July 24th, 2025
68,541 people evacuated from danger to date
81 people evacuated from danger this week
39 trips into deoccupied and frontline territories this week
All across Ukraine, many of the volunteers we support are joining peaceful protests to object to new legislation that risks undermining the independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies. On numerous occasions, we’ve been asked how we ensure that the money we send to Ukraine goes to the intended purposes, in a country notorious for its corruption.
Our confidence is based in part on our deep personal connections and daily communication with our Ukrainian volunteers and their communities. We combine these personal relationships with extensive transparent reporting on the volunteers’ activities, which we get from multiple sources and monitor for consistency across channels. We also know how serious our Ukrainian volunteers are about integrity and about fighting for what’s right.
Our Ukrainian teams carry a heavy load of daily responsibilities. The fact that many of them have found the additional time in their busy schedules to demonstrate against corruption and for transparency in their country only solidifies our trust in them.
Ukraine has a long road ahead of it, but it is moving in the right direction, away from its corrupt and authoritarian past, symbolized by Russia. If the world helps Ukraine survive the current invasion, it will surely help the country develop into a strong and democratic society.
Stories
Continued Deterioration in Donbas
The Dobra sprava team continues their evacuation missions, but these are getting increasingly more dangerous. The area around Dobropillya is now a drone kill zone. Going there is a crapshoot. The vans drive at very high speeds and the drivers are constantly scanning the sky, ready to jump out if they spot a drone. This information is corroborated by the Donbas branch of Inna’s team. Here is what they report:
On July 17 we made a trip to the Donetsk Region, to the city of Kramatorsk. The situation there is deteriorating very sharply and rapidly. For example, Dobropillya was still a quiet city just a week ago. Within a week it has turned into a ghost town. People are leaving en masse. Between the 18th and 19th, the curfew changed drastically. It now starts at 3:00 p.m. and ends at 11:00 a.m. the following day. These are very strict constraints.
Overall, the situation in the Donbas is alarming. We arrived in Dobropillya and people approached us asking to help them evacuate. People want to take at least some of their belongings, their valuable possessions. But you can't fit many things in a passenger car.
People are tired of the situation in general. They said that from 2023 until recently it was quiet, everything was good, but we understood that the situation in the Donbas would only get worse. And it is getting worse now every day.
Volunteer Hub in Pyatyhatki Damaged by Russian Shelling
Last week, Marina’s distribution center was damaged by a drone attack. The blast shattered 24 windows. The team spent the entire day clearing broken glass, cleaning the rooms, and restoring the space. Later, they painted the damaged wall in the colors of the Ukrainian flag— a quiet act of defiance and hope. Marina writes:
Today we painted the wall in the colors of our dear, unbeatable flag of Ukraine. The same wall that was damaged by the enemy… Now, instead of destruction, it carries the bright colors of freedom, strength, and faith. No matter how hard they try to break us, we will continue to stand.
Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!
Small Acts of Kindness
In addition to massive aid deliveries and trips to frontline zones, Inna’s team continuously performs acts of kindness in the communities where they are based. Here is a short, sweet paragraph from last weeks’ report:
This week we were able to fulfill the long-held dream of a girl named Karina, who is 9 years old. She had been dreaming of a bicycle for a long time. Our team happened to receive a bicycle, but we were told it was broken. We decided to check it, restore it to working condition, and then give it to the girl. She is very happy and delighted.
Help in Occupied Territories
86 families received aid in the occupied territories.
Team Summaries
Alina’s Team – Dobra sprava (Good Deeds)
12 trips evacuating 57 people, 11 of them children.
Inna’s Team – Krok z nadiyeyu (Step with Hope)
20.7 tons of aid delivered to 7,850 people.
6,600 people received bread.
Delivered aid to 41 towns, 10 of them in high risk areas.
Kherson operations:
Covered up windows after explosions in 1 building.
Conducted rodent and insect exterminations in 10 spaces.
Completed 9 smaller humanitarian missions, such as weekly feeding of 4 dogs and providing medicine to the wounded.
Conducted 8 events for teens and younger children in Kharkiv.
Organized clothing distribution in Nikopol’.
Oleksandr D’s Volunteer Networks
Vladyslav K (Mykolaiv): delivered 35 tons of drinking water to Mykolaiv and 7 to Kherson. Vladyslav’s youngest son, home for vacation, is helping with water deliveries, while volunteer Vasyl is undergoing examination by the Military Medical Commission. Vladyslav hopes that Vasyl will get a deferment and later an exemption from military service, due to his health.
