May 7th, 2026
70,580 people evacuated from danger to date
45 people evacuated from danger this week
25 trips into deoccupied and frontline territories this week
Stories
The Smallest Cargo
In a moving highlight from recent efforts, our Dobra sprava heroes recounted the evacuation of Vadim from Mykolaivka — a mission that underscores the deep personal stakes of this work. Vadim had remained in Mykolaivka long after his family had fled to safety. When he finally agreed to leave, he had one request: he had to bring two bicycles — his own and his daughter’s.
Before the war, Vadim and his daughter had been inseparable, their bond strengthened by taking frequent bike rides together. Vadim feared that this bond had fractured because he had chosen to stay behind in Mykolaivka, when his daughter had evacuated.
The journey out of Mykolaivka was grueling, with Ihor navigating past drone-monitored "car graveyards." Upon arrival at their destination, Vadim’s daughter initially hesitated to greet her father, but then Vadim called out: "I brought... our bicycles!" and she ran into his arms for a long-awaited, emotional reunion. Sometimes the smallest cargo carries the most weight in rebuilding a life.
Evacuation from Kachkarivka
Inna’s team evacuated a man from the village of Kachkarivka in the Kherson Region last week. He had been living alone, but was no longer able to survive under the constant shelling and enemy drones. About 10 people remain in the village, but they rarely communicate or see one another. Villagers must move carefully and avoid appearing in open spaces as much as possible. Food supplies are nearly exhausted. People are finishing off provisions they had stockpiled in previous years and "sharing them with the mice," as the man put it.
Petro was very thin and pale, with sickly eyes, matted hair, and a smell of dampness about him. He carried himself with composure and calmly recounted the deaths he had seen and the terrible atmosphere of doom and confinement, as those who have survived thus far wait their turn to be killed.
We met him near Apostolove, where the village head had brought him from a safer zone. To reach the point where he was picked up by the car, he had traveled two dozen kilometers by foot, darting in short bursts from bush to bush, from tree to tree, so as not to fall within the enemy’s line of sight.
When Petro was finally brought to his relatives in Kryvyi Rih, they wept at the sight of his exhausted appearance. Along the way, he told us how, just recently, a man and his wife had set out on a motorcycle to a neighboring village to collect humanitarian aid, when a drone caught up with them and struck the woman in the back. She was torn to pieces. The husband survived. After the strike, he got up and gathered what remained of his wife into the bags he had brought for the humanitarian supplies. Instead of food, those bags brought his wife home. He buried her remains in his garden in the manner common to that area. "We already have many such burials," Petro said.
Team Summaries
Alina’s Team – Dobra sprava (Good Deeds)
Completed 9 trips, evacuating 44 people.
Inna’s Team – Krok z nadiyeyu (Step with Hope)
The second part of the agricultural project started last week.
1,420 people received seedlings.
20.1 tons of aid distributed.
8,250 people received aid packages.
4,400 people received bread.
41 locations visited, 13 of them in high-risk zones.
Kherson team disinfected 6 buildings, and repaired and refueled 5 generators in the red zone of the city (the part of the city controlled by Russian drones).
Evacuated 1 person from Kherson to Kryvyi Rih.
Angelia Charitable Fund
Drivers Volodymyr T. and Vadym went to Frankfurt am Main and Munich to get protection equipment for firefighters, as well as clothes, toys, and assistive devices for people with disabilities..
Sent humanitarian aid to Sumy, Mykolaiv, and a hospital in Khmelnytskyi.
Distributed aid in Kramatorsk, in Yuriivka, Zasillya, and Stepove, all in the Mykolaiv Region), and in Sumy.
Oleksandr D’s Volunteer Networks
Oleksandr S. (Ukrainka): Kyiv Region – received 650 kg of shoes and 2 tons of baby food at the warehouse in Ukrainka for further distribution to people with disabilities and those who have been affected by the war; Held a mental and physical health support program for internally displaced people (IDPs) and distributed 450 kg of rice to those who attended in Brovary; held a physical and mental health restoration program in Boyarka; distributed 150 kg of baby food toIDPs, orphaned children, and children with special needs in the Kyiv Region. Donetsk Region – delivered 300 kg of baby food for further distribution. Chernihiv Region – delivered 350 kg of aid to Novhorod-Sivers'kyi. Sumy Region – assembled and distributed 500 kg of food kits for 40 people in Konotop.
Vladyslav K. (Mykolaiv): delivered 35 tons of drinking water to Mykolaiv.
Sandra S. (Odesa): the kitchen prepared and distributed over 600 portions of food.
