Author: Ryan Murray

Learn how ITSkills4U helped Ivan Mospan build marketable skills for a career in cloud computing.

Learn how Ivan Yalovets shifted his career from being a clinical researcher in Ukraine, to building a career in cloud computing, following the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, with the help of ITSkills4U.

Anna Malanchuk spent seven years in her native Lviv, Ukraine training as a dentist. She had almost completed her training when the war broke out in Ukraine in February 2022, fleeing first to Norway, and then to Portugal, where her husband was able to find a job. Learn how Anna found ITSkills4U and reskilled with the free training program for Ukrainians to transition a career in IT.

As the mother of four girls ranging in age from four to 13, Anna Prorok embodies resilience and determination. A successful IT professional with a master’s degree in applied mathematics, Anna put her career on pause in 2015. In 2022, as her youngest daughter prepared for kindergarten, Anna began thinking again about re-entering the workforce. But the war in her hometown of Ukraine interrupted those plans. Learn how while helping with local humanitarian efforts, Anna found ITSkills4U to reinvigorate her skills and pursue a full-time IT role.

In this blog, we share two stories of resilient Ukrainians who have taken advantage of the IT Skills 4U program to build cloud skills and industry credentials to improve their circumstances in the face of the conflict in Ukraine. IT Skills 4U is a free training program for Ukrainians willing to learn AWS skills, transition into cloud roles, or advance their IT career. Developed by AWS, the program curriculum includes a combination of self-paced learning (AWS Educate in Ukrainian, AWS Skill Builder), AWS instructor-led training, AWS Certification, English and Polish language classes, and career support services.