Mobile Crisis Response Makerspace Ukraine
Veröffentlicht am 7. February 2023
von CADUS-PR
Target country/region: Ukraine
Timeframe: May – October 2022
Short description: A mobile makerspace, equipped with tools, consumables, and artisans, supports local partner organizations in Ukraine to find solutions to the many infrastructural problems brought about by Russia’s war of aggression.
Project progress:
For the mobile workshop, CADUS has expanded a van and filled it with tools, equipment and consumables. This van has been on the road since mid-May 2022 with a team of craftsmen and makers in western Ukraine. There, they primarily strengthen existing local structures and, together with their Ukrainian partners, find solutions for interrupted supply chains and the (re)construction of urgently needed infrastructure. The first project: building shelters for internally displaced persons (IDPs) who have been driven out of the east of the country by the war.
Over the next three months, the mobile makerspace will carry out initial projects as a prototype for the overall TOLOCAR project, connecting existing German and Ukrainian networks and discussing concrete needs together with Ukrainian makerspaces and partner organizations. “Toloka” is a traditional form of solidarity support in Ukraine, which the project wants to reflect.
After that, more Makerspaces will follow and start their work in different places in Ukraine in consultation and close coordination with the Ukrainian partner organizations.
The pilot project will be implemented together with the association MitOst e.V. and the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).
Our Ukrainian partner organizations are: MetaLab, Insha Osvita, Platform Ostriv, Garage Hub and Building Ukraine Together (BUR).
“Der rote Faden muss wieder zur roten Linie werden!”
Am 27.05.25 zogen wir und acht weitere in Gaza tätige humanitäre Hilfsorganisationen vor dem Auswärtigen Amt in Berlin eine "rote Linie", um die Einhaltung des Völkerrechts zu fordern. Für uns ist klar: der Schutz von Zivilist*innen, medizinischem Personal und humanitärer Hilfe ist nicht verhandelbar! Wir dokumentieren hier unseren Redebeitrag auf der Kundgebung.
Complex crisis – simple answer: solidarity!
"The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy," said chainsaw-wielding multi-billionaire Elon Musk in a recent podcast. And he is right. But differently than he thinks.
Komplexe Krise – einfache Antwort: Solidarität!
„Die fundamentale Schwäche der westlichen Zivilisation ist die Empathie.“, sagte der Kettensägen schwingende Multimilliardär Elon Musk kürzlich in einem Podcast. Und er hat recht. Aber anders als er denkt.
