Regional teams from the Rokada Charitable Foundation are continuing to register local residents for multi-purpose cash assistance while simultaneously providing essential supply kits. Nearly 8,000 Ukrainians across the Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Sumy, Kherson, and Chernihiv regions have already received this support.
Among them is Nadiya Gets from the Chernihiv region. She has dedicated her entire life to caring for her son, who, despite now being an adult, still requires constant support.
“When my son was just a year and a half old, he caught the measles. Complications from the illness led to a lifelong disability,” Nadiya says, sharing her story. “My husband passed away prematurely after losing his battle with cancer. And so, the two of us were left on our own.”
The family lives in Snovsk itself, a border community in the Koriukivka district in the north of the region. Russian forces shell the area almost around the clock. The LINK consortium’s assistance is designed to support vulnerable categories of people in frontline regions, providing essential supplies, hygiene kits, and food parcels.
“To date, more than two and a half thousand residents of the Chernihiv region have received assistance from the consortium. For Nadiya, this support will help cover her family’s basic needs for the coming months and ease the daily care of her son,” notes Larysa Zahryva, the project coordinator in the Chernihiv region.
About the LINK Consortium
This humanitarian alliance brings together the Angels of Salvation Charitable Foundation, the Coordination Humanitarian Center NGO, and the Rokada Charitable Foundation. It was established to deliver coordinated, multi-sectoral humanitarian assistance to populations affected by the full-scale invasion. The consortium’s aid operations span the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, and Chernihiv regions.
In the Kirovohrad region, nearly 260 internally displaced Ukrainians have received cash assistance. Among them is Halyna Keda, who settled in the region this January after fleeing her home village of Trudove in the Zaporizhzhia region with her family.
“My house no longer exists—a guided bomb struck it… Neighbors who haven’t evacuated yet sent photos and a video. The roof is gone, the windows are gone, the doors were blown out, everything on earth fell apart. It is impossible to watch. I wept terribly!” shares the woman.
At the new place, the family is gradually adapting. But despite the fact that the house has neither gas nor centralized water supply, they still thank God for not hearing continuous explosions.
“Forced relocation is a decision made out of the necessity to survive. During evacuation, a person manages to take only the most essential things, and even then, not always. Financial assistance within the LINK consortium allows internally displaced Ukrainians to meet their basic needs. Those who arrived in the region within the last six months can register. Priority is given to families with children, older people, people with disabilities, single guardians, and households that have temporarily lost their income due to the war. Funds are transferred to personal bank accounts within two weeks after data verification,” explains Daniil Zakharov, the coordinator of the cash assistance program in the Kirovohrad region.
The Rokada Charitable Foundation Hotline: 0 800 332 009
The project is implemented by the LINK consortium (an alliance of the Angels of Salvation Charitable Foundation, the Coordination Humanitarian Center NGO, and the Rokada Charitable Foundation) with financial support from the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund.
