Our Story and Mission

Nelleke de Vries is a company in formation, created from the facts, documentation, experience and practical needs that followed the Ukraine civilian mission of Edward Nevada.

The mission itself did not begin as a company. It began as civilian support connected to the war in Ukraine.

According to Edward Nevada’s mission record, the mission began on 22 November 2022 at 12:00, during the period when Colonel Leonid Khoda was commander of the 1st Separate Tank Brigade “Siverska” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The mission was carried by Edward Nevada and was successfully closed on 20 April 2026 at 21:59.

The full mission period lasted 41 months. Within that period, Edward Nevada spent approximately 32 months working almost continuously inside the active war zone, often within 0 to 25 kilometers of frontline pressure. For American readers, that is approximately 0 to 15.5 miles, or 0 to 27,300 yards.

Rotations were limited. During that period, Edward Nevada returned to the Netherlands only three times for medical recovery, each time for approximately six weeks.

The work was civilian in nature and focused on practical support under severe conditions. It included documentation, communication, lawful practical coordination, civilian logistics, medical support, rebuilding support, frontline routines, family pressure, practical survival and support for people living and working under extreme circumstances.

The work was carried out in and near active war zone conditions, but it was not combat service, not military command, not intelligence work, not weapons support and not tactical planning.

Edward Nevada worked as a foreign civilian within the lawful limits that applied to him in and near an active war zone. The work remained focused on the freedom, safety and survival of Ukraine and its people, while respecting Ukrainian law, applicable civilian boundaries, humanitarian principles and the legal limits that apply to foreign civilians.

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Physical Consequences and Recovery

After approximately 32 months in the active war zone, the physical consequences became unavoidable.

Edward Nevada spent more than eight months in serious recovery, including long periods in bed. This recovery period followed prolonged exposure to extreme frontline conditions, including blast pressure, dust, smoke, debris, fuel residue, fumes, battlefield contaminants, severe physical exhaustion, long term stress load, lung problems and post deployment collapse.

Even during that recovery period, the mission work did not fully stop.

Edward Nevada continued to work for many hours each day on documentation, reports, communication, archive work, civilian coordination, public safety related follow up, legal and factual clarification and protection of the mission record.

What started as civilian support became a documented archive of human effort, medical support, rebuilding, logistics, frontline routines, family pressure, practical survival and endurance under extreme conditions.

The project preserves images, videos, stories, notes and records from people living and working under severe pressure. We do this without theatre, exaggeration, fake hero storytelling or careless exposure of vulnerable people.

The mission was closed after a full report was brought out and after Edward Nevada made clear that remaining issues had become civilian and legal matters to be handled through official channels.

The closing message thanked the Ukrainian army and especially the people who helped guide the mission, including Oleh, Alex and Micha.

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From Mission to Company

Nelleke de Vries is now being founded from what became clear after Edward Nevada came home.

The mission created a large body of experience, documentation and practical lessons that needed to be handled properly. Those lessons involved field experience, safety, digital privacy, communication problems, family pressure, medical recovery, archive responsibilities, legal boundaries, documentation gaps, public communication risks and the need for calmer and safer systems.

That is where Nelleke de Vries begins as a company.

Nelleke de Vries is not a charity, not a political organization, not a military project, not an emergency rescue service, not a medical provider, not a legal practice and not a public authority.

Nelleke de Vries is being built as a commercial service provider for people, families, volunteers, crisis exposed workers and private clients who need more privacy, structure, safety and calm.

The company connects Edward Nevada’s field experience with paid practical support for real life situations where people need better organization, safer communication and clearer documentation.

Our work includes digital privacy, IT safety, secure communication habits, documentation, account structure, home technology, home safety planning, low stimulus environments, archive support, public communication support and practical crisis adjacent support.

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The Home Front

The mission also includes the home front.

War, crisis and prolonged stress do not only affect those standing close to danger. They also reach families, autistic people, sensory sensitive people, vulnerable people, people recovering from trauma, people living with chronic pain and anyone who depends on routine, predictability and safety.

Nelleke de Vries was built around that reality.

We help people organize what matters, protect sensitive information, reduce avoidable risk, communicate more clearly, create calmer systems and keep functioning when life becomes unstable.

Our work is practical, privacy conscious and legally limited.

