In the bitter cold of a winter without power, rocket stoves are helping Ukrainians survive in the most challenging circumstances.

A gratitude post.

This month, with an evolving situation, evacuation trips changed to aid delivery trips to Zaporizhzhia.

Andriy & his team made one more trip to Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia before the end of April to deliver aid and pick up people.

The first evacuation trip with the new bus brought lots of aid and evacuated lots of people, this time stopping in Dnipro as well.

Vasyl and his wife Anna survived 34 days under heavy bombardment in Mariupol. After getting out, Vasyl shared about what they lived through.

Andriy travels across the border to purchase a large evacuation bus. Andriy’s teammates travel to collect another 50 Mariupol residents from Zaporizhzhia.

With people continuing to flee destroyed cities like Mariupol, Andriy’s team is looking for bigger buses to make deliveries and evacuations more efficient.

Andriy connected with a church in Zaporizhzhia that has been functioning as a major community hub connecting displaced people with resources, shelter, and transport to safety.

I had a video call with Andriy for the first time since the beginning of the war. He gave more context for their evacuation trips.

“We are going first to Chernihiv to provide assistance to families, kids. Food, clothes, delivering all kinds of aid. Then from there turning toward Zaporizhzhia…”