Bridging generations

Volunteers with Repair Together clearing rubble from a destroyed house in Baklanova Muraviika, Ukraine. — The New York Times

THE young, mostly urban youth came Lukashivka, Ukraine to clear rubble and rebuild the destroyed homes of villagers, many of whom were in their 70s and 80s. In turn, the elders hosted the volunteers in their temporary shelters and cooked them meals as they worked.

Repair Together, a volunteer organisation, has been helping civilians rebuild since areas in the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions were retaken from Russian forces.