The story of the generators for Horodok begins with 25 boxes of chocolates. After we delivered our first generator to the shelter housing refugees outside of Lviv, our friend Anghard saw what we were doing and asked for a favor. He had been using his expertise as a chef to help a town source and cook food for internally displaced Ukrainians, and wanted us to drop off some chocolate for them as a gift. While going to drop off the chocolates, we asked if we could help with anything else. In a joking way, they told us that what the town really needed was two 40KVA generators for the ater treatment plant and sewage system. Everytime the power went out they would lose running water and not be able to flush. They did not expect this wish to be fulfilled. We snapped into action, sourced the generators and raised $42,000 in 5 weeks. We sourced the generators from our partner in Belgium and drove them ourselves to the town. The look on their faces when we showed up with the generators was priceless! Despite constant blackouts, the town of Horodok will always have running water and a working sewage system.
