24 December 2016
Christmas Greetings from the Ukraine Charity team
Ukraine Charity wishes all of you a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!
We are most thankful for your continuous support. This year, we funded 15 projects at a cost of more than £52,000, and we are very proud of this result. If you haven't had a chance to donate recently or would like to make a special Christmas contribution, you can do so here.
In 2016, our primary focus has been on Learning & Development programmes, such as summer camps for war-affected children in Weston-upon-Trent ("Children of Heroes") and near Ternopil ("Barvinok"), as well as "Kraplynka" (Kyiv) and "Dzherelo" (Lviv) centres, where children learn and grow.
We have also refurbished several orphanages, from reinforcing the foundation at an orphanage in Zaluchia (Ivano Frankivsk region), to providing roof insulation for kids in Kherson, to repairing hail damage for an orphanage and children's centre in Korolevo, Zakarpattia region.
Last but not least, we have funded a number of medical equipment purchases, including a cardiography set for a children's hospital in Ternopil, equipment to help children with cerebral palsy in Kyiv, and defibrillators to develop first response programmes across Ukraine.
Among the projects we are fundraising for now are GoCamp, which provides English-language camps across Ukraine, the third year of the Children of Heroes programme and specialised equipment for disabled children at the Nizhyn orphanage near Chernihiv.
We are also delighted that our all-volunteer team continues to grow. Tanya Klymenko and Dmytro Kuziak, both frequent Ukraine Charity fundraisers, have joined the Trustees board, and other volunteers are developing new projects soon to be announced.
Next summer, Ukraine Charity will celebrate its 10-year anniversary, and we hope many of you will join us in London to commemorate this milestone. Until then, please do enjoy the holiday season with your family and friends and remember to support the less fortunate among us.
We are most thankful for your continuous support. This year, we funded 15 projects at a cost of more than £52,000, and we are very proud of this result. If you haven't had a chance to donate recently or would like to make a special Christmas contribution, you can do so here.
In 2016, our primary focus has been on Learning & Development programmes, such as summer camps for war-affected children in Weston-upon-Trent ("Children of Heroes") and near Ternopil ("Barvinok"), as well as "Kraplynka" (Kyiv) and "Dzherelo" (Lviv) centres, where children learn and grow.
We have also refurbished several orphanages, from reinforcing the foundation at an orphanage in Zaluchia (Ivano Frankivsk region), to providing roof insulation for kids in Kherson, to repairing hail damage for an orphanage and children's centre in Korolevo, Zakarpattia region.
Last but not least, we have funded a number of medical equipment purchases, including a cardiography set for a children's hospital in Ternopil, equipment to help children with cerebral palsy in Kyiv, and defibrillators to develop first response programmes across Ukraine.
Among the projects we are fundraising for now are GoCamp, which provides English-language camps across Ukraine, the third year of the Children of Heroes programme and specialised equipment for disabled children at the Nizhyn orphanage near Chernihiv.
We are also delighted that our all-volunteer team continues to grow. Tanya Klymenko and Dmytro Kuziak, both frequent Ukraine Charity fundraisers, have joined the Trustees board, and other volunteers are developing new projects soon to be announced.
Next summer, Ukraine Charity will celebrate its 10-year anniversary, and we hope many of you will join us in London to commemorate this milestone. Until then, please do enjoy the holiday season with your family and friends and remember to support the less fortunate among us.
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With warm wishes,
The team at Ukraine Charity ideas@ukrainecharity.org |
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12 September 2016
Ukraine Charity contribution to support vulnerable children tops GBP 325,000
Children from Barvinok summer camp on a field trip in Zbarazh
UK-based charity has helped hundreds of orphans and other disadvantaged children in Ukraine thanks to volunteer work, donations
The UK-based Ukraine Charity, which is now in its 10th year, has collected over 325,000 pounds sterling and invested the money into helping vulnerable children in Ukraine.
The charity, staffed entirely by volunteers, focuses on orphaned children, including those affected by the conflict in the East, and on providing life-saving equipment to children’s hospitals across the country.
Two of the latest projects from summer of 2016 included providing a summer holiday to 78 children affected by the conflict; 60 of them in western Ukraine and 18 in the UK, at the Tarasivka camp in Weston-upon-Trent.
