Transportation of Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the humanitarian response was immediate and enormous — but chaotic. Warehouses across Poland filled rapidly with donated food, water, medicine, and...
In the weeks following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, temporary shelters across Poland were filling beyond capacity — crowded, under-equipped, and offering little more than a floor and a roof. SWB designed the Safe Haven project to do something different: provide...
When Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Warsaw became one of the largest reception points in Europe within days. Polish civil society mobilised immediately — and for several months, the Palace of Culture and Science became a nerve centre for that response....
Licata sits on Sicily's southern coast at the mouth of the Salso river — a working fishing town with a marina, a long shoreline, and a serious marine debris problem. Between 2018 and 2021, SWB organised several beach cleanups here, together with local residents and...
RIB Pontoons for Search & Rescue in Chios In 2016, most NGOs operating around Chios were doing vital work — but on land. At sea, at night, people were dying unseen. SWB ran a crowdfunding campaign to put proper rescue vessels in the water, operated by trained...
Search & Rescue: Lampedusa–Crete After the EU-Turkey agreement of April 2016 reduced crossings on the Aegean route, migration shifted westward — toward longer, more dangerous stretches of open sea between North Africa and the islands of Lampedusa and Crete. SWB...
Search & Rescue:Libya–Tunisia–Malta–Italy The Central Mediterranean route between Tunisia, Libya, Malta and Italy was, in 2016, the deadliest known migration crossing in the world. SWB deployed two boats and 24–26 volunteers to patrol these waters and shores —...
Search & Rescue and Camp Support SWB's first operations in Greece began with reconnaissance — learning the routes, the law, the gaps. What followed was two to three months of work on both sides of the shoreline: small boats patrolling the Aegean as eyes for larger...