Earlier this year, Sonoma’s Sister City Kaniv (Ukraine) received a much-needed back-up generator through a grant from USAID worth $1million (US). This outcome was the result of persistent communication and coordination between the Kaniv City Council, Anatoly Leontyev, (President of the Kaniv Friendship Association), and many others, including SSCA Board member Andrew Sorokowski. This project was over one year in the making and its completion means that our Sister City has a source of back-up power in case of attack. Local community support of SSCA makes a difference in the world.
For more information about USAID’s work in Ukraine, click here.
(Editor’s Note: The photograph of the generator in this article is one type of generator USAID has provided Ukraine during the course of the war and is not the actual generator that was sent to Kaniv in 2025.)
