як діти, так і дорослі, і вони з нетерпінням че...
08/16/2026

🥳 Нещодавно до ENGin приєдналося багато чудових волонтерів різного віку, як діти, так і дорослі, і вони з нетерпінням чекають на своїх студентів.
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🌟 Це точно ваш знак зареєструватися зараз і вже за кілька тижнів ви матимете свого англомовного співрозмовника, або ж поділитися можливістю з друзями та рідними
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🌐 За 6 років ми поєднали 38 000+ українців із 32 000+ волонтерами зі 140+ країн світу.
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💻 Під час щотижневих зустрічей учасники практикують розмовну англійську і долають мовний бар'єр. А ще знайомляться з людьми з інших країн, дізнаються про їхні культури й розповідають світу про Україну. 85% студентів кажуть, що стали друзями з волонтерами.
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Як це працює:
🔹 індивідуальний підбір співрозмовника під ваші цілі та інтереси
🔹 1 година розмовної практики щотижня
🔹 онлайн-зустрічі у зручний для вас час
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🪄 Для дітей до 18 років, військових і ветеранів — безкоштовно.
🤩 Для дорослих — 1875 грн за цілий рік участі (приблизно як 3–4 заняття з репетитором). Якщо немає можливості оплатити внесок, можна податися на безоплатну участь за стипендіальною програмою.
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🔗 Дізнайтеся більше та зареєструйтеся за посиланням: uk.enginprogram.org/learn

🇺🇦 Since our founding in 2020, more than 32,000 people have volunteered with ENGin, showing up week after week for a con...
08/15/2026

🇺🇦 Since our founding in 2020, more than 32,000 people have volunteered with ENGin, showing up week after week for a conversation with a Ukrainian learner. Two thirds of them go on to do even more – attending rallies, buying handmade goods from Ukrainian makers, even traveling to see the country for themselves. That instinct to give more than what's asked isn't rare in this community. It's who we are.
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But every so often, someone's commitment becomes something else entirely — a true partnership in helping Ukraine speak to the world. 🏆 Today, we're honored to introduce the first-ever recipients of the ENGin Friend of Ukraine Award.
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👩‍🦰 Lisa Davis DeHaven found ENGin after a stranger in an online game turned out to be a Ukrainian living through air raid sirens in Kyiv. Nine students and three years later, she's learned enough Ukrainian to comfort friends in their own language during hard times, and she says showing up for her students has become a daily practice she can't imagine her mornings without. 💬
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👱‍♂️ Sam Linton found ENGin one month after russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, already studying the language on his own and looking for a way to help. Four years and five students later, he's traveled across Ukraine to meet several of them face to face, stood in Washington, DC to advocate on ENGin's behalf, and helped raise the funds behind supply trucks now reaching the front lines. 🚚
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🔗 Read their full stories, and see what it looks like to go from one conversation into a lifelong Friend. 👇
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https://www.enginprogram.org/post/announcing-our-first-two-winners-the-engin-friend-of-ukraine-award

🤩 Applications are open for the ENGin Young Leaders Fellowship!⠀💻 We're now accepting applications for ENGin's Fall 2026...
08/14/2026

🤩 Applications are open for the ENGin Young Leaders Fellowship!
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💻 We're now accepting applications for ENGin's Fall 2026 Young Leaders Fellowship — Leading for Impact. The Fellowship is a selective 12-week virtual program for motivated ENGin volunteers age 13-18 who want to build real social impact — not just read about it. In interactive, engaging online sessions, you'll explore the full journey of launching and leading a social impact project - from identifying a challenge to validating solutions to making it real to scaling sustainably. And then, you'll try it yourself with our support!
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As a Fellow, you will:
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🔹 Attend interactive weekly Zoom workshops with a small cohort of your peers
🔹 Learn directly from ENGin's Founder & CEO, Katerina Manoff
🔹 Meet leaders of other innovative social impact projects supporting Ukrainians
🔹 Build your own social impact project from the ground up
🔹 Graduate with a certificate + recommendation letter upon request
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💪 Learn what it really takes to change the world, using ENGin's own story — from one conversation to a global nonprofit — as your guide.
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🌟 This Fall, we are launching with one cohort, meeting on Sundays from 8:00PM-9:30PM Eastern time (5:00-6:30PM Pacific time) from Sept 20 to Dec 13. If you'd like to join the program but this time doesn't work well for your time zone, please let us know in your application - we will do our best to arrange alternative times depending on interest!
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The program fee is $950 (USD), which includes all workshops and materials, two 1-on-1 mentoring sessions to support with your projects, a certificate and personalized recommendation letter upon request.
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🔗 We invite all of our volunteers to apply at https://forms.gle/dZpEM6HLL6cQaX1TA by August 31st.
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🤓 Questions? Please read our FAQ here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_RVZahwUKizQ2olMHh6RKqSnGE7njaChD62DHP39HEI/edit?tab=t.0

