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Expect a Better Tomorrow Foundation
Each year, the Expect a Better Tomorrow Founda- with most basic hygiene products. While the need
tion launches an initiative to highlight a problem exists, the products do not, nor does the money.
or injustice with the intention of contributing to a The lack of these necessities has serious conse-
better tomorrow: for someone, for some, or for all. quences in the form of disease and, sometimes,
even death.
This year’s initiative, Sparks & Spender, addresses
the ludicrous situation of some people being faced Sparks & Spender intends to create aware-
with a million choices, while others have none ness of these deficiencies and the challenges
of the basic necessities. While many people can facing young South Africans. All funds raised by
choose between a soft or medium, purple or green this year’s initiative go directly to Star for Life,
toothbrush and toothpaste with this or that “super a non-profit organisation working to empower
function”, children and youths in South Africa have children and youth in southern Africa.
nothing at all to choose from. And this is the case expectabettertomorrow.com
Swedes for Ukraine Linköping, Oksana, who fled Kharkiv for Viken near
Helsingborg, and Olesya, who travelled from Kryvyy
In late February 2022, with thousands of Ukrainians Rih in southern Ukraine to Lund.
fleeing the war, a quick decision was taken to help.
Launched only a month after the outbreak of war, Over 700 Ukrainian refugees have found accom-
Swedes for Ukraine is a website that connected modation with Swedish families through this initi-
hosts with available accommodation in Sweden, and ative since the war began. Swedes for Ukraine has
volunteers able to offer support in some other way, also provided vital assistance and support to many
with Ukrainian refugees. Ukrainians in their new day-to-day lives in Sweden.
swedesforukraine.org
The platform also contains real-life testimonies
from Ukrainians, including the stories of Julia,
whose journey began in Mariupol and took her to
