“Dobrobat” on guard of urgent reconstruction – we are getting stronger every day

Russian occupants are destroying Ukrainian cities, and we are getting stronger every day. Every day Dobrobat stands on guard over the urgent reconstruction of the damaged houses of Ukrainians. We organize, and we help because the enemy looks pathetic against the background of our total solidarity. Let’s kick the enemy out of our land and rebuild the country.

Last week about 350 volunteers joined in the immediate rebuilding of the country. Kyiv Dobrobat battalion helped the victims in Demydiv, Horenka, Hostomel, Velyka Dymerka, Moschun and Irpin. In Demydiv, volunteers continue to repair the homes of locals. Every day groups of 10 volunteers fix broken roofs. They do it to provide the Demydiv residents’ homes warmth and protection in cold weather. Roof repairs also continue at the home of a single older woman from Velyka Dymerka. As a consequence of the Russian occupation of the village, Kateryna’s home was significantly damaged. Volunteers are now restoring the damaged roof and fixing the destroyed pediment. In the future, it is planned to replace the broken windows.

Dobrobat started the urgent restoration of three houses, and the Estonian NGO Mondo financed the repair. Volunteers are already restoring the roof and installing windows in two houses in Horenka and one in Hostomel. In addition, volunteers came to the aid of the residents of Moschun and Irpin. The teams helped to remove debris and dismantle the remains of walls in private houses destroyed by enemy shelling.

The urgent reconstruction of Chernihiv Oblast continues with the support of the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development. Volunteers repair roofs, install new windows, fix slopes, and partially lay walls in the houses of victims from Yahidne, Kolychivka, and Ivanivka.

In Kharkiv Oblast, Dobrobat visited one of the city schools this week to fix broken windows so that rain does not get inside and does not ruin it. This time our volunteers covered over 100 windows with OSB boards. They also helped de-occupied Izyum and Korobochkin. Izyum residents asked to board up windows in houses damaged due to the Russian occupation. Volunteers of the Kharkiv branch helped residents to board up the broken windows with OSB boards. Oleg Synehubov, head of the Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, and Yuri Golyk, coordinator of the Velyke Budivnytstvo (Big Construction) national program, came to Izyum to communicate with the volunteers and support the victims. Dobrobat, from now on, will immediately restore the country with the Office of the President of Ukraine’s support. The authorities and volunteers unite to speed up the urgent reconstruction of the country together.

In the Sumy Oblast, Dobrobat volunteers dismantled the rubble of the destroyed private house in Trostyanets. Together with the rescuers of the Sumy State Emergency Service, they cleaned the area and removed the debris. Also, the reconstruction of eight apartments where older adults live continues. Furthermore, Romny and Sumy Dobrobat’s volunteers continued to restore the roof, fix the water-proof sheet and roofing, and cover it with new metal tiles. They have already repaired about 540m² of roofing in four weeks.

This week the United News Telethon premiered the documentary Vtrachenyi Dim (Lost House). Everyone who watched it could donate to help rebuild Irpin’s homes. In addition, you can make a charitable contribution on the dobro.ua platform in the Projects — Community and Ukraine support — New House section.

Dobrobat’s slogan is “Fighting together, rebuilding together. Each of us has our front, where we must help into full force and not give the enemy a single chance. That’s why Dobrobat, together with “Made in Ukraine”, launched the “Zigrii” (Warm Up) movement to warm our defenders with handmade warm things. The initiative aims to provide as many Ukrainian soldiers in the cold trenches as possible with things knitted with love. Everyone can support the charitable movement “Zigrii”, particularly by donating yarn from which the Ukrainians will create knitted warmth for the defenders.

In addition, Dobrobat volunteers listened to a lecture about modern construction technologies as part of the buildit.lab educational project. This is the first, but not the last joint event with the buildit.lab team, thank you for the initiative to train our volunteers, introduce modern technologies and improve the restoration process of the deoccupied Ukrainian cities.