{"id":3958,"date":"2022-02-28T13:13:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T18:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/havenearth.biz\/2022\/02\/28\/hemp-building-leaders-in-ukraine-poland-prevail-during-crisis\/"},"modified":"2022-02-28T13:13:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T18:13:54","slug":"hemp-building-leaders-in-ukraine-poland-prevail-during-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/havenearth.biz\/2022\/02\/28\/hemp-building-leaders-in-ukraine-poland-prevail-during-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Hemp Building Leaders in Ukraine, Poland Prevail During Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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International hemp building pioneer Sergiy \u201cDoctor Hemphouse\u201d Kovalenkov broadcasts from his hometown of Kyiv in Ukraine Sunday, Feb. 27. Photo courtesy of Facebook. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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By Jean Lotus<\/em><\/p>\n

Hemp building pioneers in Ukraine and Poland have responded to the Russian invasion with courage and generosity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One of the world\u2019s most respected international hemp builders, Ukrainian Sergiy \u201cDoctor Hemphouse\u201d Kovalenkov <\/span><\/a>\u00a0urged followers to share social media messages<\/span><\/a> this week showing the destruction of an apartment building near his offices in Kyiv. Kovalenkov, president of Hempire UA<\/span><\/a>, who travels the world promoting hemp building, said under martial law he is not allowed to leave the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cCivilians are getting killed, residential buildings are being attacked, yesterday a missile hit a building next to my office.\u00a0 It could have been me\u2026,\u201d Kovalenkov said.<\/p>\n

Kovalenkov also addressed the Russian message that Ukrainians were persecuting Russian-speaking residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am a Russian-speaking person [who has] never had a problem living in this country.\u201d Kovalenkov wrote. \u201cThat\u2019s why I love it so much. This is our home! Another country is destroying our homeland, but one thing the invader forgot about is the Ukrainian spirit and love of freedom. We will win either way! Glory to Ukraine!\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Click here <\/a>to watch Kovalenkov\u2019s broadcast. <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ukrainian history of hemp growing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ukraine has been an international leader in growing, processing and utilizing industrial hemp for textiles and other uses. Linkedin member Oksana Devoe<\/span><\/a>, who works in the Ukrainian hemp textile industry also used social media to call for an end to the Russian invasion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI am being followed by people who support ecology and Hemp from around the globe, if you trust my opinion, please join us for the fight,\u201d Devoe said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Oksana Devoe, who works in a sustainable hemp textile company in Ukraine, appealed on LinkedIn for an end to the Russian invasion. Photo courtesy of LinkedIn. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Hempcrete workshop pioneers Kehrt and Marzenna Reyher, owners of Poland\u2019s historical Naklo Palace, about 150 miles from the Ukranian border, have opened their residence to house Ukrainian child refugees. Photo courtesy of Naklo Foundation. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Welcoming refugees near the border<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile in Poland, 150 miles from the Ukrainian border, hemp building and pioneers were preparing to welcome war refugees into their large home.
The Naklo Foundation, run by HempToday <\/span><\/a>publisher Kehrt Reyher and his wife Marzenna, have opened the historical Naklo Palace<\/span><\/a> up to the housing of Ukrainian children from an orphanage and one mother with her children and dog.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cWe are waiting for a small family with a dog and 7 orphaned childrenso happy to give them all a home,\u201d Marzenna Reyher told HempBuild Mag.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you want to donate to this humanitarian effort, please go to this LINK.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A Ukrainian mother and her children wait to escape from Ukraine. Photo courtesy the Naklo Foundation. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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