We are not a hospital, not a medical clinic, not a pharmacy, not law enforcement, not a licensed private investigation agency, not a licensed security company, not an emergency rescue service, not a charity and not a political organization.

We do not replace doctors, therapists, lawyers, police, emergency services, consulates, regulators or licensed professionals.

Where professional help is needed, we say so clearly.

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Field Experience and Civilian Boundaries

Edward Nevada’s Ukraine mission was civilian in nature.

It was connected to support, documentation, communication, lawful civilian logistics, medical support, rebuilding support, family communication, practical coordination and human endurance in a war affected environment.

The work was carried out under extreme pressure, close to active frontline conditions, but it was not combat service.

Nelleke de Vries does not claim military rank, military command authority, intelligence authority, law enforcement authority or official government authority.

We do not present civilian support as combat service.

We do not publish operational details, sensitive locations, private addresses, identifiable victim information, children’s details or vulnerable person details without a clear legal and ethical basis.

We do not use war stories as decoration. We do not turn people’s suffering into marketing material.

We document carefully, protect context and separate fact, memory, opinion and interpretation.

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Lived Experience and Responsible Support

Nelleke de Vries is shaped by Edward Nevada’s lived experience.

After years of civilian support connected to Ukraine, approximately 32 months of near continuous work in the active war zone and repeated exposure to extreme pressure, Edward Nevada returned to regular care systems with a deeper understanding of trauma, recovery, chronic pain, sensory overload, family strain, exhaustion, documentation gaps, safety risks, administrative pressure and the difficulty of explaining complex experiences in normal systems.

That experience informs our work, but it does not turn Nelleke de Vries into a medical provider.

We use lived experience carefully. It helps us understand pressure, confusion, exhaustion and the need for calm communication.

It does not replace medical care, legal advice, licensed treatment, emergency response or professional assessment.

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Regulated Cannabis Route Awareness

As part of our broader documentation and patient route preparation work, Nelleke de Vries may provide strictly non medical and non transactional support around regulated cannabis information.

This can include helping clients organize notes, questions, symptom history, product experience logs, privacy concerns, lawful route information and questions for doctors, pharmacists, insurers or legal professionals.

This area is informed by Edward Nevada’s personal lived experience with cannabis used for medical and symptom management reasons, including PTSD related symptoms and long standing rheumatic pain.

We treat this subject carefully because it is easily misunderstood.

Nelleke de Vries does not sell, supply, broker, prescribe, dose, import, export, cultivate, process, extract, store, transport, deliver or distribute cannabis, hash, THC products, CBD products, seeds, clones, plants or any controlled substance.

We do not make medical claims. We do not help clients bypass lawful routes.

Our role is limited to documentation, preparation, privacy, communication, legal boundary awareness, compliance focused research and patient route preparation.

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Long Term Vision

Nelleke de Vries has a long term interest in the lawful and transparent development of regulated cannabis knowledge between the Netherlands and the United States.

This includes interest in the Dutch regulated coffeeshop experiment, Dutch medicinal cannabis routes, American medical cannabis systems, product traceability, patient communication, product safety documentation and future legal frameworks for properly licensed cooperation.

This is a compliance and research interest only.

It is not a cannabis trading service. It is not product movement.

Any future work involving cannabis import, export, medical supply, research supply, commercial partnership or regulated market cooperation would require proper legal advice, government permissions, licenses, regulator approval, customs compliance, tax compliance and properly authorized parties.

Until such lawful routes are confirmed, our role remains limited to research, documentation, communication, privacy conscious patient support, route mapping, public transparency and compliance awareness.

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Our Mission

Our purpose is simple.

We help reduce risk.

We help protect sensitive information.

We help document human truth.

We help people keep functioning when systems around them become unstable.

We believe that practical structure can protect people. We believe that privacy is part of safety. We believe that clear documentation can prevent harm. We believe that vulnerable people should not be exposed just because a story is powerful.

We believe that civilian support work should be honest about its limits. We believe that lived experience can be useful when handled carefully. We believe that calm systems matter when people are under pressure.

Nelleke de Vries exists for people who need calm, practical, lawful support in complicated circumstances.

Not spectacle.

Not promises we cannot keep.

Not fake certainty.

Just careful work, clear boundaries and practical help where it can actually make a difference.