LichtER for Ukraine

Donation account: Sparkasse Erlangen, IBAN DE46 7635 0000 0060 1284 03 - reason for payment "Browary"

Recipient: City of Erlangen. The bank statement serves as proof of the donation for the tax office.

Lord Mayor Florian Janik:
"The targeted destruction of vital infrastructure (electricity, heat, water) through attacks by the Russian army is affecting more and more Ukrainian cities. On December 2, 2022, I had the opportunity to speak with Larissa Vinogradova, the social mayor of Browary, via video conference and get first-hand information about the situation. Browary, with which Erlangen and Jena have been in a solidarity partnership since September, is also increasingly affected by the attacks on civil infrastructure. Electricity, water and district heating have been cut off for hours on end, which has had a particularly severe impact on schools and hospitals.

Together with our partner city Jena, we are now looking for ways to support the people there wherever possible. The city of 100,000 inhabitants has to mobilize all its forces to get its own population through the winter, and Browary is also home to around 20,000 internally displaced persons. By way of comparison, we in Erlangen are currently offering protection to around 1,500 Ukrainians. Further refugee movements are now expected from the combat zones over the winter, for which Browary would like to prepare by setting up a residential container village, where around 350 people will initially find temporary accommodation.

Together with Thomas Nitzsche, Lord Mayor of the twin city of Jena, I therefore ask all citizens of Erlangen to continue to show solidarity with the people in Ukraine and to support the "LichtER für die Ukraine" project with a donation. Thanks to your help and in consultation with Browary, we will purchase and deliver the necessary appliances and furnishings for the containers - from kitchen units to washing machines - in Germany or locally in Ukraine.

Erlangen has proven time and again in the past how generously and sustainably we help in crisis situations. We have received a lot of thanks and recognition for this. I am therefore confident that we will once again be able to win your support for this project and would like to thank you very much in advance."