CHEFS FOR UKRAINE
It has been over six months since Russian forces invaded Ukraine, displacing millions of people, claiming tens of thousands of lives and destroying entire communities. As the situation has unfolded, the war in Ukraine has also become a war on food. With supply chains of grain out of ports and across borders disrupted, food supplies both in Ukraine and around the world have been strained.
Since the very beginning of the invasion, World Central Kitchen responded swiftly. At first they activated their food distribution in all of Ukraine’s neighboring countries, supplying warm meals at border crossings and in refugee welcome centers. Soon after they started organizing the distribution of food within Ukraine itself. Despite having their food cargo trains, restaurant and farm partners targeted, every single day thousands of WCK’s Ukrainian Food Fighters have provided nourishing meals and food aid to families remaining in the country. Today these incredible teams have served over 100 million meals in response to the invasion!
KHARKIV BAKERY
ZAPORIZHZHIA
Our team at What Took You So Long has stood by WCK and supported their efforts since the first day of activation, and will continue to do so. As their on-the-ground media support, we have produced dozens of videos and supplied them with hundreds of hours of video footage as well as tens of thousands of photos. We’ve sent some of our own crew and organized local filmmakers and photographers all across the region to capture the incredible work they have been doing.