Dear friends!
We present to your attention the report of the non-profit organization “Hromada” for 2024 and the Christmas and New Year period of 2025 on the funds sent and humanitarian aid provided to Ukraine.
We are infinitely grateful to all donors who participated in our charitable events or simply sent funds.
Our joint efforts have made it possible to provide humanitarian aid, support, gifts, and happy leisure time for 369 children in Ukraine for a total amount of $44,075.33.
During this period of prolonged war and terror by the Russian occupiers, such support is especially important.
We would like to thank all the volunteers here and in Ukraine, as well as the foundations through which the aid is provided, and we want to emphasize that your work is important and changes the lives of young Ukrainians for the better, bringing them smiles and moments of joy.
List of organizations and volunteers to whom aid was sent:
Lviv region, Andrii Fastnakh foster children family and Mariya Medukh family – two laptops for kids – $1,250 (January 31, 2025)
Zaporizhzhia, Charity Foundation “Help By Doing” – entertainment, food, and medical supplies for kids – $2,000 (January 07, 2025)
Sumy, Nonprofit Organization “Kindness Without Borders” – children rehabilitation – $2,000 (January 07, 2025)
Lutsk, Religious Mission Caritas Spes Zamlynnia rehabilitation for 40 kids – $3,000 (December 18, 2024)
V. Goshiv, Kalush district, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Charitable Organization “You Angel” – gaming equipment for orphans – $1,600 (December 12, 2024)
Stryi, Lviv region, NGO Constellation Korostiv – gifts and entertainment for kids – $2,300 (December 2, 2024)
Ivano-Frankivsk, Public organization “Families of the Fallen Defenders of the IF: Christmas gifts and entertainment for 150 orphans of fallen Ukrainian Heroes – $3,000 (December 2, 2024)
Donetsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia regions - Tourniquet Gen 7 CAT for medical personnel – 50 items – $1,244.30 (November 29, 2024)
Kyiv region, volunteer Lyudmyla Kravtsova – support for children and displaced refugees (medicine, food, and clothes) – $1,000 (September 9, 2024)
V. Kurovychi, Lviv region – support for Maria Rakus family – $1,000 (July 22, 2024)
V. Goshiv, Kalush district, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Charitable Organization “You Angel” – accommodation, food, and entertainment for orphans – $2,500 (May 6, 2024)
London, Great Britain, volunteer Alexandru Nalivaico – purchasing transportation for Charitable Foundation “Mirror of Good” in Sumy, Ukraine – $6,991.73 (April 9, 2024)
Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Rehabilitation Center “4.5.0 PRYKARPATTYA” – $5,000 (April 9, 2024)
Donetsk and Luhansk regions – Tourniquet Gen 7 CAT for medical personnel – 50 items – $1,239.30 (February 26, 2024)
Kyiv region, volunteer Lyudmyla Kravtsova – support for children and displaced refugees (medicine, food, and cloth) – $3,000 (February 7, 2024)
Kyiv, Charitable Foundation U4UA medical assistance and rehabilitation for children with disabilities – $6,950 (February 1, 2024)
Thank you donors!
$10,000 +
Nataliya Anon
$5,000 +
Alex Burnos
$1,000 +
Olena Polovynkina
Olena Burnos
Las Gallinas Lions, San Rafael, CA
Paula & Robert Reynolds
Kevin & Dorwin Jennifer
Douglas G Paul
William J. Tiedje
Andrii Donchenko
$500 +
Andrii Fil
Tahoe Art Haus and Cinema
Unfortunately, we cannot list all of our donors, as there were so many of you. Every donation, large and small, is invaluable assistance to Ukraine, which is fighting off the Russian invasion.
We also express our sincere gratitude for the regular and free provision of the Ukrainian Hall to the former priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception in San Francisco, Father Peter Dyachko, as well as the current rector, Father Roman Bobesyk, and the members of the parish council. For many decades, this venue has been uniting the Ukrainian community under its roof.
We thank all the volunteers who actively participated in the preparation and conduct of the events: Taras Turiv, Andriy Filyu, and Arkadiy Kaminsky. Special thanks to Yuriy Bondarchuk for the wonderful photos.
We would like to thank our guests from Los Angeles – the talented Hanna Kohanchik and Orest Galitsky.
We would also like to thank PodiyaSound, represented by Andriy Shegera, for providing sound equipment free of charge on a regular basis – this is a very valuable contribution!
We would like to thank Volodymyr Parubets for providing free transportation for musical equipment and for his assistance in general.
We are grateful to Ivan Haida and Veronika Shoba for their active assistance at the events.
Many thanks to all the actors of the first Ukrainian amateur theater “Mandrivni Zirky” from San Francisco and its director and manager, Ms. Olena Bilyak, for two charity performances.
We would like to thank Marina Anisovich, Olena Sikorska, Oleksandr Litovchenko, and Pavlo Viner for the March evening of theatrical readings of Lesya Ukrainka's works. This charity evening resulted in the purchase of an evacuation vehicle for our defenders. The total cost was $6,991.73 (£5,500).

Special thanks to Oleksandr Nalyvaiko for finding and purchasing a car in London, Great Britain. Thanks to his help, three cars were purchased during the war!

We thank Igor Kuzyishin for the logistics and technical preparation of all three cars.

We would like to thank Rostyslav Tistik, Member of Parliament of Ukraine, for donating valuable items for auction, including souvenir sets of chevrons from heroic combat units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and Maria Medyukh, a long-time volunteer in the Lviv region.

We would like to thank our team of volunteers from Sacramento, namely Natalia Kokhani, Olena Solyar, Natalia Polk, and Yuriy Kokhani for providing delicious food for the event, purchasing and preparing it.

Sincere thanks to all advertisers of the Hromada newspaper! Your payments ensure the monthly publication of the newspaper, its printing, payment to our contributors in Ukraine, and other overhead costs. Preserving and spreading the Ukrainian language in our communities in the United States is extremely important! It is also crucial to disseminate information about Ukraine during the war in translation among the English-speaking subscribers of our newspaper.

Let's do good together and continue to help Ukraine!

Be with us in 2025 — together we are strong!

Glory to Ukraine!

Glory to the heroes!