Mission

• Providing demand-driven material humanitarian aid to those Ukrainians who do not receive large scale support in those Ukrainian areas that border with Belarus, Russia, or the frontline.

• Helping vulnerable small-sized women- and family-owned businesses to overcome the challenges caused by the war.

• Supporting the veteran community, including families of veterans, in their transition to a meaningful, dignified, civilian participation in the Ukrainian labor market.

• Contributing to early reconstruction efforts.

• Providing a practical platform in Ukraine (including: office space, people, know how, network access, and practical solutions) for Dutch organizations in need of project support in UA.

Core principles of operation

• We work demand-driven. This means that we first determine in Ukraine what the need is, where it is, and how we can get there with our help.

• We focus on those areas where large-scale aid does not come (largely the rural areas of the Oblasts of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhya, Kherson, Mykolaiv).

• We deliver the aid through our own fully controlled supply chain. We arrange the transport ourselves and control the distribution from the origin to the final recipient of the aid.

• We secure compliance by documenting the distribution process with photos, videos, and receipts.

• We personally know and vetted all our Ukrainian partners.

• We spend substantial time in the field in Ukraine to ensure compliance with the above principles.

• We work on a pro-bono basis in The Netherlands. Every euro donated ends up in Ukraine in the form of aid. LLU has no overhead cost in The Netherlands, such as: office costs, salary costs, administration costs and the like.