November 23, 2023
57,497 people evacuated from danger to date
159 people evacuated from danger this week
44 trips into the deoccupied and frontline territories
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Multi-Week Vegetable Deliveries
UTC continues to support large-scale vegetable deliveries into the deoccupied villages in the East and South of the country. While larger cities away from the frontline are unlikely to experience food shortages this winter, villages in remote or heavily mined territories could be cut off from logistic routes, as the winter conditions make some of the roads impassable. Teams we support are responding to this threat delivering hundreds of tons of vegetables to the communities we’ve supported in the last year.
Alena and her team traveled to Kyselivka and Maksymivka, two small towns between Mykolaiv and Kherson. Both of these towns suffered during the occupation and the farmers were not able to plant vegetables on the fields due to mines. Alena’s team purchased and arranged a delivery of 20.2 tons of potatoes, carrots, onions, beets, and cabbage. At 70 kg per person, this amount of vegetables will support 289 people for 3 months. That is only $17/person to provide 3 months’ worth of vegetables that can be fermented or stored for the winter.
Dobra Sprava on Conditions in Lyman
I’ll tell you briefly about Lyman. There is no heat, no gas, no water. For now, there is still electricity. Most people live in basements, many apartments and social buildings are ruined. The young and middle-aged people have mostly left. For the most part, only the elderly remain. In some cases, the elderly that were left behind unite together in small groups in their basements to help each other. More than 300 persons are registered to receive social welfare services. There are not enough social workers. Up to 100 people live in the outskirts of the area where the public transportation does not go and the roads are so bad that it’s difficult to even get there. These 100 people are the caseload of only two social workers. Honestly, I can’t understand how they can fulfill their mission. We went to these towns to deliver hygiene items to specific people in need. We couldn’t get to everyone, but we left the products with the social workers.
Help in Occupied Territories
With the battles burning on the left bank of Dnipro, it’s becoming inceasingly difficult to maintain contact within the network. The evacuations from the Left Bank have again been postponed due to security concerns.
300 packages were distributed in four cities in the occupied territories of Ukraine.
Team Summaries
Ihor’s Team – Dobra Sprava (“Good Cause”)
15 trips and 159 people evacuated from Lyman, Mykolaiv, Svyatohirs'k, Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Kostyantynivka, and Kherson areas.
Inna’s Team – Krok z Nadiyeyu (“Step with Hope”)
25.2 tons of aid was distributed to 8,150 people.
Bread was distributed to 9,500 people .
Flood relief in Kherson:
Performed extermination services in 25 buildings;
Performed 8 generator/dehumidifier maintenance tasks;
Pumped water and disinfected 2 building.
Performed trips to the following high risk areas: Berislav, Druzhkivka, balakliya, Kupiansk.
Kramatorsk and Slavyansk deliveries fell through due to a car problem.
119 families received 200 tons of firewood near Izyum, in the villages of Yaremovka and Zavody.
Oleksandr D’s Volunteer Networks
Pavlo V (Dnipro): distributed 1.5 tons of grocery kits to 270 refugees from the Donetsk Region, 500 loaves of bread in the area around Kryvyi Rih and 640 loaves in Dnipro District.
Vladyslav K (Mykolaiv): transported 35 tons of drinking water to Mykolaiv and 7 tons of water, plus 3 tons of humanitarian aid from Mykolaiv to Kherson.
Andriy P (Mykolaiv): brought a minibus loaded with 1.2 tons of humanitarian aid from Germany. Aid includes tires, mattresses, a bicycle, hygiene products, medicine, food, bed linens and stationery products.
Sandra S (Odesa): kitchen fed more than 2,000 people.
Oleksandr D (Lutsk): delivered 500 kg of energy bars and muesli to Sandra’s kitchen in Odesa and another 500 kg to Inna’s team in Dnipro.
