We appeal to the world. Help Ukrainians survive this brutal winter – donate any amount now to bring light and warmth back to apartments and homes.
Dear friends, partners, and people of goodwill everywhere
This is not just another cold season. This is the harshest winter in four years of war. Russian missile and drone strikes have so severely damaged Ukraine’s energy system that millions of ordinary people – children, elderly parents, mothers with newborns – have only 5-8 hours of electricity a day, often much less. The temperature outside is dropping to -20°C. In homes, schools, kindergartens, and hospitals, temperatures are often close to freezing. Water stops flowing because pumps fail. Heating is gone. Lives hang in the balance.
We, the Charitable Foundation for Technological Development of Ukraine, are asking for your immediate help to urgently purchase life-saving equipment: powerful generators, uninterruptible power supplies, batteries, cogeneration heating units, and other innovative energy solutions that can support the operation of critical systems with electricity and heat.
Even a small donation — $10, $25, $50, $100 — becomes warmth for a family shivering in the dark, light for a child trying to do homework using a flashlight on their phone, or a reliable power source for a hospital incubator that supports the life of a newborn.
Children study in the cold — or not at all.
In many cities, schools and kindergartens are closed until February or are forced to work in unheated classrooms. Imagine a little girl drawing with frozen fingers by the light of a single candle because there is no electricity in the school. Parents are faced with an impossible choice: leave their child at home in the cold or send him to relatives where conditions are not better. This is the daily reality for thousands of Ukrainian children during power outages. Ukraine needs humanitarian aid.
The elderly and families with infants are the most vulnerable
The elderly, who find it difficult to move around, are stuck alone in frozen apartments. Young mothers wrap their babies in every blanket they have, trying to warm their tiny bodies with their own breath. Many families have already sought medical help due to hypothermia or frostbite. Ukraine needs a heat donation - this is not an abstract phrase, it is an urgent need right now.
Hospitals and maternity wards on the verge
Medical facilities rely on generators, but fuel is quickly running out. Surgeries are being postponed. Newborns in incubators depend on a stable power supply. If the generator stops - the consequences can be fatal. The lack of electricity in Ukrainian schools and hospitals is not just a headline; it is a daily struggle for survival.
Russia has deliberately weaponized winter. International organizations — the UN, UNICEF, Oxfam, WHO — call these attacks on civilian energy infrastructure violations of international humanitarian law. Words alone will not warm you. Concrete aid will.
Why technology is the answer that saves lives today
Traditional humanitarian aid is vital, but in this protracted crisis we need effective, innovative solutions that work regardless of a damaged grid:
- Generators that can power entire apartment buildings or schools for hours;
- UPS batteries and accumulators that keep essential devices running during prolonged power outages;
- Cavitation heating units are energy-efficient systems that convert the kinetic energy of a liquid into heat energy by forming and collapsing vapor bubbles (cavitation), providing an efficiency of over 90%. They are used for heating and hot water supply, allowing you to save up to 30-40% of electricity.
- Cogeneration units are equipment for the simultaneous production of electricity and heat from a single fuel source (gas, biogas), providing an efficiency of over 90%. They significantly reduce energy supply costs and increase the energy independence of industrial and municipal facilities.
- Other innovative energy solutions to combat power outages in Ukraine, helping communities survive long outages.
The Charitable Foundation for Technological Development of Ukraine focuses on these technological solutions. We plan to deliver equipment to the most affected schools, hospitals, residential buildings, and families. With monthly grant support from Google, we can quickly scale our campaigns and reach more people with the truth about what’s happening here.
Your donation matters, no matter how small.
This war has been going on for over four years. Soldiers and civilians are dying every day. But the collapse of the energy system affects literally everyone in the country. That’s why we need the world’s help now more than ever.
A small contribution today becomes a light in the dark for a Ukrainian child, warmth for an elderly person, safety for a maternity ward where a new life begins. Imagine if it was your own child shivering from the cold - what would you do? Do it for Ukrainian children, families and the elderly right now.
Please make a donation today.
Help Ukraine overcome winter power and heat outages. Together we can help millions get through this winter.
With deepest gratitude,
The team of the Charitable Foundation for Technological Development of Ukraine