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🇺🇦 Right now, 200 Ukrainians are on our waiting list. They have applied, passed their interview, and are ready for their...
10/12/2026

🇺🇦 Right now, 200 Ukrainians are on our waiting list. They have applied, passed their interview, and are ready for their first conversation. Some of them are teenagers, some are adults, and all of them are waiting for a person on the other side of the screen who has one free hour a week to speak.
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Life in Ukraine right now means constant attacks, power outages, air raid alerts, psychological pressure and uncertainty that never really goes away. ❤️‍🩹 For many of our 40,000 Ukrainian participants, that one hour a week with their volunteer has become a part of their life that feels different from everything else. Not a lesson, not a task, just a conversation with someone in another part of the world who chose to show up for them.
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🔗 If you can volunteer, join us at enginprogram.org/volunteer.
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📧 If you are already a volunteer and have space for another student, reach out to us.
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📣 And if you know someone who would be great at this, send them this post. One share from you could be the reason someone in Ukraine gets matched this week.
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💙💛 200 Ukrainians are waiting. Help us find their person.

🌟 We’re excited to welcome four new members to our Board of Directors! ⠀📌 ENGin’s board is our organization’s highest g...
10/09/2026

🌟 We’re excited to welcome four new members to our Board of Directors!
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📌 ENGin’s board is our organization’s highest governing body, overseeing our strategy, finances, and long-term direction. They are the people who make sure ENGin is growing the right way, staying true to its mission, and planning for the future.
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🤩 This fall, we added four new members to the board, each of whom brings valued experience and perspectives:
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💠 Eleri Jones is a program and operations expert based in New York who previously led a £9 million UK Government-funded research network spanning 24 universities and over 200 partners. She holds an MSc from LSE and brings the kind of operational clarity that organizations like ours need as we scale. As one of our wonderful volunteers, she is already deeply familiar with ENGin from the inside.
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💠 Benjamin Rostein is a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan in London, where he launched and still leads a global trading platform that has grown to over $100 billion in live trade gross notional. He is lending his financial expertise, risk management background, and experience managing teams across London and New York to serve as our Treasurer.
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💠 Josh Machleder works at the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington, DC, supporting independent media and information integrity worldwide. His career has taken him through USAID, Internews, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia, and he brings a deep understanding of how organizations like ours fit into the bigger picture of global civil society. He has also experienced ENGin firsthand, both as a volunteer and as a Speak Ukrainian student.
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💠 Viktoriya Trotska is an experienced finance professional, who has worked at UniCredit Bank Ukraine and Visa. More recently, she has been deeply involved in the Ukrainian diaspora and nonprofit world through Ukraine House, Nova Ukraine, and other organizations in the DC area. As a Ukrainian, Viktoriya brings something we value enormously on our board: a perspective rooted in the community we serve.
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💙💛 We are grateful to our new members and to every person on our Board of Directors for giving their time, knowledge, energy to this program. We are looking forward to what we will build together!

🤓 Have you ever greeted your student in Ukrainian? Even a simple "Pryvit!" ("hi" in Ukrainian) can make their face light...
10/06/2026

🤓 Have you ever greeted your student in Ukrainian? Even a simple "Pryvit!" ("hi" in Ukrainian) can make their face light up. If you haven't yet, try it during your next session. When you learn a few words in someone else's language, you show them that you care about their whole world — not just their English.
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😍 That's exactly why we created "Ukrainian in Action" — a video course for ENGin volunteers who want to get to know their students a little better. Ten short lessons on everyday expressions, family, food, and traditions that you can watch whenever you have a free half hour. No prior knowledge of Ukrainian is needed to get started!
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💗 All proceeds from the course go to support ENGin so that more Ukrainians can practice English with volunteers like you.
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⏳ Pre-sale until October 15: $76.50 instead of $85. The course opens on October 16!
🔗 Sign up here: https://go.enginprogram.org/action-ukrainian-course

😍 75,000 participants. We keep saying the number out loud and it still does not feel real!⠀🧭 If you had told us this num...
10/03/2026

