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A pair of local firefighters is just back from the war zone in Ukraine, where the skills they use on the job every day in Colorado were put to use training Ukrainian first responders.

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While large nonprofits, like the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders, still dominate international aid work, experts say some of the most effective work in Ukraine and throughout the world is done by smaller, more nimble groups. This raises questions about oversight and, in the case of war, neutrality.

Jared Malone says he felt a calling to go to Ukraine to help the refugees. He says he just couldn't sit back and watch what was happening, so he got on a plane

On March 22, Idaho Marine veteran Jared Malone came to Ukraine to raise money for Victory Christian Church and help rent a building in Lviv that could house refugees. He spent nearly a month in Ukraine, flying back to the U.S. on April 16.

Jared Malone says he felt a calling to go to Ukraine to help the refugees. He says he just couldn't sit back and watch what was happening, so he got on a plane

Jared Malone is a Marine veteran who now lives in Post Falls, Idaho, and works as a counselor. He arrived in Ukraine on March 22 and is working with a church in Lviv. But on Friday he took an overnight train to Kyiv, with plans of bringing a family back west.

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While in Lviv, Marine veteran Jared Malone hopes to be a face for ongoing fundraising efforts back in the United States. Already hes raised $22,000, with more on the way.

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