Welcome, partners and guests to this website. Below we will try to provide you with comprehensive information on the Fund’s activities during the year, as well as highlighting the trends that we consider most likely. The report is divided into 3 parts. The first part contains compact statistics (summary in figures). The second is a brief review of events. And the third part is about trends and plans.
Section 1. Statistics
During the year, the Foundation provided assistance totalling UAH 258,117, of which 57,448 was in the form of financial transactions and the rest in the form of charitable donations in kind.
1,223 items (warm jackets, change of clothes, towels, toiletries) worth UAH 159,506 were distributed at the aid centre to wounded soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who arrived in our city on evacuation trains. The needs of internally displaced persons were also partially met.
The rest – 395 items (bed linen, towels, vitamins, clothes) worth UAH 41163 – were distributed to 1st hospital in Dnipro preparing to receive military personnel for treatment and 4 shelters for internally displaced persons.
Financial resources and their use
In 2023 we received donations totalling UAH 50082.95. We are pleased to note that, unlike the previous year, we have begun to receive donations from abroad. In 2023, donations from individuals abroad totalled UAH 6345.4 and this trend is continuing, allowing us to diversify our sources of income and build up certain reserves for emergency requests. At the same time, the budget is based on contributions from individuals in Ukraine, which are systematic and have allowed us to meet 100% of current requests for assistance. Combining these resources, we plan to significantly expand and deepen our programmes in 2024.
Most of the expenditure in 2023 was spent on closing requests for targeted assistance from war-affected people. The remainder was spent on the programme to support children’s health facilities. It is worth noting that, given the Foundation’s policy of spending 100% of funds received on assistance and 0% on administrative costs, an additional UAH 71 was spent on bank fees for making payments. There were no other payments not related to the provision of aid.
Social media coverage
In 2023, we reached 2,000 Facebook accounts and 161 Instagram accounts. In terms of trends, we have 460 new visitors to our Instagram page and 844 new visitors to our Facebook page.*Data from the Meta business suite system
Our official website was visited by 886 unique users during the year, an increase of 7% on the previous year.
The top 3 countries in terms of page views are Ukraine, USA and Germany. *Data from the Jetpack monitoring system
Section 2. Brief overview of events
January-February
At the beginning of the year, the Point of care for wounded soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was faced with an urgent need for warm clothing for our soldiers. The Point is a structure of the Foundation that provides operational support to military and medical personnel, ranging from organising hot meals to providing the necessary in-kind support. Thanks to the active involvement of the Point’s coordinators, Yulia Konovalova and Ekaterina Pimushkina, we have been able to engage partners to provide this assistance in a timely manner. In particular, the German-Ukrainian Society Rhine-Neckar and the NGO YOUkraine became our partners during this period. Thanks to our cooperation, the beneficiaries received 1618 items of aid, most of which were delivered directly to the military or through medical personnel, and the rest was distributed to Hospital No. 1 in Dnipro, which receives Ukrainian soldiers for treatment, and 4 shelters in Dnipro.
April
In April, our team received the first request from the 6th City Clinical Children’s Hospital in Dnipro. We purchased a television and a bactericidal irradiator for the needs of the department where abandoned children are temporarily housed.
At the same time, our support centre for wounded soldiers continues to operate.
May
Tim and Michael, citizens of the United States of America, joined the team of our Point of care for wounded soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
A family from Sievierodonetsk receives targeted assistance
June
Our first major request came from the city of Kharkiv, which received 150 families of IDPs from the war zone (the towns of Bakhmut and Kupyansk). We provided targeted assistance with food and hygiene products for children.
A delegation of volunteers from the United States of America continues to provide support to the wounded military and maintain our volunteer station.
July
The charity’s team engages partners to provide direct assistance to families affected by the war and in need of our support. In particular, thanks to the joint efforts of Interpipe representatives and the coordinators of the Foundation’s Volunteer Centre, Yulia and Kateryna, food and medicines were collected and sent to the city of Sloviansk in the Donetsk region. In addition, help was provided to buy medicines for a family of internally displaced persons (a single mother and two children) who had taken refuge in the Kryvyi Rih district.
August
In August, we enlisted our friends at Interpipe and the Point of care team to provide direct assistance to a family from Lyman, Donetsk Oblast, who had sought refuge in Dnipro, and sent a shipment of food, medicine and toiletries for people with disabilities to Kropyvnytskyi.
The first foreign donation was received and was used to meet the physical rehabilitation needs of children (purchase of a Yevminov prophylactic device for the 6th Children’s Hospital in Dnipro).
September
September was a month of important changes for the Foundation team. First of all, we re-approved the concept of the Foundation’s activities and selected specific areas (programmes) in which we will continue to work and which define the current vision of our team (read more here).
