Alongside our distribution of power banks ( Stay in touch "), we have just set up a new programme in Kherson, which focuses on distributing first aid kits to villagers living in or near areas often bombed by the Russian army.

The distribution of several hundred kits has just begun, thanks to our long-standing partnership with the Union of Help to Kherson (biz.ks.ua), run by our friends Kate Zhuzha and her brother Andriy, .

We were able to supplement these kits with essential medicines provided free of charge by the pharmaceutical company InterChem SLC (https://interchem.ua/en), based in Odessa. We had the good fortune and pleasure of meeting its CEO, Dr Anatoliy Reder, in Toronto last year at the Rebuild Ukraine event organised by the Canada-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce (cucc.ca). We are also particularly grateful to Vitalii Larionov of Interchem for his help in coordinating this project.

Effectiveness and impact depend on teamwork, collaboration between organisations and our collective ability to work together for the common good.