Oleksandr Z (Lutsk): held 3 art therapy sessions for 39 children with disabilities, IDP children, children from large families and from military families. Provided humanitarian and psychological aid to 191 children and their families.
NGO Angelia
10/28-11/16/23: brought 2,450 kg of humanitarian aid from Germany and 2,970 kg of equipment and supplies from Poland (intended for an orphanage).
11/12-11/16/23: delivered 1,300 kg of oat milk, new beds and building materials (boards) to a children’s orphanage in Banyliv-Pidhirnyi (Chernivtsi Region); 4,500 kg of humanitarian aid and bomb shelter plumbing equipment to Kyiv, bound for Kramatorsk and Kherson; 510 kg of humanitarian aid to internally displaced people (IDPs) in Chunkiv (Chernivtsi Region); 2,000 kg of humanitarian aid, medical products and slippers for patients to an invincibility point and a hospital in Kramatorsk (Donetsk Region); 1,800 kg of humanitarian aid from Kyiv to Kherson, including above-mentioned plumbing equipment.
Kseniia’s Team - NGO Livyj Bereh (“Left Bank”)
3 houses received new roofs in the villages of Tsupivka and Prudianka near Kharkiv.
100 people received packages in Kherson and nearby Fedorivka
Last week, the home of Svitlana, the leader of Kherson branch, was damaged by shelling which affected their operations.
Darya traveled to the Kharkiv region frontline again attempting to evacuate civilians, but was not successful.
Karina’s Team - We Save Dnipro
84 people in the shelter.
40 humanitarian packages and 24 packages of medicine delivered to Nikopol.
16 humanitarian packages and 5 packages of medicine delivered to Marhanets.
Tetiana’s Team - Dopomoha Poruch
Distributed 43 aid packages to internally displaced refugees who are elderly or have many children.
Distributed 225 aid packages in Kharkiv region: in Basove, Perovs’ke and Ivashky.
Timur’s Team – Timur and Team
Delivered 200 aid packages to Tishky.
Distributed 90 aid packages in Saltivka, Kharkiv.
Special deliveries for 70 families with children and 20 elderly with disabilities.
Pavel and Olena’s Team - Touch of Heart and Dawn of Hope
1,984 people received help in Mykolaiv.
Delivered 6 tons of water to Kobzartsi and Novopavlivske.
14.4 tons of vegetables delivered to Shevchenkove, Novopavlivske, Prybuzke, Zasillia, Partyzanske and Luch deoccupied villages between Kherson and Mykolaiv.
Andriy’s Team – BF Pomahaem
Building materials were delivered to the Chernihiv region and rebuilding is ongoing.
10 tons of water delivered to Marhanets.
Natalia’s Team - Vyshnia Volunteer Center
Natasha traveled to Oleksievo-Druzhkivka delivering 250 packages.
Marina’s Team – Good Give Ukraine
150 families received aid in Lykhivka.
Dina’s Team -- Vilni Liudy – Vilna Krayina (“Free People - Free Country”)
Sergey T traveled to Korovii Yar, Karpivka, Serednje, Shandryholove, Novoselivka, Nove, Katerynivka, all tiny villages in the Donetsk region, delivering 200 packages of aid and candles.
380 packages distributed at the usual centers in Kremenchuk, Kanev, Krasnokutsk, Dnipro, and Poltava.
400 packages mailed to isolated locations over the month of November.
Distributed candles to 135 internally displaced people in Kremenchuk.
Bogdan’s Team - Vse robymo sami
Food packages were distributed to 49 families this week.
Interior work at the upcoming Inclusive Children's Center, "House of Joy," is progressing as planned.
Children enjoyed a field trip to the theater and participated in art classes; ongoing psychological support was provided through the ‘Room for Children's Psychological Relief’ project.
Children with disabilities engaged in another life-adaptation cooking class.
Alena’s Team – Virgo Volunteer
Delivered 20.23 tons of vegetables to Kyselivka and Maksymivka.
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