Hey, my name is Dariia 😄
I was born and live almost my whole life in Ukraine.
Despite I love my homeland as much as it's possible, I also adore travelling. For me, it's a way to get to know new places and meet new people. People say I am kind and cheerful, and I think it's true 😅

I teach Ukrainian to foreigners, participant of the 'Teach for all' programme. Next year I will be teaching children in the deocuppied village in the Kyiv region. I love volunteering for my community and Ukraine at all. With the beginning of full-scale russian invasion, I devote a large part of my life to volunteering and really enjoy it, together with other volunteers we've helped people deoccupied regions in Kherson, Kyiv and Mykolaiv to rebuild their houses.

Since the war in my country going on I'm not ready to speak russian or speak with russians, I hope you understand and accept my position.

insta: @dari.yastrb

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm here to meet new people and visit new places, share my culture .

Interests

Since school, I have been playing volleyball, classic and beach volleyball. I follow the matches of the Ukrainian national football team💪

I preferably listen to Ukrainian music, recently many good young artist appeared in Ukraine.

Like reading and watching movies, and most of them I like to discuss them with my friends or different people.

• books
• dancing
• traveling
• music
• volleyball
• football
• people

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Volunteering is an incredible thing for me.
I volunteered for two weeks in a town two kilometres from the front line, Kherson, which was flooded by russian troops as a result of the Kakhovka dam being blown up in June 2023.
I volunteered in the de-occupied towns of the Kyiv region, in Irpin, Bucha, Horenka, helping people rebuild their homes after russian shelling.
Together with a team of volunteers, we repaired a bomb shelter for a kindergarten in Irpin - we worked for four weekends in a row to ensure that children had a safe place during rocket attacks.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can teach Ukrainian language & literature as well as how to distinguish between different types of shelling: artillery, tanks, mortars.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey, Ukraine