250 meters of water pipes and 4 water pumps to Stariy Saltiv!

Dobri Diyi and Stariy Saltiv public works representatives standing outside the destroyed utilities building

We recently helped Dobri Diyi and their community of Stariy Saltiv replace 250 meters of damaged public water pipes and install four water pump systems.

These are key sections of the community’s water supply infrastructure that have been damaged by explosions. This will help essential services and certain sections of the community while local leaders work with state authorities to repair the hromada’s infrastructure (a hromada is equivalent to a US county).

On a recent visit to Stariy Saltiv, Krystyna and friends showed us the destruction that Russian occupation brought to their hromada. All public administration buildings were destroyed, and the hromada is now run out of a single, tightly packed building.

A brief tour of the destroyed utilities building

A lot of the piping needed to be replaced before the war, and we learned that the violent explosive vibrations from battle were enough to destroy much of what still worked underground.

Investigating the damage to the old pipe system.

In a social media post acknowledging forPEACE’s support, Krystyna thanked forPEACE for their “unwavering faith in Ukraine.” To this we will only add that our faith is unwavering in Ukraine because of the work we do with Ukrainians like the citizens of Stariy Saltiv, who are showing the world a better way to live, even in the face of terrible war. As Krystyna wrote in her thank you:

“Only by combining our efforts will we overcome all odds!”

Krystyna and her husband hosted us for tea at their home, destroyed during liberation.