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!
10.05.2022
The emotions that come with getting your donations into the hands of people in need in Ukraine are so great that they usually bring tears of the most sincere elation. Last week, your help reached the most needy, mainly children in several villages in the Kharkiv region.
A parcel containing food, hygiene products and the most necessary clothing becomes a clear sign to these people that someone cares about them. It shows that someone has taken the time to bring help to this particular place, to this person. In the midst of wartime destruction, it is a flashback to a previous way of life.
If you would like to bring similar joy to at least one person in the towns and villages that the Good Factory helps, visit our charity shop. Let’s show these people that they are not alone!
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 […]
