KHERSON REGION
Last week, our maintenance team completed a significant number of important tasks aimed at maintaining and improving conditions in various facilities.
Firstly, 12 generators were refueled, which is an important step to ensure uninterrupted power supply in the event of outages. This is especially important in the current environment when power outages occur frequently.
Secondly, our employees took care of the dog throughout the week, providing it with food. This step demonstrates care and attention to animals in need.
Another important task was to disinfect six rooms, including four large basements. This will ensure cleanliness and safety, preventing the spread of harmful microorganisms.
In addition, six rooms, including one large basement, were disinfested. This will help control the rodent population and prevent its spread.
Last but not least, two dehumidifiers were removed. These devices play a key role in maintaining an optimal level of humidity in the premises.
The team demonstrated high professionalism and dedication to their work, providing quality service and support in difficult conditions.
Last week, our team also helped one person to purchase medicines. While carrying out pest control, we met Ihor Volodymyrovych, who worked as a janitor in the building we were working in. He came up to us and we started talking. During the conversation, Ihor asked us to help him with his medicines.
We immediately brought him the necessary medications, although not in full quantity. He sincerely thanked us and, off camera, said that thanks to this, he still had a chance to live for a month. These words impressed us greatly.
We promised Ihor that he could contact us at any time and we would help him in any way we could. Soon he asked us for medicine again. This time we brought him a complete set, which will last him for a month.
We are very happy to be able to do such things and truly save people’s lives. It is especially important now, in Kherson, where there are no jobs and people cannot earn money to buy even the most necessary medicines. Our help really changes people’s lives for the better.
Our team also completed several important tasks in Kherson. Among them:
– disinfestation of a large building of the Kherson state registry office;
– providing poison for pest control in two apartments;
– helping one person with dental care.
During the fumigation, we found the fungus in several rooms. In one of the rooms, the situation was particularly dire, and in another, the fungus was present, but in a smaller amount. We were called there to fight mice, but when we saw how things were, we signed up the residents of the building for fungus and mold treatment. Refugees from Zaporizhzhia live there, and the landlady was very grateful for the help.
We also took away our dryer No.7, which was operating on the island. The first floor of the building it was used in had been underwater, so the rooms were damp and moldy soaked with an unpleasant odor. We have dried this place and now it is dry and habitable.
In addition, this week we carried out pest control in one shelter. This was a repeat task, as the first time we failed to get rid of the problem completely. When we first worked there, it was an ordinary basement where we had to walk very carefully. Now it is a wonderful bomb shelter that provides safety for the residents.
Our team continues working, helping people, and improving their living conditions.
Help in Donetsk and Kharkiv regions: support in times of crisis
DONETSK REGION
Konstiantynivka, Druzhkivka
This week our team distributed 200 loaves of bread and several packages of diapers for adults in Kostiantynivka and Druzhkivka. People in this region have a very difficult time living due to constant water shortages. Last week the situation was further complicated by shelling that damaged a pumping station.
KHARKIV REGION
Chuhuiv and Kishchitka village
We held a large-scale aid campaign for low-income people, which resulted in more than 250 people receiving the necessary support. Among those who received help were internally displaced persons, the disabled, large families, pensioners, the poor, and the temporarily unemployed.
“I am Petrova Olena Leonidivna, born in 1953, a pensioner surviving on one pension. Thank you for giving us your help in the form of bread.”
Kupiansk
This week we managed to deliver bread to Kupiansk. This is an area with a particularly difficult situation. The front line is very close. There is constant shelling. Mostly only elderly people live there, and a loaf of bread is a huge addition to their pension.
Kolosova Anna Stepanivna, 73, lives in Kupiansk. She lives all alone as her son went to defend Ukraine from the first days of the war. At the moment, he is considered missing.
KHARKIV, KAMIANA YARUHA, MALA DANYLIVKA
The following trips were made: a trip around the city of Kharkiv, Kyiv-Kharkiv, Kharkiv – Dnipro, Mala Danylivka – Derhachi – Kharkiv.
