Charity kitchen
Providing humanitarian aid in the Kyiv region in the form of hot meals for the most affected by the Russian war against Ukraine and the most vulnerable categories of the population.
Collected
6 472 474 ₴
Required
8 525 820 ₴
Achievements
40 072 hot meals for the needy
7 distribution points in Kyiv region
6 cooks in a team
Initiators
Mudra Sprava Patriarchal Foundation in response to overcoming the consequences of the military aggression of the Russian Federation in the form of a humanitarian and food crisis.
Goal
Providing humanitarian aid in the Kyiv region in the form of hot meals for the most affected by the Russian war against Ukraine and the most vulnerable categories of the population, including refugees, internally displaced persons, large and low-income families, retirees and persons with disabilities, and people who have lost their homes or property because of the war.
Duration
December 4, 2022 — present.
Objectives
1. To equip a multifunctional kitchen and a room for storing and preparing hot meals.
2. Hire a team of cooks and workers to prepare food and dishes.
3. Purchase food for cooking and conclude partnership agreements with manufacturers of certain products.
4. To think over the logistics of delivering hot meals to parish centers in the Kyiv region, where there are the largest concentrations of internally displaced persons and war victims.
5. With the support of the UGCC Logistics Center, deliver hot meals to the places where they are distributed.
6. Establish a network of parish centers where hot meals will be distributed.
7. Provide hot lunches to the above-mentioned population categories.
8. During the distribution of food packages, organize opportunities for communication with other affected people, with volunteers, with psychologists and a clergymen.
We succeeded
Open a multifunctional modern kitchen with all the necessary equipment for cooking and a storage room for food and hot lunches.
Hire a professional team of 6 cooks and kitchen staff.
Sign 10 partnership agreements with Ukrainian producers of various products for the purchase of food.
To think over the logistics of delivering hot meals to 7 parish centers in Kyiv region, where there are the largest concentrations of internally displaced persons and war-affected people;
Establish a network with 7 parish centers where hot meals will be distributed.
With the support of the UGCC Logistics Center and engage 2 drivers to deliver hot meals to parish communities.
Prepare and deliver 40,072 hot meals to the most needy people.
Through communication, to give joy and hope for a better, safer and more fulfilling life;
To emphasize an additional spiritual dimension in the context of serving one’s neighbor — sharing love, which generates gratitude, which is the key to resilience, and strengthens hope for victory.
Beneficiaries
Internally displaced persons, people who have lost their homes, property, or jobs, low-income and large families, families who have lost their relatives and are now in Kyiv region.
Implementers
Mudra Sprava Patriarchal Foundation, the UGCC Logistics Center, and parish centers of the UGCC.