January 15th, 2026
69,871 people evacuated from danger to date
27 people evacuated from danger this week
26 trips into deoccupied and frontline territories this week
Match drive goal exceeded! Thank you for helping us reach and exceed our match goal! The goal was set at $75,000 and we received $130,834 in donations — 74% over the goal! The funds are already at work, making a significant difference in the lives of Ukrainian civilians impacted by this grueling, brutal war.
Stories
Firewood Deliveries in Kherson Region
Last week the team of Olena and Pavlo Shulha joined the firewood delivery project, supplying 23 tons of firewood to the village of Tavriiske near Kherson. This is the region where our volunteer, Artur Kucheriavenko was murdered by a Russian drone on November 25 2024. We are particularly anxious about deliveries to these areas, but our volunteers insist on supporting communities in the Kherson Region, despite all the risks.
Last week’s delivery was successful, but was not as orderly as we hoped. Just before the truck with the firewood drove into the village, there was an explosion. People who came to unload and receive the firewood hid in the bushes. The volunteers used a tractor to quickly unload the truck. Usually the driver stays for four or five hours to help out, but in this case he was so nervous that he left as soon as the firewood was on the ground, while the volunteers stayed behind to help with the distirubtion. The process could accommodate only two or three families at a time, as a larger crowd might have attracted Russian drones.
Kramatorsk Shelling
Here is an excerpt from Inna’s team report regarding last week’s scheduled delivery to Sloviansk and Kramatorsk (the two cities are nearby):
The situation is getting more escalated. On Saturday, while we were conducting our event in Sloviansk, glide bombs hit Kramatorsk. The tremors were very strong. People who were inside got extremely worried, because they immediately saw smoke coming from the places where they live. Some of them left right away to see what was happening. A nephew of one of the visitors lost his apartment in this strike. It was completely destroyed by these explosions.
Lukas Moser Accompanies Dobra Sprava
Lukas Moser, a journalist from Germany, accompanied Ihor on a difficult evacuation mission this week. The team evacuated a mother with four children. The woman’s husband was declared missing in action three months ago, in the Zaporizhzhia Region. The drive was made perilous by completely iced over roads. Ihor reports that they made it out by the grace of God.
Team Summaries
Alina’s Team – Dobra sprava (Good Deeds)
9 trips, evacuating 36 people from Sloviansk, Mykolaivka, Kramatorsk, Druzhkivka, and Oleksijevo-Druzhkivka.
Inna’s Team – Krok z nadiyeyu (Step with Hope)
20.2 tons of aid delivered.
6,600 people received bread.
~80 tons of firewood delivered.
Team reached 31 locations, including 12 high-risk zones.
Supported 25 families in Kherson red zones.
Cleaned and disinfected 1 large bomb shelter in Kherson.
Delivered aid to a rehabilitation center in Nove Zaporizhzhia village.
Oleksandr D’s Volunteer Networks
Oleksandr S. (Boyarka): Sumy Region: delivered a total of 2,500 kg of aid to Kam’yanka, Romashkove, Demchenkove, and Lisova Polyana; helped repair roofs in Krasnopillya; provided 1,000 kg of food assistance in Yasenok; delivered 30 kg of toys and stationary to a family in Sumy; delivered 200 kg of rice to people across the region; delivered urological and hygiene products, as well as fire extinguishers to heating and spiritual care centers. Chernihiv Region: held children’s Christmas events – more than 200 children received gifts; distributed toys in Novhorod-Sivers'kyi; supplied medicines to vulnerable segments of the population. Kyiv Region: provided 250 kg of rice assistance, for internally displaced people (IDPs) and war victims; held a spiritual and social event for residents of Boyarka and IDPs – the event was attended by 80 adults and children, all of whom received food packages; the children also received gifts.
Sandra S. (Odesa): after the winter holiday, the kitchen is back in operation. It’s cold in Odesa (21 °F) but that makes it all the more important for the team to provide hot food for the locals and IDPs. About 600 meals were served.
Vladyslav K. (Mykolaiv): delivered 35 tons of drinking water to Mykolaiv. Conditions are much more difficult now because of the frosty weather.
Vitaliy Z. (Kharkiv): delivered 4 tons of humanitarian kits, clothes, medicine, and animal feed to Verbivka, in the Izium District. Distributed 500 loaves of “Victory” bread in Volokhiv Yar, also in Izium District. Delivered a total of 135 tons of fuel briquettes to 450 households in the Balakliya territorial community and 100 cubic meters of firewood to 100 households in Savyntsi.
Alla A. (Kremenets’): provided food and held psychological support meetings for 115 IDPs, orphans, children and adults with disabilities, some of them in shelters.
Oksana K. (Lutsk): supplied adult diapers and urological pads to people with disabilities and elderly people.
Oleksandr Z. (Lutsk): provided therapeutic interventions and aid to IDP children and families, children and adults with disabilities, orphans, elderly people, military service members and children from military families, and amputees in Lutsk, Ostrozhets', Novosilka, and other parts of the Rivne and Volyn regions. 986 children and adults received help, including art therapy, theater therapy, music therapy, an art exhibition, sports activities, help with bread and other food, help with glasses, dental, medical, and preventive procedures, and help with the manufacture of prostheses and rehabilitation.
Karina’s Team – My ryatuyemo Ukrayinu (We Save Ukraine)
92 people in the shelter.
Tetiana’s Team – Dopomoha poruch (Help Is Near)
Sent 90 aid packages and hygiene products to the village of Starovirivka, near Kup’yans’k, Kharkiv Region.
Sent 90 aid packages and hygiene products to the village of Krutoyarivka, on the border of Ukraine-controlled Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
Natasha’s Team – Volontersʹkyy tsentr Vyshnya (Cherry Volunteer Center)
Natalia and Tetiana are preparing for two expeditions next week.
Timur’s Team – Komanda Teymura Alyeva (Timur Alyev’s Team)
Distributed 274 aid packages to families in Saltivka, Kharkiv.
Special home deliveries to 15 families with infants and 16 disabled elderly.
Pavel and Olena’s Teams – Dotyk sertsya (Touch of Heart) & Svitanok mriy (Dawn of Dreams)
23 tons of briquets delivered and distributed in the village of Tavriiske.
Pomahaem Foundation (We Help Foundation)
219 packages delivered to Marhanets’ and Vil’nyans’k.
419 new people arrived in Volos’ke shelter and transit center.
Marina’s Team – Daruy dobro Ukrayina (Give Good Ukraine)
150 food and hygiene packages were distributed to internally displaced people in Zhovti Vody.
Dina’s Team – Vilʹni lyudy, vilʹna krayina (Free People, Free Country)
Distributed 112 packages in Kanev, Kremenchuk, and Poltava.
Served 1,300 meals in Kharkiv’s soup kitchen.
Delivered gifts and clothes to 175 children in foster care in Krasnyi Kut.
Bohdan’s Team — Vse robymo sami (We Do Everything Ourselves)
42 families in Zhytomyr received food and hygiene kits.
Alena’s Team – Diva (Virgo)
Helped 33 wounded in hospitals in Odesa.
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