Toby Illingworth – Four Years
What does four years of war feel like? In a single word, exhausting. Not dramatic exhaustion, not a difficult month or even a difficult year, but the slow and cumulative depletion of endless sleepless nights, constant stress, and constant loss. This last winter in particular, the simple fight to keep warm, to keep the lights…
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Toby Illingworth interviewed on The Telegraph – Ukraine: The Latest
Yashchenko Foundation’s Head of Mission, Toby Illingworth, was recently interviewed on Ukraine: The Latest, The Telegraph’s flagship daily podcast on the war in Ukraine. The interview was recorded from Kyiv during a period of sustained winter power outages, with many residents experiencing prolonged disruptions to electricity, heating and water, conditions now affecting millions across the…
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Quarterly Report October-December 2025
In this quarter’s report, we highlight the rapid scale-up of our aid operations following new funding, with over 20 tonnes of assistance delivered to frontline communities.
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Bringing Hope to Nikopol
When humanitarian aid arrives at a church in Dnipro, the boxes represent far more than practical supplies. They carry care, compassion, and a message of solidarity. This was the case when the Yashchenko Foundation delivered clothing and essential items to the Religious Community of Christians of the Evangelical Church of God of Ukraine, “Church of…
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Quarterly Report June – September 2025
In this quarter’s report, we highlight the rapid scale-up of our aid operations following new funding, with over 20 tonnes of assistance delivered to frontline communities.
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Bringing Vital Medicine to Dnipro and Beyond
In Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk region, the Yashchenko Foundation, working in partnership with the Charitable Foundation “VIDOMI”, delivered a vital lifeline in the form of essential medicines. These included antibiotics, antiviral treatments, cardiac medications, and other critical supplies for patients in need. These deliveries represented far more than boxes of medicine. At a time when many families…
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Restoring Hope in Novoselivka
In the frontline village of Novoselivka, where many homes have been damaged or destroyed, the arrival of essential non-food items brought more than practical support, it brought hope. Ahead of the distribution organised by the Yashchenko Foundation in partnership with IOM, residents told us they had received little to no humanitarian assistance since the escalation…
Keep readingQuarterly Report – April to June 2025
In this quarter’s report, we highlight the rapid scale-up of our aid operations following new funding, with over 20 tonnes of assistance delivered to frontline communities.
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Q1 2025 Report
In this quarter’s report, we highlight the rapid scale-up of our aid operations following new funding, with over 20 tonnes of assistance delivered to frontline communities.
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Spreading Joy: Delivering New Year Presents to Communities in Ukraine
This holiday season, our team undertook a heartfelt mission to spread joy and hope across Ukraine by delivering New Year presents from our generous donor, Stella’s Voice. The carefully prepared gifts were destined for children in Novoselivka (Chernihiv region), the Family Children’s House in Skvyra, and young ones displaced by the ongoing challenges in the…
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Q4 2024 Report
Over the past three months, the Yashchenko Foundation has delivered vital aid to communities across Ukraine, expanded our logistics fleet, and continued to support life-saving initiatives like the Walking Blood Bank. Thanks to the generosity of our donors and partners, we have reached thousands of families and hospitals, providing critical supplies and fostering resilience during…
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Q2-3 2024 Biannual Report
In the first half of the year, the Yashchenko Foundation made significant strides in delivering humanitarian aid across Ukraine. From distributing critical medical supplies to frontline hospitals to supporting displaced families with essential items, our efforts have impacted countless lives. Highlights include the successful launch of new programmes and the expansion of our operations to…
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Delivering Aid, Delivering Hope: My First Trip
My first field trip is an experience that will stay with me forever. The trip was carefully planned in advance, and alongside our partners, Together for You, from Denmark, we delivered aid to the Dnipropetrovsk region and Zaporizhzhia. Our first destination was Nikopol. Even as we approached the city, we saw the scars of enemy…
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Under Fire: Delivering Hope in the Ruins of Kherson
I have just returned from our trip to Kherson city. Kherson had a population of around 500,000 before the invasion. Now, it has around 25,000-30,000 people. The Russians, stationed across the river, shell, bomb, send drones, and use snipers to target soldiers and civilians daily. The situation is unpredictable. We started our day by loading…
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Navigating Danger: Delivering Vital Aid to Nikopol and Zaporizhzhia
In April, we travelled from Lviv to deliver medical first aid kits, medical aid, clothes, hygiene kits, food, and toys to Nikopol and Zaporizhzhia. We left Lviv early in the morning and drove to Dnipro to sleep there on the first day of our trip. The next day, we woke up early to drive to…
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Into the Fog: My First Journey to the Frontline
I will never forget my first trip with the team. It was a cold February day, and the fog made it difficult to see anything more than a few meters in front of us. We had to get to the city of Sumy quickly because we had many tasks and meetings with local partners there.…
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Natalyia’s Resilience and the Journey to Safety
One of the most emotional moments for me was during the first summer of the war. We were busy conducting evacuations of civilians who had fled from occupied territories and assisting them in reaching safer locations in the west of Ukraine or in the rest of Europe. There was an extraordinary moment that happened twice…
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