Urgent need · Heat for Kyiv
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At a glance
750 lei
($150) for one gas heater with a propane cylinder
-26°C
in Kyiv last winter
100
heaters we brought in, on two trips
Last winter was one of the coldest Ukraine has seen in years, and Russia chose exactly that time to strike the country’s power plants and heating systems. In January 2026, after repeated attacks, President Zelensky declared a state of emergency in the energy sector. After the attack on 20 January, Kyiv’s mayor said 5,635 apartment buildings, about half of the city’s blocks, had no heating. Almost half of the capital was in blackout.
Two trips, 100 heaters
When we arrived in Kyiv, it was -26°C. Families, elderly people and people with disabilities were living in apartments that grew colder every hour. With no electricity and no central heating, a gas heater with a propane cylinder was, for many of them, the only way to keep warm.
That winter we made two trips and brought in 100 heaters with propane cylinders. We put them together with families in their own homes and saw cold rooms fill with warmth again. One boy knelt in the snow beside a heater, warming his hands and smiling. Moments like that stay with you.
This winter
This winter we expect the attacks on Ukraine’s power and heating to come again. We don’t want to wait until people are already freezing, so we are starting now.
What we need
- Gas heaters with propane cylinders, to heat apartments when the central heating fails
- Generators, for power during long blackouts
- Batteries (portable power stations), to keep lights on and phones charged
One gas heater with a propane cylinder costs about 750 lei ($150). Prices may change depending on the offers we get from sellers. Every gift helps, whatever the amount.
We take everything into Ukraine ourselves and deliver it by hand to the people who need it.
Will you help us bring warmth to Kyiv this winter?
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