We, Franky and Coen travel every time to Ukrainian,

We, Franky and Coen travel time and again to the front areas in the Donbas to help refugees, children and soldiers and provide them with free fries and snacks. Per day we give away up to 2,000 servings of fries.

We help war victims in all kinds of ways. For example, with relief supplies, food packages or financial assistance.

The “Frying Dutchmen” and “The Holland House”.
In Ukraine, we started an NGO (foundation) under the name: “The Frying Dutchmen” and took over a former hotel in Dnipro. We call this “The Holland House”. and here up to 70 people can live for free and safely. Our guests come from the most dangerous front locations, from where fleeing on their own is often no longer possible. The refugees are usually evacuated (with armored cars). They were often deprived of heating, electricity and running water for many months. They stay with us for up to 2 months and receive their own room, medical and psychological counseling and, of course, good meals. Together with them we look for a permanent place to live.
 

During our travels, we experienced a lot!

We baked hundreds of thousands of servings of French fries and snacks and helped people whose homes had been bombed. We co-financed an operation room in Kyiv and we joined Denis Khrrystov for an evacuation action in Netailove 2 km from the zero line. We were also with medics transferring badly wounded (and deceased) soldiers from an armored vehicle into an ambulance a few kilometers from the zero line. What we saw there was appalling.
 

Orphans, wounded soldiers and the elderly:
Often we were at orphanages where children were particularly pleased with our visits but we also heard the most tragic stories from children. At military hospitals we got to bake for great heroes, many of whom were badly wounded by shelling, mine blasts or drone attacks. Often we baked for the elderly and each trip we support a 92-year-old woman. Our videos with her have been viewed more than a million times
 

Events:
We participated in (and organized ourselves) several events in the Netherlands, Germany and in Ukraine. It was also great to hand out French fries, snacks, treats and gifts together with Santa Claus.

Dutch politicians (D66) went with us to Ukraine to see with their own eyes what it is like there and we ourselves visited the Ukrainian and Dutch parliament to speak with Ukrainian and Dutch politicians.

 

We survived a missile attack:
We were involved in a heavy missile strike in Kramatorsk on June 27 in which 13 people were killed and more than 60 were injured. in the Ria restaurant an Iskander cruise missile (type K) struck! 13 persons did not survive the attack and more like 60 persons were injured. We were extremely lucky and only slightly injured. Unfortunately, several acquaintances of ours did die that day, including two girls aged 14 and a girl aged 17 and the waitress who served us that day (and other days). What happened that day only further strengthened our feelings to support Ukraine.

Avdiïvka
We visited soldiers in Avdiïvka shortly before it was taken by the Russians. When we were there, 80% of the city had already been destroyed.

We fried French fries in places like: Kherson, Kramatorsk, Lyman, Mykolayiv, Kyiv, Irpin, Butcha, Borodyanka, Hostomel, Kharkiv, Izium, Dnipro, Zaparozha and many more.

Our upcoming trip begins on August 8. We will go via Krakow, Lviv and Kyiv to our reception site in Dnipro where we will accommodate newly evacuated refugees. We will also be sure to distribute French fries and snacks in the Donbas. We will be supporting soldiers close to the front and are in the process of evacuating an entire dog and cat shelter from Mhyrnograd (less than 10km from the zero line) to a safer location.

On our “Looking back” page you can see hundreds of videos of our travels and actions.
 

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