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Polina, WCK’s Culinary Lead in Ukraine, discusses how her team supports communities in need and what motivates her to show up day after day for Ukrainians living through Russia’s invasion.

Once more, the WCK family is mourning the loss of a friend, team member, and courageous Food Fighter. Igor—a WCK volunteer—was killed when a Russian missile hit his apartment building in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region.

World Central Kitchen arrived in the Sumy region of Ukraine at the beginning of April 2022, just weeks after Russia launched its full scale invasion. Today, in the midst of an energy and food shortage caused by Russian attacks, WCK remains. Sumy Oblast shares an almost 350-mile border with Russia and contains one of just…

With more aid organizations now present in large population centers throughout Ukraine, WCK teams are able to focus on supporting the most isolated, at risk, and hardest-hit regions of the country. As the conflict enters a new phase, we are prioritizing efforts aimed at supporting communities caught between the fighting to provide nourishing meals to…

World Central Kitchen is honored to have now served 350 million meals worldwide. Right now, WCK Relief Teams are on the ground in Gaza, Israel, Lebanon, Japan, Ukraine, Florida, and Alabama supporting families impacted by conflict and natural disasters.

One of seven WCK workers killed by the IDF in Gaza on April 1, 2024.

Nadi Salem Awad Salout was killed by an Israeli airstrike on August 7 near Deir al-Balah, Gaza. He was an integral member of our WCK team from the early days of our response and a humanitarian at his very core. At age 37, Nadi was a husband and a father of four young children.

WCK has mobilized field monitoring teams who stay in regular contact with communities all over Ukraine. Through this process, WCK remains responsive to what communities need and are able to ensure access to food doesn’t stop when the power gets cut. We spoke with three WCK field monitors—Ruslan, Olha, and Vova—about their roles. In the…