June 29
Our Ukraine teams evacuated 321 people this week, 36,956 total people evacuated to date. The volunteers are going through a tough period with intensifying bombings of Kyiv, Sumy, Dnirpo, and brutal fighting in the Eastern zones. The violence and unpredictable attacks are impacting the volunteers psychologically, and they need our support more than ever. This compilation video on the 120th day of war of 120 images reflects the agony of surviving war.
Roofs and Schools
Since the start of the war, Kseniia has been collaborating with an organization called Lyivi Bereh. Ihor and Vlad, from the left bank, are builders by trade. They have been helping people in rural areas around Kyiv and Chernihiv rebuild the roofs of their homes that had been damaged by Russian shells. Two weeks ago, Kseniia and this group undertook a more ambitious project: to rebuild the roof of a school in Olyzarivka.
During the Russian occupation, 60-80 people were hiding in the basement of this school. The day that Kseniia and the rebuilding crew arrived, villagers came to welcome them, bringing the volunteers gifts and offering food. Installing a new school roof became a community-wide effort that reflected the power of mobilizing local and grassroots efforts to achieve results. The children living in nearby villages will now have a school to attend in the fall.
Ukraine Team Milestones
Pavel evacuated 239 people, including 21 from Donbas this week. Despite enormous risks, he keeps pushing further into the dangerous zones that have been completely cut off from aid.
The villagers to whom Pavel and his team had brought aid the week prior asked the team to go to another village that was in even worse shape. Pavel’s team arrived after a treacherous journey along life-threatening roads. Though they had given away all of their aid and supplies, a large number of people still didn’t receive the aid and chased their vans in desperation, hoping for more help. As of the writing of this letter, Pavel’s team was on the way back to bring in more supplies and food.
Meanwhile, his other team members are pushing food to Mykolaiv, where missile attacks are intensifying.
This week Andriy’s team started delivering aid to the Sumy region feeding more than 300 families there.
In addition to the shelter in Dnipro, Andriy’s foundation also runs a professional rehabilitation center, providing care to children with disabilities, and those affected by this war.
After the horrific mall air strike on Monday, Dina is increasing aid delivered through her center in Kremenchuk. Recently, Dina has also opened an aid distribution center in Krasnokutsk.
Karina’s teams evacuated 74 people.
Oleksandr supports “Крок з надією,” an organization in Dnipro which feeds roughly 5,000 people each week. Another team that he supports partially with Ukraine TrustChain funds evacuated 8 people from the Slov’yansk/ Kramatorsk area, after delivering 1.5 tons of aid.
US Milestones
Ukraine TrustChain was honored to be invited to present at the prestigious Nexus Global Summit in NYC, where we participated in a discussion about helping refugees through grassroots efforts. We are grateful to our supporters who made this introduction that led to this opportunity. We are always looking for opportunities to present at more conferences.
Ukraine TrustChain was featured in the Miami Herald.
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