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Bikes4Ukraine, a Danish charitable project, delivered the first batch of 100 bikes for the Ukrainian IDPs from residents of Copenhagen. The Bikes4Ukraine initiative is led by the Danish urbanist Mikael Colville-Andersen. He aims to deliver 2000 bikes to Lviv and develop 20 kilometers of bike lanes linking the rental stations. This initiative will contribute to urban mobility so that IDPs can pick up a bike free of charge at rental stations.

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• Lviv

Refugee volunteers from Donetsk region opened a meal center in Lviv, where they serve home-cooked meals. Lunches are free for internally displaced children with their parents. Other vulnerable groups can get a full three-course meal for UAH 50. Volunteers have also managed to set up their own production of macaroni in the meal center.

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• Lviv

A family of IDPs from Donetsk Oblast opened a family bakery in Dnipro. They have had to leave their home twice because of russia’s aggression. In 2014, they left occupied Horlivka; this year, they had to leave Toretsk. Now, they bring bread and buns baked in their new bakery there. It is impossible to bake bread in Toretsk anymore because there is no water, no electricity, and no gas. However, there are still people in this city on the front line who wait for fresh bread.

The IDPs said they had planned to open one more bakery in March – in Sievierodonetsk in Luhansk Oblast. They even installed equipment there. However, they lost their property when the city was bombarded by artillery and then occupied by the russian forces.

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• Dnipro

A fundraising platform United24, together with the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces and the Ministry of Digital Transformation, announced its Drone Army project. The first goal is to buy 200 recon UAVs for Ukraine’s Armed Forces and gather thousands of the simplest regular drones. Everyone can transfer funds and buy or donate a drone.

Drones can be sent to the warehouse of the project’s partners – Help Ukraine Center in Poland or a hub in the USA. Then, it will be delivered to Ukraine from the warehouse. Ukrainians can send a drone via any Nova Poshta office.

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Volunteers from Buduiemo Ukrayinu Razom (Build Ukraine Together) have been restoring buildings destroyed by the war in Ukraine’s east since 2014. Now, they help rescuers in Kyiv Oblast restore their damaged building. In Ukraine’s west, they renovate dormitory houses and private homes for IDPs.

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• russian crimes
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• Kyiv

The presenter of the morning radio show helps retirees in Kyiv region, in particular, in the settlements affected by the russian occupation. To do this, the woman founded “Yulia’s Grannies” Charitable Foundation. One of the main Foundation’s activities is care for the elderly and lonely people. Recently the Foundation’s team visited Hornostaipil geriatrics center for the elderly and people with disabilities. The foundation delivered food there. Yulia is sure that for lonely old elderly there are no cooler grandchildren than Ukrainians who want to help.

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• Kyiv

Charity volunteers from 4.5.0 Kharkiv Residents Together have been helping locals since the first days of russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine. Every day, they cook and deliver more than 10,000 servings of food. They deliver food by bus to all districts of Kharkiv. Food is given to people who lost their work because of the war and those who live in bomb shelters and basements.

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• Kharkiv

UAnimals, an animal welfare organization rescuing animals during the war, has offered Leonardo DiCaprio’s authentic autograph for a draw among those who donated UAH 300. Thus, benefactors can help animals and try their luck in a draw.

 By way of background information: The authentic autograph for the draw was handed over to UAnimals by Alex Krylov, an American collector of certified autographs of world-renowned celebrities.

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The Serhiy Prytula Foundation has announced a fundraising campaign for UAH 500 million for 3 Bayraktar drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The project is called “People’s Bayraktar”. In the first day along the initiative managed to collect over UAH 300 million. According to Prytula, most donations are small: from UAH 2 to 200.

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Volunteers of the Repair Together Project help people renovate their homes damaged and destroyed due to the war. They also organize toloka – collective community work events – in villages to help clean up the debris from the destruction in the yards. Also, the initiative provides targeted aid to people in need, for instance, by providing people with the necessary household appliances. Currently, the volunteers work in Chernihiv Oblast.

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• Chernihiv