😍 75,000 participants. We keep saying the number out loud and it still does not feel real!
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🧭 If you had told us this number six years ago, when ENGin was a small project born during the COVID lockdown with a handful of participants and a lot of hope, we would not have believed you.
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🤩 But here it is: 40,000 Ukrainians and 35,000 volunteers from around the world have been part of ENGin. That is 40,000 people who decided to practice their English with a stranger from another country, even when they were nervous, even when the power went out, even when there were air raids. And 35,000 people who decided to give one hour of their week to someone in Ukraine, and then kept giving it, week after week, because somewhere along the way it stopped feeling like volunteering and started feeling like showing up for a friend.
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❤️‍🔥 We think about this a lot, about what it means that so many people chose to be part of something that asks for nothing more than a conversation. No one gets a grade, no one is required to stay, and yet påeople do stay, sometimes for months, sometimes for years, sometimes long enough to meet each other in person on the other side of the world. It is the kind of thing that is hard to explain to someone who has not experienced it, and very easy to understand once you have.
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💙💛 We carry this number with a lot of pride and a lot of gratitude to every student who trusted us, to every volunteer who showed up, to everyone who told a friend about ENGin and made this community a little bigger.
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🌟 75,000 of you believed that a conversation could matter. It does, and thank you for proving it.

💔 Before the full-scale invasion, they were living ordinary lives: running businesses, writing code, teaching classes, r...
10/01/2026

💔 Before the full-scale invasion, they were living ordinary lives: running businesses, writing code, teaching classes, raising kids, making plans for the summer. Then February 2022 happened, and thousands of them made a choice that most people never have to face.
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🇺🇦 Today, on the Day of Defenders of Ukraine, we think about all of them. The ones who are serving right now, far from their families, in conditions that no training fully prepares you for. The ones who came home with injuries and are rebuilding their lives piece by piece. The ones who are in russian captivity, whose families are living in a kind of waiting that is impossible to describe. And the ones who will never come home at all.
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Many of them see their children twice a year. Many of them were never soldiers before this war. They were regular people who stepped into something extraordinary because there was no other choice, and they have been doing it for more than four years now.
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We think about their families too – the partners, parents, and children who carry the weight of this war every day alongside them, in a different way but no less heavily.
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❤️‍🔥 The courage and resilience of Ukrainian Defenders are something we carry with us every day. We are with you, and we are working to make this road a little less heavy for you.
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💪 If you are part of the ENGin community and want to support Ukraine's defenders, here is how you can do it every day: talk about what is happening in Ukraine with the people around you. Share real stories of real people who are fighting. Donate to trusted organizations that support defenders directly. And consider joining ENGin for Defenders as a volunteer, where you can meet a Ukrainian service member or veteran for weekly English conversations. Over 600 defenders are already in the program, and for many of them, that one hour a week is a rare break from everything else.
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З Днем Захисників і Захисниць України! 💙💛

🔔 Meet Serhiy, an officer in the Ukrainian Armed Forces.⠀Before the war, he ran a successful legal business in Sievierod...
09/30/2026

🔔 Meet Serhiy, an officer in the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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Before the war, he ran a successful legal business in Sievierodonetsk. He's a husband and father of two girls, and has served in the UAF since voluntarily enlisting in May 2022.
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💻 For the past year, he's met weekly with his ENGin volunteer in Los Angeles. Despite growing up on opposite sides of the world, they've found a lot in common: "We read the same books, listen to similar music, and even have almost identical guitars," Serhiy says.
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💬 Their conversations have become something he looks forward to each week. "While studying the language, I get a chance to step away from daily military routine and cope more easily with long separation from my family," he says. "It's about friendly conversation with a person who has enough patience and warmth to understand not just what I'm trying to say, but what I'm feeling."
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🇺🇦 Through ENGin for Defenders, we've matched 600 Ukrainian active-duty military and veterans, people like Serhiy, with English-speaking volunteers around the world.
Our First Bell campaign has just days left. We're close to reaching our $40,000 goal, making a full year of ENGin possible for 400 students, including 200 defenders like Serhiy.
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🔗 For Donations from the U.S. and Canada: https://form-renderer-app.donorperfect.io/give/engin-for-defenders
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🔗 For Donations from Other Countries: https://enginprogram.donorsupport.co/page/FUNFZWQXECZ

📺 Remember that classic movie scene where the main character stands before the board of directors, delivers a powerful s...
09/25/2026

📺 Remember that classic movie scene where the main character stands before the board of directors, delivers a powerful speech, and the whole room breaks into applause? In the real corporate world, confident and persuasive speaking isn’t just a theatrical effect — it’s the key to career growth, landing a job offer, or delivering a successful pitch to international clients.
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📣 We invite you to join the Public Speaking Intensive Course (Speechcraft)—an 8-week practical program designed to help you develop confident public speaking and career pitching skills in English. Read more in the carousel ➡️
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🔗 Register here: https://go.enginprogram.org/public-course-form

There is a city in southern Ukraine called Oleshky, in the Kherson region. russia has occupied it since the first days o...
09/24/2026