Vitaliy Z. (Kharkiv): delivered 350 humanitarian kits, clothes, medicine, and animal feed to Stepne, Kramatorsk District. Delivered almost 500 loaves of “Victory” bread to Krasnotorka, also in the Kramatorsk District. Distributed animal feed to abandoned dogs and cats in Kramatorsk, and also to people who care for these animals. Evacuated a woman from Druzhkivka.
Serhiy A. (Kharkiv): in April, distributed 400 food kits (3 tons) to the blind and visually impaired population in Kharkiv, Kramatorsk, Pavlohrad, Kamianske, Pokrov, Uman, Kamin'-Kashyrs'kyi, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Stryi, Mukachevo, and other locations.
Yuri P. (Boryslav): delivered a total of 7 tons of dry breakfasts, drinks, instant noodles, dishwashing detergent, and bakery products to Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Uman, and Dnipro.
Alla A. (Kremenets’): distributed aid, including potatoes, food kits, and clothes to 285 IDPs and people with disabilities.
Hryhoriy M. (Tal’ne): held an event with classes and psychological support for 50 children and their parents. Children included those from large families, orphans, and children of fallen military members. Transportation was provided for children from the surrounding villages and towns, who couldn’t get to the event on their own. 21 children from Tal’ne, who lost their fathers at the front, as well as those whose parents are currently defending Ukraine, attended a rest,recovery, and rehabilitation program at You Camp camp in Bukovina, Chernivtsi Region. Organized a field trip for 16 children to an open house event at the humanitarian institute in Bucha. Children attended a master class on making crafts, took part in organized singing, and had dessert.
Yuri S. (Vinnytsia): delivered food to 4 people staying at the Safe Space overnight homeless shelter and to 10 people at a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. Brought diapers for 4 people at the Harmony rehabilitation center.
Oleksandr Z. (Lutsk): provided therapeutic interventions and aid to IDPs, children and adults with disabilities, children from large families and from military families, orphans, elderly people, military service members, and amputees in Lutsk, Ostrozhets', and other locations. 1066 children and adults received help, including art therapy, music therapy, zootherapy, sports activities, a visit to the museum, help with bread and other food, meals served at a social cafe, help with glasses, dental, medical, and preventive procedures, and help with the manufacture of wheelchairs for children and prostheses and rehabilitation for adults.
Karina’s Team – My ryatuyemo Ukrayinu (We Save Ukraine)
107 people in the shelter.
Tetiana’s Team – Dopomoha poruch (Help Is Near)
Delivered 180 aid packages to recently displaced internal refugees in the village of Salivka, Dnipropetrovsk Region.
Delivered 130 aid packages to the village of Odnorobivka, Kharkiv Region.
Delivered 50 aid packages with foods that can be stored for long periods of time to bomb shelters in Kharkiv.
Distributed 70 aid packages to old and disabled people in Smila via the department of social services.
Timur’s Team – Komanda Teymura Alyeva (Timur Alyev’s Team)
Delivered aid packages to 289 seniors in Saltivka, Kharkiv.
Special deliveries to 21 disabled elderly and 33 families with infants.
Pavel and Olena’s Teams – Dotyk sertsya (Touch of Heart) & Svitanok mriy (Dawn of Dreams)
412 families received aid, including 202 in the villages of Zasillya and Kvitneve (Mykolaiv Region) and 210 IDP families displaced from Kherson in Mykolaiv.
Pomahaem Foundation (We Help Foundation)
80 people arrived at the Volos’ke transit shelter.
312 people vetted for GFFO cash grant.
Marina’s Team – Daruy dobro Ukrayina (Give Good Ukraine)
Food and hygiene kits were distributed to 150 internally displaced families in Piatykhatky.
Dina’s Team – Vilʹni lyudy, vilʹna krayina (Free People, Free Country)
328 packages distributed in Kaniv, Kremenchuk, Poltava, and Dnipro.
Served 1,390 meals in the soup kitchen in Kharkiv.
Bohdan’s Team — Vse robymo sami (We Do Everything Ourselves)
42 food and hygiene kits were distributed to families in Zhytomyr.
At the Club for Children with Disabilities, children took part in fine arts classes, choreography class, and culinary classes.
Alena’s Team – Diva (Virgo)
Traveled to Kotlyareve and surrounding towns in the Mykolaiv Region to deliver donated food, gifts, and clothes to 240 children.
Distributed bread to 347 families in Odesa.
Anastasia’s Team – LoveUA
Traveled to Novyi Kavkaz and Novooleksandrivka to deliver 132 packages of food and 132 packages of hygiene products.
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