PEOPLE WITH CARDBOARDS AND ARTIFACTS: RBTNK AND BIHUS.INFO COLLABORATION AND DONATION TO SUPPORT THE EDITORIAL BOARD'S EXJOURNALIST

Observing who wears our artifacts, we are very proud: we have managed to become part of a community of conscious, caring, and active people in various roles: Defenders, Medics, Rescuers, Journalists, Volunteers, and Employees who, just like in the RBTNK world, are fighting for victory together today.

[ Photo: Kostiantyn and Vlada Liberoi ]

Together with the active and motivated community of our friends, the Bihus.Info editorial team, we joined forces back in June for an important cause: to support a fundraiser for the unit of their colleague, former Bihus.Info investigative journalist and now Defender, soldier of the First Separate Medical Battalion Oleksii Yarylchenko.

Then, for this purpose, we created a joint charitable artifact – the "Brave Enough to Make Change" dog tag.

Now, those who are not afraid to make a difference in various fields have their own artifact:

soldier and rapper Oleksandr Yarmak, skeletonist Vladyslav Heraskevych, Ukrainian actor and influencer Zhenya Yanovych, investigative journalists Nataliia Lazarovych and Svitlana Stetsenko, and many more whose names we (for now) do not know.

Thanks to the sale of the "Brave Enough to Make Change" charitable artifact, we managed to direct over 10 thousand hryvnias to the needs of Oleksii Yarylchenko's unit.

It was journalists like Oleksii who exposed many illegal corruption schemes that, both a year ago and today, are the reason people with cardboard signs have taken to the squares of their cities again, demanding the independence of state institutions, support for those who dismantle these schemes, and accountability to the nation.

[ Photo: Olena Shvets ]

"Courage is not born — it grows and is forged when you stand up for your values."

– said a friend of the brand, investigative journalist Bihus.Info Natalka Lazarovych in our feature.

And today, thousands of people with cardboard signs across Ukraine continue to stand at peaceful protests, defending their values.

Among them are many who have artifacts of resilience: dog tags, memorial bracelets, or a community artifact – we have seen some in photos, others with our own eyes while attending protests (of course, our team cannot stay away). For us, this is an important indicator – that our audience shares our values, and therefore, we are doing everything right.

[ Photo: the RBTNK community and team ]

Thank you, community: to those on the front line, and those in the rear, fighting for victory. Only together can we achieve it.

Text:

Vladyslava Kuzynska

Photo:

Vlada and Kostiantyn Liberoi, Olena Shvets, Valeria Kuzynska, Oleksii Prytula, Diana Kovalchuk, Vladyslava Kuzynska