We held a children’s lesson and delivered humanitarian aid: bread and groceries.
On Sunday, we organized an event for children and teenagers, and the Ukrainian Association of Humanitarian Demining joined us. They gave the children some useful information on how to behave during shelling and talked over different situations. Our children were not meant to know about missiles, nuclear weapons, and mines. But this is our reality, and we have to teach them so that if something happens, they can save their lives. Afterward, we planned to go to the riverbank, but the bus broke down, and we decided to take a walking trip instead. Everyone was happy.
We brought: materials for children’s classes, food, sweets for children, humanitarian aid, clothes, and adult diapers.
DNIPROPETROVSK REGION
Nikopol
Every day the circle of our ministry is rapidly expanding.
Although this we didn’t avoid some problems: two vehicles broke down at once. It took two days to fix the breakdown in the bus. We will continue repairing and maintaining the vehicles this week, as it is a great problem to get anything done in Nikopol. We are getting spare parts and everything we need in stages.
This week we visited another settlement and organized a much-needed ophthalmologist’s appointment for the local residents. The village of Ust-Kamianka, Apostolovsky district.
Ust-Kamianka is a small village lost in the depths of our endless steppes. The winding road leading to it kept trying to confuse us because of the disappearing asphalt as well as the mobile signal in the navigator. Getting there that day was quite a challenge for us. Regardless of the difficulties, we achieved our goal.
The 250 local residents no longer expect anything from the state, but despite the cruel realities of our times, they have not gotten bitter. They welcomed us with open arms and treated us to homemade milk and fruit. Looking into their trusting eyes, seeing their inexhaustible optimism and humor, perhaps even hysterical, you get involuntarily charged with an atmosphere of carefree joy and peace.
How does the village survive today? In addition to traditional agriculture, which is experiencing its hardest times, people have adapted to earning money without leaving their yards. Taking advantage of the access to the granite rocks around them, people everywhere have started processing stones and making various granite products. The photo below shows one of the workshops that dot the entire village:
Today, only a grain elevator and a tractor crew with machinery dating back to the 1950s remind us of the village’s former power. The tired tractors have come to a standstill in the shadow of the summer heat, some of them probably forever.
People were received at a local outpatient clinic. During the day, 82 people received medical help.
Local residents waiting for the reception.
We also distributed sweet gifts to the children.
After visiting and paying attention to people, we were sad and reluctant to go away, leaving them all to the mercy of fate. There is a deep desire in our hearts to do something more for them.
Returning to the city once again, we filled a container with water and immediately began to distribute it to people. A ton of water was distributed in 4 hours.
In addition to water, we provided targeted food and goods assistance from our assistance center.
We also distributed much-needed and long-awaited household chemicals and hygiene products.
We also organize classes for children and activities for their leisure time.
During the week we distributed: 200 eyeglasses from RestoringVision, 20 packages of sweets, 10 sets of chemicals, 1000 liters of water, and 10 food packages. In total, we reached about 200 people in all directions.
Pavlohrad
We made trips (Pavlohrad – Dnipro – Pavlohrad – Ternivka) to receive, transport, and distribute humanitarian aid in the form of household chemicals, clothes, and bread (600 pieces), and report on previous work.
A total of 419 internally displaced people, disabled and needy people, 92% women, and 8% men, received assistance from us.
“Kovalchuk Mariia Anatoliivna. We have come with our relatives from Kramatorsk. We are very grateful to you for the food and groceries. We know that we will come to you and always have help with food.”
Kryvyi Rih
Volunteer trips were made to Kryvyi Rih district, to Dnipro city for a meeting of Ukraine TrustChain volunteers, and to Kherson and Mykolaiv regions.
The purpose of the trips was:
– receiving and delivering humanitarian aid;
– receiving and delivering bread to the settlements: Sofiivka, Novoyulivka, Avdotivka, Radushne, and a shelter for the homeless;
– conducting psycho-training sessions for people affected by the hostilities.
