by Jay Benfante When you think of what it means to be courageous certain stories may come to your mind: Stories of great warriors in battle or superhuman heroes fighting against the odds to save the world. You may even think of someone whom you know that overcame a great challenge, maybe an academic effort, […]

Written by Peter DeWit What on earth were we doing here? Have you heard of this place? I tried getting my bearings as I walked the wet potholed streets on an iron-gray evening to find our meeting point. I heard roosters crow and stray dogs bark. I picked up a big stone just in case […]

On 24th of February 2022 the Russian government dramatically increased their aggression against Ukraine, which began in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea, with a full fledged invasion. This caused the largest movement of people in Europe since World War II with over 1.3 million Ukrainians fleeing to neighboring Poland and beyond. Serve the City Kraków responded by helping over 5,000 individuals in the first few months of the war, and for two years ran a Ukrainian refugee home.