The Western Ukraine is suffering from flood. The disaster destructed roads and separated families! Aid can be delivered only by air. They waited for us, they trusted us…We understood and helped… The Foundation brought some 60 tons of food to locals of cut-off villages and evacuated 200 people that needed emergency help for five days in Ivano-Frankovsk Region. The documentary was filmed by the Foundation employees who witnessed everything and helped those in need!

Foundation for Development of Ukraine’s HQ Log in Western Ukraine

28-30 July
The Foundation for Development of Ukraine responded timely and promptly to the request to provide assistance to the disaster victims in the Western Ukraine. Former Eurovision contest winner Ruslana Lyzhichko was the first to help collect information about the situation in the flood-struck area. She took us to Governor of Ivano-Frankovsk Region Nikolay Paliychuk who helped understand where assistance was needed most of all. The time limits were levelled down on 30 July. At around 10 p.m. we decided to set off for Verkhovinsk area of Ivano-Frankovsk region. Unfortunately, access ways to 38 villages of this mountainous district were completely destroyed. Inhabitants were left without road communications, food, and emergency help.
Late after midnight we made it to Verkhovinsk area in our first truck with food. The drive was quite hard, no signs, sometimes roads steeped, nobody was there to ask for the way. We even thought once we would never find the place where they wait for us and our help was needed. Finally, we arrived. Head of Verkhovinsk District Pyotr Kermoshchuk was awake. This man had just taken up the post but everybody was surprised with the sincere responsibility he showed. Despite having stayed awake for many days, he joined us to work out a plan for the next days.

31 July
Early in the morning we visited district administration council and started coordinating our activity. We were waited for and received any assistance we needed at once. We need people to unload food – here you are; we need a guide not to get lost in the sky and land in the right village – here he is.
Our assistance plan pursued first to provide food to cut-off areas. Second, to repair roads and clear yards for residents to bring their routine life in order. Third, to provide other districts left without clean drinking water with water purifying units. First necessity food kits for locals (water, bread, sunflower oil, cereals, sugar, salt, canned food, pasta, flour) were purchased for the total amount of UAH 300,000. We also bought water purifying devices (1000 units) and heavy vehicles (2 units).
Two helicopters of the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Emergencies were flying all day long. On the first day of flights we visited:
Yablunitsa village – 1,508 inhabitants
Probiyne village – 362 inhabitants
Shibene village including frontier out-post – 319 inhabitants
Goloshine village – 402 inhabitants
Gramotne village – 366 inhabitants. MORE…>>>

Report of Rinat Akhmetov’s Foundation for Development of Ukraine on Assisting Disaster-hit Verkhovinsk District in Ivano-Frankovsk Region
The Foundation for Development of Ukraine (FDU) responded to the request to provide aid to victims of the flood in the Western Ukraine. On 28 July Rinat Akhmetov in his address to inhabitants of the disaster-struck regions said that no one would be left without sympathy and support, and the Foundation would make best efforts to ensure that the aid reached its destination quickly and on time. Rinat Akhmetov also assured that the Foundation would help every family whose members had been killed. MORE…>>>

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