Of the 60 children who spent two weeks in the Ternopil region, 10 were orphans and former street children from the “Republic Pilgrim” children’s centre near Mariupol, and 50 lost parents – both civilians and military personnel - in the conflict. The children who spent two weeks in the UK had parents killed or wounded in action.
Among the medical equipment purchases made with Ukraine Charity’s donations are new cardiography monitors for a children’s clinic in Ternopil, replacement cables for a surgery kit at the Romodanov Institute of Neurosurgery in Kyiv, and an autorefractor for children’s vision testing in Odessa
Igor Makar, Trustee, said: “Ukraine Charity is a powerful example of how Ukraine’s new volunteer movement – which stretches far beyond the country’s borders - is touching and changing lives of those most in need, of kids who lost most important people in their lives, and families with children afflicted by illnesses or disabilities.”
Halyna Tatara, also a Trustee, added: “We are always on the lookout for volunteers to help. We don’t have any paid staff so all the money collected goes directly to the projects. We are calling on all those who can invest a little of their personal time into the Charity to get in touch – whether or not they are connected to the Ukrainian community. Our fundraisers run marathons and climb mountains - or simply hold charity bake sales at work or ask friends to donate instead of buying wedding or birthday presents through our donation page on the JustGiving.com platform.”
Among the latest fundraising initiatives were a London concert on 30 August 2016 by the popular Ukrainian a capella band, Pikkardiyska Tertsiya, from which profits were donated towards next year’s summer camp at Tarasivka, and a charity auction at the traditional Ivana Kupala celebration in July which raised almost GBP 4,000.
While the charity’s main focus is on disadvantaged children, in 2014 it ran a special appeal for a Crisis Relief Fund. The appeal raised close to GBP 50,000 and funded urgent medical attention and relief for those injured in the civic protests on Maidan, as well as sterilizer equipment for Hospital N17 in Kyiv.
Ukraine Charity was founded in 2007 by Ukrainian professionals working in London and is supported by volunteers and donors worldwide.
The UK-based Ukraine Charity, which is now in its 10th year, has collected over 325,000 pounds sterling and invested the money into helping vulnerable children in Ukraine.
The charity, staffed entirely by volunteers, focuses on orphaned children, including those affected by the conflict in the East, and on providing life-saving equipment to children’s hospitals across the country.
Two of the latest projects from summer of 2016 included providing a summer holiday to 78 children affected by the conflict; 60 of them in western Ukraine and 18 in the UK, at the Tarasivka camp in Weston-upon-Trent.
Of the 60 children who spent two weeks in the Ternopil region, 10 were orphans and former street children from the “Republic Pilgrim” children’s centre near Mariupol, and 50 lost parents – both civilians and military personnel - in the conflict. The children who spent two weeks in the UK had parents killed or wounded in action.
Among the medical equipment purchases made with Ukraine Charity’s donations are new cardiography monitors for a children’s clinic in Ternopil, replacement cables for a surgery kit at the Romodanov Institute of Neurosurgery in Kyiv, and an autorefractor for children’s vision testing in Odessa
Igor Makar, Trustee, said: “Ukraine Charity is a powerful example of how Ukraine’s new volunteer movement – which stretches far beyond the country’s borders - is touching and changing lives of those most in need, of kids who lost most important people in their lives, and families with children afflicted by illnesses or disabilities.”
Halyna Tatara, also a Trustee, added: “We are always on the lookout for volunteers to help. We don’t have any paid staff so all the money collected goes directly to the projects. We are calling on all those who can invest a little of their personal time into the Charity to get in touch – whether or not they are connected to the Ukrainian community. Our fundraisers run marathons and climb mountains - or simply hold charity bake sales at work or ask friends to donate instead of buying wedding or birthday presents through our donation page on the JustGiving.com platform.”
Among the latest fundraising initiatives were a London concert on 30 August 2016 by the popular Ukrainian a capella band, Pikkardiyska Tertsiya, from which profits were donated towards next year’s summer camp at Tarasivka, and a charity auction at the traditional Ivana Kupala celebration in July which raised almost GBP 4,000.
While the charity’s main focus is on disadvantaged children, in 2014 it ran a special appeal for a Crisis Relief Fund. The appeal raised close to GBP 50,000 and funded urgent medical attention and relief for those injured in the civic protests on Maidan, as well as sterilizer equipment for Hospital N17 in Kyiv.
Ukraine Charity was founded in 2007 by Ukrainian professionals working in London and is supported by volunteers and donors worldwide.