☀️ Sometimes it's easy to form an image of a country just from news headlines. At ENGin, we mindfully delve deeper. Thro...
08/10/2026

☀️ Sometimes it's easy to form an image of a country just from news headlines. At ENGin, we mindfully delve deeper. Through our Ukrainian Cultural Events series, experts present to our global network of volunteers and students about the intrinsic beauty, complex history, and bold civil society movements that are shaping modern Ukraine.
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👩‍💼 Our most recent gathering was led by Dr. Greta Uehling. Together, we explored the origins, history, and culture of the Tatars, Crimea's Indigenous people, learning about their traditions and values, their centuries of displacement, and their unending fight against foreign oppression. ❤️‍🩹
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💙💛 We're so grateful to Dr. Uehling for sharing her knowledge and passion with our community.
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🌐 Over 180 people from the USA, UK, Ukraine, Italy, Germany, the Philippines, South Africa, and many other countries joined us for the event. After the event, we received feedback from our volunteer Ali that touched us deeply:
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💬 "It is truly heartening to see an organization like ENGin care about us, the Crimean Tatars, a displaced people in Ukraine. As an ENGin volunteer, it feels wonderful to see this recognition and support. On behalf of every Crimean Tatar, thank you for your work."
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🫂 Moments like this remind us of the larger purpose of cross-cultural connection – that by showing up to listen, to learn, and discover something new together, we are breaking down the walls that compartmentalize our understanding of the world.

🥰 We have another great volunteer story to share, and this one made us want to call everyone we know and say "you have t...
08/07/2026

🥰 We have another great volunteer story to share, and this one made us want to call everyone we know and say "you have to hear this!"
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🇺🇦 An ENGin volunteer Alexander has visited Ukraine twice. Twice! And he is already planning his third trip.
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😍 But first, let us tell you what makes Alexander one of the most involved people in our entire community. He volunteers in our main program with his buddy Lana. He volunteers in ENGin for Defenders with a veteran named Valeri. And he takes Ukrainian lessons through our Speak Ukrainian program with his teacher Kateryna. If there is a way to be part of ENGin, Alexander found it.
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🚆 His first trip was in August 2025, with his friend and fellow ENGin volunteer John. They visited Lviv, Kyiv, Khmelnytsky, Kamyanets-Podilsky, Stryi, and Ivano-Frankivsk. In Lviv, he finally met Lana, after a year of weekly calls.
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💬 "We had become such good friends and had been speaking so regularly that to finally hang out and speak in person felt truly special. We walked around the city, visited her office and had dinner on Stryiska Street!"
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🚌 His second trip happened in May 2026, and this time the itinerary got even more personal. He met his ENGin: Speak Ukrainian teacher Kateryna and they climbed to the top of the Lviv City Hall tower together.
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💬 "It was so much fun using the phrases she taught me with native speakers," he says.
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🗓️ Then he spent a few days with Valeri, his ENGin for Defenders buddy, who runs a veterans outreach group in Volodymyr. They went fishing with veterans, visited veterans in a local hospital, and Alexander got to ask them about their experience, in Ukrainian. "Valeri does such important and beneficial work, it was a sincere pleasure to be a part of it."
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🤩 And now? "I can't wait for my next trip to Ukraine; who knows what cities I might visit next!"
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💪 Ukrainian students, do you realize what you are doing? You are the reason people like Alexander keep coming back. Every conversation you have, every story you tell, every time you show your volunteer what Ukraine is really like, you turn one person into an ambassador who tells the next person, who tells the next person. More and more of our volunteers are visiting Ukraine and we love seeing it.
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💙💛 So keep doing what you are doing, and if you have friends who are thinking about joining ENGin, tell them about it. Every one of us can be the person who brings Ukraine closer to someone on the other side of the world. And a bonus? Confident English and a friendship that lasts.

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