A pleasant surprise for residents of the Dobro na Amuri charity shelter on New Year’s Eve!

Oksana Filippova, a native of Dnipro who moved to the Netherlands in 2022 after the war began, organized a Christmas fair there, which raised €4,000 to install solar panels on our shelter building. The fair was held in the small village of Rolde in the northeast of the Netherlands. The residents of this village were happy to join in the charity event to raise funds for our organization. The fair was held in the ancient cathedral of Rolde in a Christmas setting with characters from the Christmas nativity scene and a festive atmosphere. The main sponsor of the event was the local volleyball team.

With the funds raised at this event, we plan to install several sections of solar panels on the roof of the shelter building and generate electricity for lighting and heating several rooms in the shelter. This will allow us to save on electricity supplied to the shelter by the energy provider and reduce the shelter’s utility bills, which is very important for us!

We are very grateful to Oksana and other organizers of the fair: the municipality of Rolde, representatives of local churches, businesses, and sports clubs! We are very grateful to all participants of the fair—Dutch, Ukrainians, and residents of other countries, everyone who joined in raising funds for our shelter!