The Maltese Relief Service in Ukraine has launched a new special project “Winter Program”, in the frame of which today, on November 11, mobile solar generators were handed over to rescuers of the State Emergency Service in Lviv and Kharkiv regions.
The generators are mobile containers with solar panels, batteries, and a backup energy source – a diesel generator. The power of the generators is 15 and 20 kW. They were purchased in Germany. The cost of one is about 3 million hryvnias.
The “Winter Program” is designed to help Ukrainians prepare for the winter, particularly in the frontline regions. The program includes the transfer of winter kits intended for use in the absence of electricity (warm clothes, powerbanks, thermoses, generators, etc.).
“In total, within the framework of the program, we are transferring 300 generators of various capacities, which will soon be delivered to different regions. Thanks to these generators, you can charge your phone and stay in touch with your family, turn on electrical appliances and even ensure the functioning of pumping stations in whole settlements. Generators have already been delivered to some settlements in the de-occupied territory of the Kharkiv region. At the same time, the generators will be delivered to the rescuers of Lviv and Kharkiv regions,” said Pavlo Titko, Head of the Maltese Relief Service in Ukraine.
“The Maltese Relief Service is involved in many large projects not only in the Lviv region but throughout Ukraine. This organization is one of the first to come to the rescue: it delivers humanitarian goods across the country, provides food to shelters for internally displaced persons, and helps to restore private houses destroyed by the hostile actions of the occupiers. Another important vector of assistance is to provide people with backup sources of electricity. To call relatives or to be able to cook food is our routine, but the enemy deliberately wants to take it away from us. Thanks to our international partners, NGOs and, of course, volunteers, we are step by step bringing our victory closer, despite the difficult conditions that befell every Ukrainian,” said Maksym Kozytskyi, Head of Lviv Regional Military Administration.
“On the part of the SES, we will ensure the effective use of these generators to help the population, because such means will help people in difficult situations. Due to mobility, generators can be transported to the places of greatest need, which is extremely important during rescue operations. Such a generator can work autonomously for several days,” said Valeriy Hlobenko, First Deputy Head of the State Emergency Service in the Lviv region.
By the way, the Maltese Relief Service also provided powerful generators to social institutions of Lviv (for example, geriatric boarding houses and psychoneurological boarding houses) and modular camps for IDPs in Lviv.