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The articles below share stories from passionate Business as Mission entrepreneurs, their businesses and about the aid in Ukraine.
Ukrainian farmer restarts
Tatjana Sus gives a tour of her company. She shows machines that sterilize vegetables, mix salads, produce tomato puree and pickle raw coleslaw. There is not much activity at the moment. The largest room is filled with humanitarian aid. She collects it and distributes...
Hippotainer – BAM business in a box
The 'Hippotainer' is a sea container where crops grow above each other in an extremely efficient manner, also known as vertical farming. It is an innovative pilot project that, after planning, drawing, realization and testing, is now rolled out further in Ukraine with...
This work stays important and has to continue
Cokky de Visser retired in 2022. Since then, she spends her time for Ukraine. “When the war started, the Reformed diaconate of Kootwijk and Kootwijkerbroek wanted to start a work group. This suited me because I have no obligations during the day and want to be of...
He realised all his belongings were damaged by the water and decided to leave
Pastor Eugene is crossing the Dniper to evacuate people in Kherson. Due to the collapse of the dam, water flooded houses and people have to leave their homes. Local church rescuing people and delivering food/water Eugene started at the very first day of the flood to...
“Our potato yield will be excellent.”
Farmer Ivan Ivanovich peers into the distance, where black smoke curls up. "Do you see that? That's an impact. Something is on fire.” Nevertheless, the farmer continues undisturbed with the tour of his lands, which he gives driving his car. “These are my strawberries....
In the midst of war, gardening gives us hope
When the sun rises over the front village of Veselyanka, Svetlana first prepares breakfast for her two daughters. After that, she puts the girls, aged 7 and 13, to work at the kitchen table: the local school has been closed for over a year, so their education happens...
GEORGIA – From residual product to animal feed
“This is not a 9 to 5 job. It is not just a company that I spend 8 hours. It is a place where I spend my self. This work is my life and I take it home. It feels like my child. I've seen the company take its first steps and I've grown in the process. I had to write...
When you hear about the violence, you have to take action
Aleks talks about distributing the seeds. Why would he take such a risk? 'You have pain and passion, that's why you have to take action' We are in Ukraine, we see the needs around us and are inspired to take action. It makes sense to us. But you, you are in a peaceful...
Ukrainian Lyudmyla found hope in the church
Since the beginning of the war, Lyudmyla hoped she could stay in her home town Kramatorsk. Unfortunately reality decided differently. She had to leave her town and her children fled abroad. Together with her neighbours she went to Kremenchuk. Since the 5th of april...