Aid to Ukraine: what to do when your friends end up in a war? (WHY2025)

Since the start of the war, our community has risen to help Ukraine in many different ways. This talk explains what happens when your friends find themselves in a war and ask for help. Luckily, even though it can be overwhelming, everyone can do something. This talk shows you how. The IT community in Kharkiv is doing their best to help their city and country to counter the effects of the invasion and war. Together with the Dutch hacker community we try to help them, with practical support, such as medical goods, computers and network equipment and vehicles. The project is a true community effort, creating new contacts and relations between our communities. This connection makes it harder to watch the news, but it also offers a practical way to support Ukraine, knowing that all the energy we put in here is useful and welcomed. As the war keeps raging we started a foundation to channel all the humanitarian support: Aid to Ukraine. It even has ANBI status. Our website has all the info: https://aidtoukraine.nl Licensed to the public under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ about this event: https://program.why2025.org/why2025/talk/SSZSXB/