On the 24th of February 2022, Russia launched a military offensive into Ukraine, causing civilian casualties and destroying the country’s infrastructure. More than a quarter of the population has been forced to flee their homes. In the first few weeks, more than 4.3 million refugees fled Ukraine, and a second as many were internally displaced. It is the fastest growing refugee crisis since World War II.
We cannot be indifferent to the suffering of our neighbours – we immediately set out to help!
25.03.2022
Many thanks to all those who lit the “Light for Ukraine” with us yesterday outside the Ukrainian Embassy. We would also like to thank all those who did so in their homes. In the evening we were joined by Andriy Deshchytsya, the Ukrainian Ambassador in Poland. He received a candle and our assurance that we will not forget and will never get complacent about this war.
We are also still doing everything we can to support the victims of war. We exchange the income from the candles for the products that are most needed today in the cities caught up in the fighting. Cleaning products, warm clothes, sleeping bags and, above all, food. Today, another shipment is leaving for Mykolaiv.
See you outside the Ukrainian Embassy next week! Slava Ukraini!
12.06.2023
To our questions about estimated casualty numbers, the most common answer is: “A lot! On both sides!”. Exactly how many no one knows, because getting aid to the occupied territories is like asking the aggressor for an open day in his trenches. On the 11th of June, the Russians fired on a boat with civilians […]
02.05.2023
What if this was your neighbourhood? If, between the billowing smoke, you spotted the ruins of the grocery store where you had shopped since you were a child? To which your mother would still send you with a list written in pencil on a piece of paper so you wouldn’t forget anything? Bachmut had more […]
25.04.2023
– Hello! Bakhmut here. Could you help us again? – What do you need? – Everything. No one’s been here since your last visit. Jan, head of our office in Dnipro. Our eyes and hands. He comes from Slavyansk. The front line passes through his family home today. Jan doesn’t theorise, he doesn’t say what […]
