GEM 2023 Mission

Kakhovka Dam Explosion

GEM Mission Specific Press

June 12, 2023

TVP World

Flooded buildings could collapse in Kherson after dam destruction: expert

June 12, 2023

CNBC

Kyiv says it has liberated front-line villages in counteroffensive; Putin appeals to Russians’ patriotism

June 12, 2023

The Atlantic

Photos: Flood Damage After the Destruction of Ukraine’s Kakhovka Dam

June 8, 2023

The Guardian

‘They hate us so much’: villagers flee flooding after dam attack

June 7, 2023

EA Worldview

Ukraine War, Day 469: Putin’s “Environmental Bomb”? The Destruction of the Nova Kakhovka Dam

International GEM Press

June 16, 2023

TVN24

Michael Capponi: Nova Kakhovka dam explosion was an incredibly horrific situation

June 15, 2023

Ізюм Інформаційний

У Ізюмі роздавали гуманітарну допомогу та нові вікна

June 14, 2023

Bikha

Шокований незламністю місцевих! Як волонтер зі США приїхав допомагати людям у Херсоні

June 12, 2023

Факти ICTV

Насувається НЕГОДА! Херсонців рятують АМЕРИКАНСЬКІ ВОЛОНТЕРИ — це треба БАЧИТИ

June 8, 2023

Konkurent

Луцькі волонтери відвезли сотні пакунків для сімей затопленої Херсонщини

June 8, 2023

Área Militar

‘Eles nos odeiam tanto’: moradores fogem das enchentes após ataque à barragem

June 7, 2023

Barragem na Ucrânia: dezenas de milhares em risco na região de Kherson, diz Kiev, com picos de inundação

June 7, 2023

Index HR

Stižu strašne snimke, ljudi na krovovima, oglasio se Putin. Raznesen važan plinovod?

June 7, 2023

Dnevni Avaz

Spasioci: Najveći problem nije voda, nego Rusi koji nas granatiraju

Summary Stats

of water committed

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of water delivered

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full-size semi trucks of aid delivered

Family Necessity Kits delivered

Phase 1: Immediate Response

On June 6th, in the Kherson region, the Nova Kakhovka dam was targeted and breached by enemy attacks. This dam has a water volume of 18,000,000 m³, and the destruction has ultimately caused this water to severely impact the neighbouring 80 settlements. Currently there are 400,000 people without access to clean water, there are extreme dangerous within the flood water, such as mines, and the home and agriculture damage is extensive. The GEM Ukraine team, in partnership with the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, immediately responded to the area, thanks to our fleet of off-road vehicles and boats. Right now we are using these measures to bring our Family Necessity Kits and clean water to those who are stranded.

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