There is a city in southern Ukraine called Oleshky, in the Kherson region. russia has occupied it since the first days of the full-scale invasion in 2022. In June 2023, the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam flooded the city, and most residents left after that. Those who stayed were mostly elderly people, families with nowhere to go, and people with disabilities.
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Today, an estimated 2,000 people remain in the city itself, with up to 6,000 across Oleshky and surrounding settlements, including about 200 children. They have no electricity, no gas, no running water, and no stable access to medicine. The last food delivery reached Oleshky on May 26, 2026. That was four months ago. Residents have been forced to cook over open fires and search for whatever food they can find, including grass.
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The roads around the city are mined and exposed to drone attacks, making both supply deliveries and evacuation nearly impossible.
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Ukraine has prepared an evacuation plan, agreed on civilian lists, and secured the readiness of the International Committee of the Red Cross. russia has not confirmed its willingness to proceed. The National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide has drawn parallels between the blockade of Oleshky and the deliberate starvation of Ukrainians during the Holodomor.
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Under international humanitarian law, an occupying power is required to ensure food and medical supplies for the civilian population. russia is not doing this.
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We are sharing this because we refuse to stay silent about what russia is doing to Ukrainian civilians. If you are reading this, please share this post, talk about Oleshky in your communities, and contact your elected representatives to demand humanitarian access and civilian evacuation.
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❤️‍🔥 This city should not disappear from the world's attention.

🔔 ENGin student Nataliia lives in Sumy, just 30 km from the border, a city that's faced near-constant bombardment for fo...
09/22/2026

🔔 ENGin student Nataliia lives in Sumy, just 30 km from the border, a city that's faced near-constant bombardment for four and a half years. "Because of the war, our lives are constantly affected by missiles and drones," she says. Even so, she shows up every day to a local Inclusive Resource Center, where she works as a rehabilitation specialist, supporting children with special educational needs.
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💻 Nataliia started learning English in 2022, shortly after the full-scale invasion began. Today, she meets weekly with her volunteer, Sharon, and fellow student Tetiana, who have become true friends. Their conversations have done more than build her confidence, they've helped her professionally too – “Many modern methods, high-quality resources, video lessons, and practical recommendations on physical therapy for children with autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities are available primarily in English,” she says, adding, “I can learn from the experience of international specialists and apply modern approaches in my work.”
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✨ An ENGin scholarship unlocked a door of opportunity for Nataliia. "Being able to join ENGin without cost being a barrier was very important to me," she says. "The scholarship gave me the opportunity to continue learning, growing, and being part of our group."
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🔔 For children in Ukraine, First Bell marks the first day of school. But for adult students like Nataliia, it also rings each time we have the courage to start something new.
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💪 With just 2 weeks left in our First Bell campaign, our incredible community has raised more than $26,000 towards our $40,000 goal for student scholarships. If you haven’t yet donated, please click below to help us bring a year of ENGin to students of all ages.
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🔗 Donate from the U.S. or Canada: https://form-renderer-app.donorperfect.io/give/engin/scholarshipprogram
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🔗 Donate from Another Country: https://enginprogram.donorsupport.co/page/FUNFZWQXECZ

📣 Друзі, у нас важливе оновлення:⠀З 20 жовтня 2026 року змінюється розмір річного благодійного внеску для учасників ENGi...
09/21/2026

📣 Друзі, у нас важливе оновлення:
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З 20 жовтня 2026 року змінюється розмір річного благодійного внеску для учасників ENGin — він становитиме 2 700 грн.
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Розуміємо, що підвищення вартості, тим паче у наші непевні часи, не тішить, тому у каруселі детально пояснюємо, чому вирішили підвищити розмір внеску.
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А якщо коротко, то участь одного студента коштує програмі близько $100 на рік. Донорська підтримка, яка допомагала нам у попередні роки, завершується, а спільнота зростає. Тож ми рухаємося до того, щоб ENGin фінансувала сама спільнота — і внески покривали більшу частину реальної вартості.
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Внесок у розмірі 2700 грн залишиться незмінним щонайменше до жовтня 2027 року, а стипендіальна програма й надалі доступна для тих, хто цього потребує.
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📌 Важливо: участь для дітей (протягом одного року) залишається безоплатною (кількість доступних місць на 2027 рік повідомимо згодом).
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До 19 жовтня (включно) ще можна приєднатися за поточною вартістю — 1 875 грн. Для цього потрібно завершити реєстрацію та зробити внесок.
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🌐 ENGin — це спільнота понад 70 000 людей із 140+ країн світу, існування якої фінансується самою спільнотою. Дякуємо, що ви з нами 💙💛

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