This week, a camp has been launched and is successfully running with a special program for children of Kryvyi Rih military personnel whose mothers are left alone to face the difficulties of life due to the heavy losses of the war.
Kamianske
The work of the volunteer center in the Kamianske district over the past week has the following agenda:
– receiving and distributing bread in Kamianske and from Dnipro city;
– delivery of bread, food, and humanitarian aid to volunteer centers and distribution points in Kamianske for IDPs, families in difficult life circumstances, the IDP volunteers, and to the hospital;
– transportation of the humanitarian aid around Kamianske (left and right bank);
– organization of charity dinners;
– laundry services for IDPs and civilians;
– a mobile group trip to the site of a missile hit in Dnipro.
“I, Olesya, am a 50-year-old resident of Bakhmut. At the beginning of the war, I moved to Donetsk region, and in April 2024 I moved to Kamianske. Here I am renting an apartment. I have nowhere to go back to because my house was hit by a shell. I thank the sponsors for their support with bread! It is a great help for me.”
DNIPRO CITY
On the evening of June 28, another tragedy occurred in Dnipro: the occupiers hit a residential building with a missile, killing and injuring people. Four floors of the apartment building were demolished. Also, after the rescuers started their work, more damaged walls of the house collapsed.
Many people were left homeless.
Very quickly, our emergency team organized and set up a tent to help the victims and rescuers.
A team of our volunteers was on duty for six days at the scene of the tragedy. We provided assistance, tea and coffee, food, and moral support. Also, our psychologists worked with the people.
We are helping not only the victims but also the rescuers who are clearing the rubble. It is excruciating for them to work in such conditions, given that it is incredibly hot outside, with temperatures reaching 37 degrees Celsius during the day (in the shade).
But our team is just incredible. Volunteers take turns coming from different help centers: from various parts of Dnipro, Kamianske, Novomoskovsk, etc., and help people in this terrifying situation.
At night, police officers, emergency workers, and the National Guard officers came up to our tent… They would thank the foundation’s volunteers and say, “Oh, what would we be doing without you?”
Hearing such words is so rewarding. It is the moment you realize that you are in the right place at the right time. It’s nice to know that what you do, at first glance, is not significant, but is valuable in the eyes of those you serve!
People thanked us for our support. We observed the residents of the damaged apartment building gather near our tent. Even in the evening, though they had somewhere else to stay for the night, they were attracted to the place where their home used to be. They found a place to socialize here. They were able to take a sit next to the house and support each other. We cannot replace what they have lost. But in this difficult time, we are there for them!
On June 1, at night, there was another attack on a residential area in the center of Dnipro.
Thank God, there were no casualties, but the explosion caused quite a few broken windows and many people urgently needed to get them closed from the weather and heat.
For this reason, we organized the distribution of film and OSB boards.
The most affected multi-story building turned out to be a dormitory with 860 residents, many of whom were IDPs and students.
They were provided with help, for which they sincerely thanked the Foundation, and a special thanks was also given by the rector of the university whose students live there.
Over the past week, we have served a total of 8250 people. 9500 people received bread. 20750 kg of food products were handed out.
Over the past week, the work was carried out in the following regions and localities:
Kherson region: Kherson
Donetsk region: Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, Druzhkivka, Kostiantynivka, Pokrovsk.
Kharkiv region: Kharkiv, Kamiana Yaruha, Znamianka, Balakliya, Krasnohrad, Chuhuiv, Merefa, Pervomaisky, Izyum, Kochetok, Kupyansk.
Dnipropetrovsk region: Novomoskovsk, Kamianske, Synelnykove, Kryvyi Rih, Nikopol, Dnipro, Pavlohrad, Magdalynivka, Arkhangelske, Andriivka, Ingulets, Nyva Trudova, Apostolove, Zelenodolsk, Shyrochany, Novovorontsovka, Radushne, Ingulets, Shyroke, Oleksandriia, Zelene, Yuhok, Sholokhove, Sofiivka, Ust-Kamianka (Apostolivskyi district), Novoyuliivka, and Avdotivka.
