Ukrainian Children, Inc.
Window Project
Russia’s war has shattered windows in homes, apartment buildings, schools, hospitals, and public buildings across Ukraine. Plywood and other improvised repairs may close an opening, but they block daylight, absorb moisture, and provide little protection from severe winter cold.
Ukrainian Children works with Insulate Ukraine, a locally led humanitarian organization that provides transparent, insulating, and shatter-safe emergency replacement windows. These systems restore warmth, daylight, weather protection, and a measure of normality when conventional glass is unavailable, unsafe, or unaffordable.
Our Nikopol wood-stove installation teams expanded their role to support the Window Project and now help oversee Insulate Ukraine’s window teams across frontline communities. Local installers measure, build, and fit the windows - creating paid work while helping residents remain safer in their homes.
Where Ukrainian Children and Insulate Ukraine works
Explore live installation data from frontline and war-affected communities across Ukraine.
How Emergency Window V2 is made
V2 is custom-built for each opening by trained local teams. Its softwood frame and two PET glazing layers create an insulating air gap while restoring natural light.
Measure the opening
A trained local installer measures each damaged opening so the replacement can be built to fit.
Build the frame
Engineered softwood is cut and assembled, then fitted with two transparent PET glazing layers.
Secure the glazing
The PET is fixed with staples or equivalent fixings and glazing bead, creating an insulating air gap.
Install and seal
The finished unit is installed with industrial tape and perimeter silicone to reduce drafts and weather exposure.
How WindowKits Volya is assembled
Volya complements V2 in places where distributing a tool-light system is more practical than sending a trained installation team. Its reusable uPVC frame holds two replaceable PET sheets in parallel grooves.
Prepare the frame
Four recyclable uPVC members are pre-cut or cut on site using basic tools.
Insert the first panel
The first PET glazing sheet slides into one of the frame’s internal grooves.
Add the second panel
A second PET sheet enters the parallel groove, forming the insulating dual-layer system.
Lock the assembly
Integrated gripping teeth hold the panels and create a continuous perimeter seal without liquid sealant.
Warm and weather-resistant
Two PET layers help reduce drafts, heat loss, and exposure to rain and snow.
Transparent and shatter-safe
PET restores daylight and is designed to deform or tear instead of breaking into dangerous glass shards.
Repairable and recyclable
Damaged PET can be replaced, while the principal frame and glazing materials can be separated and recycled.
Construction descriptions and process photographs are adapted from Insulate Ukraine’s Emergency Window V2 and WindowKits Volya technical pages.