What brings foreigners to Ukraine? What motivates them to come and help a country at war? What do they find in this country that they don’t find at home?
This episode's guest is Jaap Scholten, a Dutch writer and journalist, who came to Ukraine to volunteer. He regularly visits Ukraine with his friends to bring cars to soldiers, as well as medical equipment and other aid. He is also the author of the book "Three Bags of Ladies Clothes and a Sniper" about his trips to Ukraine, and is the founder of the charity Protect Ukraine (https://www.protectukraine.nl/)
Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko, a Ukrainian philosopher and journalist, chief editor of UkraineWorld.org
UkraineWorld (ukraineworld.org) is brought to you by Internews Ukraine, one of the largest Ukrainian media NGOs.
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This Dutch writer became a volunteer to help Ukraine - with Jaap Scholten | Explaining Ukraine podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
