Disaster Response Ukraine Project #62024

Help Ukrainian kids and families survive winter

by Ukrainian Red Cross Society

Project Report | Oct 12, 2026
Helping kids and families, October 2026 report

By Oleksii Oryshchenko | Project Leader

Supporting children's medical and educational facilities remains an important part of our work. Recently, the Ukrainian Red Cross provided generators to essential institutions in the Nemovytske community, including kindergartens and a healthcare facility. In addition, a 45 kW generator was delivered to a preschool in Kyiv. The kindergarten continues to operate under wartime conditions, providing daily care and meals for children for up to 12 hours a day. Four groups attend the facility, serving 80 children ages 3 to 6. The generator will serve as a backup power source during electricity outages, helping ensure the uninterrupted operation of the institution, including lighting, heating, and food preparation services.

To ensure uninterrupted access to medical care even during air raid alerts, the Ukrainian Red Cross has renovated shelters in four healthcare facilities in the Kherson region in 2026. To equip these shelters, we provided hospitals with furniture, air-conditioning units, and bedding. Due to the constant attacks, both healthcare workers and patients remain at significant risk. The renovated shelters help improve their safety and ensure the continuity of medical services. Over the past three years, shelters have been renovated in eight healthcare facilities across the Kherson region, and a paramedic station in one of the communities has also been restored.

Alongside these efforts, we continue to raise awareness about the dangers posed by mines and explosive remnants of war, with a special focus on children. Over the past three months, 27,000 people under the age of 17 have received information on safe behaviour in affected areas. Additionally, we provided educational information stands to schools and other educational facilities in some of the most affected regions, including Sumy, helping raise children's awareness of these risks.

As the war continues to affect the lives of children across Ukraine, we remain committed to helping them stay safe, healthy, and supported, ensuring they can learn, grow, and look to the future with hope.

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Jun 17, 2026
Helping kids and families, June 2026 report

By Oleksii Oryshchenko | Project Leader

Last winter in Ukraine was extremely harsh, with temperatures dropping to as low as −20°C. As attacks on critical civilian infrastructure continue, vulnerable groups—including older persons, persons with disabilities, and families with children—face ongoing uncertainty in the upcoming cold season. In response, the Ukrainian Red Cross continues its efforts to help communities prepare for winter and ensure access to essential services and basic needs for those most at risk.

Below are some recent highlights:

In the town of Kamin-Kashyrskyi, the local Ukrainian Red Cross branch delivered 20 oil heaters to shelters in secondary schools, helping ensure safe and adequate conditions for children staying in school shelters during the cold season.
With support from the Poltava regional branch, renovation works were completed at the protective shelter of the “Chervona Shapochka” kindergarten in Lubny. The upgraded space now provides a safe environment for children and staff during air raid alerts.
In Pervomaisk, the Ukrainian Red Cross provided warm blankets and flashlights to a local school for children with special educational needs. These items will support children during sheltering and power outages.
Four lyceums in the Mohyliv-Podilskyi district (Vinnytsia region) received signal repeaters to strengthen mobile and internet connectivity. Equipped with backup power, the systems enable students and teachers to remain connected and continue learning during outages or while sheltering.
In Sumy region, the Ukrainian Red Cross delivered blankets, mattresses, flashlights, and electric ceramic heaters to a vocational college shelter in Konotop, which can accommodate up to 510 people.
In Izmail, a psychosocial support kit for shelters was provided to the Odesa Regional Center for Medical Rehabilitation and Palliative Care for Children. The kit helps create a safe and supportive environment where children can reduce stress and receive emotional support, even in extremely difficult circumstances.
Ensuring access to safe drinking water in healthcare facilities remains a key priority. Through the “Access to Safe Water for the Population” project, a modern mobile water purification system was delivered to the Perinatal Center in Zaporizhzhia.

These are just a few examples of the Ukrainian Red Cross’s ongoing efforts to protect children and uphold their right to a safe and dignified childhood.

In addition, our teams continue to conduct mine risk awareness sessions and provide psychosocial support across Ukraine. As of the publication date of this report, more than 886,000 children have participated in psychosocial support activities since the beginning of 2022.

Thank you for standing with us and making this vital support possible.

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Feb 18, 2026
Winter support February 2026

By Oleksii Oryshchenko | Project Leader

Winter in Ukraine has been extremely harsh, with temperatures dropping to -20°C. At the same time, Russian attacks on critical civilian infrastructure have caused emergency outages, leaving large parts of cities such as Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Poltava without heating and electricity. Vulnerable groups, including older persons, persons with disabilities, and families with children, have been among the most affected.

To support communities during the most challenging periods, Ukrainian Red Cross emergency response teams, in partnership with the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, deployed heating points in areas without heating.

At these locations, people could warm up, receive hot tea and meals, charge their mobile phones, and stay connected with their families. For thousands of people, these heating points became a vital source of support during cold and dark days.

In addition, we provided industrial heat guns, nearly a thousand blankets, sleeping sets, and bedding to 11 support centers established by local authorities. At the same time, volunteers of the Ukrainian Red Cross assisted at more than 105 heating points, working jointly with the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and municipal services. They also made home visits to people with limited mobility, ensuring they received timely assistance and had everything they needed.

As a trusted partner of the authorities, the Ukrainian Red Cross has been delivering generators sourced from the EU’s strategic reserves to communities and procuring the necessary auxiliary equipment for their installation. In total, 447 generators are being delivered and installed, ensuring the continued operation of hospitals, critical infrastructure facilities, and heating points.

Thanks to you, we continue working to support all those affected.

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