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Volunteer headquarters

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Collecting, sorting and packing aid, CHORNOBYL FOOD, a headquarters during the fires and the war

spring 2019Bringing an abandoned courtyard on Andriivskyi Descent back to lifeFor about thirty years nobody had set foot in this courtyard in the historic centre of Kyiv. We cleared it ourselves - with chainsaws, wheelbarrows and children.Read more
summer 2019A wooden deck, umbrellas and lightSo that events could be held in the courtyard in any weather, Yaroslav Yemelianenko built a deck here - with flooring, umbrellas and electricity.Read more
April 2020A headquarters to help the Zone’s firefightersWhen the Chornobyl Zone was burning in the spring of 2020, the Hub became a warehouse and headquarters: aid for firefighters and people who lost their homes was collected, sorted and packed here.Read more
summer 2020CHORNOBYL FOOD: animal feed for the Zone, made at the HubTourists were feeding the Zone’s dogs sandwiches and chocolate. We made a healthy feed - and produced and packed it right at the Hub.Read more
August 27, 2021Free COVID-19 vaccination for tourism workersGuides work with people from different countries every day, so their risk of infection is among the highest. The Hub became a vaccination point for the whole industry.Read more
since February 2022A coordination center for volunteer aidWhen the full-scale war began, the courtyard on Andriivskyi Descent became a headquarters where aid for soldiers and civilians was collected, sorted and sent out.Read more
June 18, 2022Military Michelin - the first charity dinner of the warChef Ihor Lavreshyn cooked army dishes on a field kitchen and talked about the science of bread. The money went to a drone.Read more
2022 - 2023Packing humanitarian aid with the Omriiana Kraina foundationKharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Kherson and Sumy regions - aid for front-line areas was packed and stored on the Hub deck.Read more
September 25, 2022A concert by the band Vidstani - raising money for homes in PidhaineAn acoustic concert in the Hub courtyard - and a fundraiser to rebuild homes in the village of Pidhaine, damaged by the russian invasion.Read more
autumn 2022Free training sessions for soldiersProfessional meetings and free training for soldiers - the Hub gave its venue to everyone who wanted to teach the defenders.Read more
winter 2022 - 2023The Chornobyl café as an Invincibility Point during the blackoutsKyiv sat in the dark, but a window was lit in our café on Andriivskyi. People came to charge their phones, have a coffee - and warm up with mulled wine.Read more
October 2024Sudzha Day on Andriivskyi DescentA festival with auction lots brought from the Kursk region and Ichkerian cuisine. russian bots kept attacking the auction pages - so we hit the target.Read more

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