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, and I also dream of working at a school with children, also teaching them Ukrainian language & literature. 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.

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, by the way, we qualified for Euro 2024 💪

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, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey, Ukraine