My name is Andrii Udovychenko and I am working with various grassroots communities and locatl companies to set up resilience points for Ukrainians affected by the blackouts.
This page give some background information and an approximate budget for one such location.
My contacts:
Please reach out if you have any information.
If you able able to donate but would prefer and US-Ukrainian NGO, please let me know and we will set it up.
As you might know, in the latest months Ukraine's energy grid has been repeatedly attacked and severely damaged. https://www.npr.org/2022/10/22/1130742768/ukraine-power-grid-outages-record-damage
This leads to blackouts and lack of central heating in many cities. Blackout also leads to internet disruptions. Power outages may last from 8-10 hours per day, where power lines are still intact. Areas that sustained more damage may go without electricity for much longer.
We have already 3-day long blackouts in some major cities. This leads to cool night pictures, but also creates a lot of misery.
Ukrainians responded with building “resilience points”. Places where one can get some energy, internet, warmth and good company. A place where kids can have some fun, and the grown-ups respite.
While the government takes effort to create such locations, they are often not enough. As the winter become harsher and more strikes are sure to come, we'll be needing more such locations.
That's why many local communities are organizing to create additional resilience point.
This is what we intend to do as well. Can’t really use notion or much else without electricity :woman-shrugging:
With the current economy, it is becoming significantly harder to gather funds for such projects. Quite challenging to have a stable job when there is barely any electricity.
That’s we really require your help.