Support Kherson & Nova Kakhovka region

My name is Kate and I'm a founder of Union of Help to Kherson. A local ngo focused on grass-root efforts to help the occupied and de-occupied parts of Kherson region and people in need of humanitarian aid. This is a continuation of our original fundraiser where we raised over $50 000 - https://gofund.me/0cbcc5c4. Now we're focusing on helping people evacuate from the flood, receive critical life supplies and restore housing by pumping out water where we can. We work on both the liberated and occupied side of Kherson region through trusted volunteer networks. More on my story and our organization below...

I'm originally from Nova Kakhovka - the city which holds the water supply for all of southern Ukraine and where Russia blew up a hydroelectric station causing humanitarian and natural catastrophes. On 6th of June I woke up to what felt, and still feels like, apocalypsis..

So what is happening on the ground?

The water keeps gradually rising across the cities and villages of the Kherson region. Some villages have more than two meters of water. Evacuation of civilians is underway - more than 80 villages and towns are projected to experience complete flooding. As the water is rising, people grab their families and evacuate inland - with nothing but what they can carry, and no destination in sight. President Zelenskyy convened an emergency meeting and units of State Emergency Service are evacuating as many people living in potential flooding zones - on the liberated side. On the occupied side no evacuation missions have been launched by occupying forces. People are sitting on roofs of their houses and writing messages begging for help. We are working with a local group of undercover pro-Ukrainian volunteers that are trying to get people out by boats and provide them with food and f no mass evacuations have been

It will take another 5 hours for water to reach a critical level and engulf even more residences, businesses, schools, and everyday places that have already experienced such hardship during the russian occupation.

❗️ How can you help?

Our organization - Union of Help to Kherson - has been supporting people in the region since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in early 2022. Today, we are launching a fundraiser for evacuated families We have local contacts and volunteers on the ground and are actively searching for people in dire need of help.

We will provide financial support to those that have nowhere else to turn and lost their houses and villages.

Your gift will have an immediate impact!

$10 = 1 bag of food supplies for 1 person, lasting 5 days

$20 = gasoline for evacuation on boats

$50 = 1 bag of food supplies for a family, lasting 1 week

$250 = a water pump

$500 = a simple electricity generator to enable pump out of water

$1000 = pillow and a blanket for 50 refugees from the villages

Learn more or support the organization directly at https://biz.ks.ua/en. I post daily updates on my Instagram page - https://www.instagram.com/katezhuzha/. You can also follow our organization on Facebook and see how the funds are put into action: https://www.facebook.com/UNIONKHERSON

Support this Go Fund Me page and your gift will be sent to Union of Help to Kherson on a rolling basis. Please note your gift to this Go Fund Me page is not tax-deducutable.