The Foundation has 4 separate programmes (which in turn may include sub-projects aimed at achieving the programme’s goals): Support for Defenders of Ukraine, Support for War-Affected Population, Care Centre for Wounded Military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Support for Children’s Health Care Institutions. Each programme has its own account and means of payment, a programme manager at the Foundation, its own goals and vision. The Foundation’s programmes can be found here.
In addition, our Foundation has become a member of the “Humanitarian Post of Ukraine” programme of Nova Poshta LLC, which allows us to completely eliminate the cost of delivering targeted aid to beneficiaries from the budget, without losing the factor of efficiency and timeliness of such delivery.
In September, thanks to the direct involvement of our friends at Interpipe, a family from the town of Polohy, Zaporizhzhya Oblast, received targeted assistance.
An urgent request from the town of Kropyvnytskyi for urgently needed medicines was also met.
Mr Zhu Huo and his organisation Godsdirectcontact are involved in the work of the Point of care for wounded soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
A special mention should be made of a little volunteer, Lyubava, a girl who makes bracelets for the Ukrainian Armed Forces with her own hands and gives our military pleasant emotions.
October
The charitable foundation “Ideological Guard Dnipro” is one of the participants in the negotiation process for the supply of French-made Simeox equipment, which is crucial for the children with cystic fibrosis. For more information, click here.
Targeted assistance was provided to a single mother from the village of Lyubar, Zhytomyr region.
A family of people with disabilities from the city of Kropyvnytskyi received medicines that were urgently needed for treatment after and during hospitalisation.
At the request of a mother of 4 children from the village of Sursko-Lytovske, targeted assistance with medicines and food was provided
There are now even more ways to communicate with our team on the main page. In addition to the usual Facebook and Instagram, we have added the ability to contact us via Skype and WhatsApp.
The Foundation has moved to a programme-based working model, and you can now find out more about our programmes by following this link (or the ‘Our projects’ button on the main page). We have also created separate accounts and payment methods for each programme. This means that you can support a specific programme financially. You can do this within the programme card.
We have added an analysis block to our resources. It can be found on the main page in the “Short stats” section. You will be able to see the current balance of the organisation’s accounts, the number of requests in progress, the details of the fund’s income and expenditure, and the geography of our aid on the map. Transparency remains the key principle of our work.
November
Every day, the team at the Point of care for wounded soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine meets the ambulance trains to provide support and cheer to our soldiers.
They also find time for creativity. For example, during Halloween, the help was stylised to immerse the patients in a different reality for at least a few minutes.
In addition to their official duties, our team members also contribute to the help on an individual basis. In particular, they weave camouflage nets, deliver aid to the frontline, and form loads for affected families. Recently, for example, our coordinator Yulia delivered handmade blankets to the medics, as they were much needed when transporting soldiers to hospitals.
The Foundation’s volunteers also personally deliver aid to the military at the frontline.
December
A family of IDPs from the Luhansk region who have taken refuge in the city of Dnipro will receive targeted assistance.
Essential medicines for people with disabilities were sent to Kharkiv.
The team of our point of care formed and sent a parcel to the IDPs from Tokmak (a soldier’s family) who found shelter in Stepanivka (Vinnytsia region).
A mother of 6 children from Svitlodolynske, Odesa Oblast, received assistance with hygiene products and food.
Section 3. Plans and trends
In 2024, we plan to
–Expand and deepen the provision of targeted assistance to war-affected people
-Implement and support projects aimed at providing substantial support for children’s health facilities. In particular, in 2024 we plan to fully launch our first major fundraising campaign, Towards the New Life, which aims to provide modern, innovative ways to support the lives of children with cystic fibrosis.
-Identify a list of initiatives that require attention under the Support for Ukraine’s Defenders programme and focus on developing critical areas.
-Ensure the continued operation of the Point of care for wounded soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, bringing together even more partners to support the military.
If we analyse current trends, we can see that foreign funding is becoming more systematic, which greatly expands our ability to provide assistance. At the same time, we have stable sources of income in Ukraine. At the beginning of the year, we had 12 applications in our pipeline, both from individuals and from a children’s hospital. We are also seeing an upward trend in their numbers. We feel that we are trusted, and this inspires our team.
Our main goal is to deepen our relationships with potential partners to increase the efficiency and quality of our assistance.
And finally, we thank you.
We thank all of you who are with us today.
Everyone who supports our initiatives, who helps us move forward, who donates, who provides transportation and other opportunities.
We thank our suppliers and partners for their efficiency in solving important problems.
We thank Nova Poshta LLC for its active social position and a wonderful project that completely solves the logistics of our assistance.
We thank the beneficiaries for their trust and inspiration to work.
There is a long and difficult road ahead of us, but we are confident that together, supporting each other, we will overcome it.
Sincerely, The Charitable Foundation Team.