Andriy P (Mykolaiv): brought aid from Germany and made deliveries as follows. 7 hydraulic beds, 25 rollator walkers, 10 wheelchairs, 40 boxes of medical supplies, 1 electric stove, 1 refrigerator, 1 electric lift, and 30 bags of humanitarian aid supplies, delivered to the LightHouse Makariv rehabilitation center for children with disabilities in Makariv and the rehabilitation center for the wounded in Vasylkiv, both in the Kyiv Region. 35 rollator walkers sent to volunteers in Konotop, Sumy Region. 1 ton of food, hygiene, clothing, medical goods, and other aid sent to volunteers in the Mykolaiv and Kherson regions. 800 kg of food, hygiene products, medical supplies, orthopedic shoes, refrigerators and crutches sent in the Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Donetsk directions. Also, received donations from Ukrainian immigrants, now living abroad and distributed them to recipients. 35 packages were mailed to internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia regions. 800 kg of aid, including 10 boxes of cabbage and lettuce, 15 bags of humanitarian aid products, 3 boxes of bathrobes and 4 boxes of medical supplies were distributed locally to low income people.
Sandra S (Odesa): kitchen fed more than 500 people. In addition to pea soup, porridge with sauce, and fresh salads, the team has also been providing people with bottled drinking water, due to the extreme heat wave Odesa is experiencing.
Yuri S (Vinnytsia): delivered food aid to the Safe Space Vinnytsia night shelter for the homeless. 9 people were staying at the shelter. Also provided food for a family of 2 disabled people.
Vitaliy Z (Kharkiv): delivered 4 tons of humanitarian kits (food, clothes, medicine, and animal feed) to a location in Lyman where everything is in ruins. Distributed almost 500 loaves of “Victory” bread in the deoccupied village of Volokhiv Yar in the Balakliya community. Provided almost 20 municipal workers in the village of Milova, Balakliya community, with work uniforms. Evacuated 2 older women with 2 tons of belongings from Kostyantynivka. This was the most difficult evacuation to date, as the car broke down in a dangerous, frontline area. Fortunately, the military came to the team’s aid, providing protection and help with repairs. The team was then able to proceed and the evacuees were safely delivered to Poltava.
Oleksandr D (Lutsk): Vadym T brought 800 kg of instant soups from Poland and delivered them to Oksana K’s team in Lutsk.
Oleksandr Z (Lutsk): provided therapeutic interventions and aid to IDP children and families, children with disabilities, children from military families, orphans, amputees, and military veterans – held 2 art therapy sessions for a total of 69 children and disabled military veterans. Visited the opening of an exhibition with 35 families of IDPs and veterans. Distributed bread and other food to 70 orphaned students from the Sumy, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions and to 380 other people living in IDP assistance centers. Held a development and sports camp for veterans and children. The camp was also attended by 60 children of veterans and military personnel. Provided glasses for 55 adults and children. Conducted 95 medical and preventive procedures for the recovery of 30 IDP children with disabilities from the Kherson Region. Helped 55 children with prophylactic health procedures, physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, and gym classes. Through partners, assisted in the manufacture of prostheses and rehabilitation for 20 people.
Kseniia’s Team – Livyy bereh (Left Bank)
Darya continued her dangerous evacuation missions from villages near Kup’yan’sk. She took 2 day-long trips to evacuate 22 people from Kivsharivka, Kasyanivka, Kut’kivka, Stets’kivka, Smorod’kivka, Monachynivka, Shypuvate, and Rohozyanka.
Karina’s Team – My ryatuyemo Ukrayinu (We Save Ukraine)
100 people in the shelter.
Timur’s Team – Komanda Teymura Alyeva (Timur Alyev’s Team)
Distributed aid packages to 412 seniors in North Saltivka.
Special home deliveries to 27 disabled elderly and 9 families with infants.
Pavel and Olena’s Teams – Dotyk sertsya (Touch of Heart) & Svitanok mriy (Dawn of Dreams)
Delivered aid to 300 families in Liubomyrivka, Novohryhorivka, and Voskresenka.
The team also had to reorganize their warehouse space last week.
Pomahaem Foundation (We Help Foundation)
Aid delivered to 111 families in frontline-adjacent villages of the Dnipropetrovsk Region, around Synel’nykove.
24 tons of water delivered to Nikopol’.
Marina’s Team – Daruy dobrо Ukrayina (Give Good Ukraine)
150 food and hygiene packages were distributed to internally displaced people in Pyatyhatki despite damage that was caused to distribution center by drones.
Dina’s Team — Vilʹni lyudy, vilʹna krayina (Free People, Free Country)
Distributed 298 packages in Kremenchuk, Poltava, and Kanev.
The soup kitchen in Kharkiv served 1,460 meals.
Delivered 400 packages to Murafa, Kochanivka, Sharivka, and Karlivka in the Kharkiv Region.
Bohdan’s Team — Vse robymo sami (We Do Everything Ourselves)
Food and hygiene kits were provided to 42 families in Zhytomyr.
Children at the club for children with disabilities participated in art and cooking classes.
Alena’s Team – Diva (Virgo)
Traveled to Shlyakhove, Urozhaine, Novoberyslav, Zmiivka, and Novosilka — all villages in the Kherson Region immediately on the frontline. Delivered 264 packages of aid.
Distributed 1,379 loaves of bread in Odesa.
Helped 42 wounded in the hospital.
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