Employee spotlight:
Anastasiia Dorozhynska
LoopMe’s Anastasiia Dorozhynska, Office Assistant and Event Coordinator based in Dnipro, offers an insight into life in Ukraine in this period of war and shares how the full-scale invasion has changed her.
What is your role at LoopMe?
I work as an Office Assistant and Event Coordinator.
How has your experience at LoopMe been overall, and especially under the current circumstances?
For more than three years, I’ve been doing my best to support my colleagues. Through the events I organize, people can take a short break, recharge, and shift their focus away from the difficult reality we are all facing.
How has the war in Ukraine affected your work life/role/time in the office?
Before the war, my messages in work chats were mostly about positive things—birthdays, event invitations, fun updates. Now, alongside those, I share initiatives to support displaced people, children, animals, or I organize charity events.
It’s been almost 1,300 days since the full-scale invasion began – how has this period changed you?
The person I was before the war and the person I am now feel like two different people. What once seemed important has moved into the background. Protecting my family and standing up for my country have become the priorities.
How has the war affected aspects of everyday life that people may take for granted?
The war has changed everything we used to take for granted. A good night’s sleep feels like a gift. Having electricity or water in the house—things I never noticed before—now matter a lot.
Where do you find strength and inspiration in today’s Ukraine?
It may sound simple, but my strength comes from my family and close friends, from the resilience of the Ukrainian people, from nature, and from an unwavering belief in our victory.
What’s the first thing you will do once the war is over?
First of all, I dream of hugging everyone who was separated from me by the war. And then traveling around the corners of Ukraine.
What would you like your fellow Loopers to understand?
That even small acts of kindness, care, and support mean everything. They help us keep going, remind us that we’re not alone, and make us stronger together.