Annual Report of the non-profit organization “Hromada” – 2024 and Holiday Season 2025
Dear friends! We present to you the 2024 report of the nonprofit organization Hromada, including the humanitarian aid and donations sent to Ukraine during the Christmas and New Year period of 2025.
We are extremely grateful to all donors who joined our charity events or simply sent money.
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 of $44,075.33.
During the years of war and terror of the Russian occupiers, such support is especially important.
📦 Humanitarian Aid Breakdown
| Location / Organization | Description | Date | Amount ($) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lviv region – Andrii Fastnakh & Mariya Medukh foster families | 2 laptops for children | Jan 31, 2025 | $1,250 |
| Zaporizhzhia – “Help By Doing” Foundation | Entertainment, food, medical supplies | Jan 7, 2025 | $2,000 |
| Sumy – “Kindness Without Borders” | Rehabilitation for children | Jan 7, 2025 | $2,000 |
| Lutsk – Caritas Spes Zamlynnia | Rehabilitation for 40 children | Dec 18, 2024 | $3,000 |
| V. Goshiv, IF region – “You Angel” Foundation | Gaming equipment for orphans | Dec 12, 2024 | $1,600 |
| Stryi – “Constellation Korostiv” NGO | Gifts and entertainment | Dec 2, 2024 | $2,300 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk – “Families of Fallen Defenders” | Christmas gifts for 150 orphans | Dec 2, 2024 | $3,000 |
| Donetsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia regions | 50 CAT Gen 7 tourniquets | Nov 29, 2024 | $1,244.30 |
| Kyiv – Volunteer Lyudmyla Kravtsova | Support for children, refugees | Sep 9, 2024 | $1,000 |
| V. Kurovychi, Lviv region | Support for Maria Rakus family | Jul 22, 2024 | $1,000 |
| V. Goshiv, IF region – “You Angel” Foundation | Accommodation, food for orphans | May 6, 2024 | $2,500 |
| London, UK – Alexandru Nalivaico | Transport for “Mirror of Good” (Sumy) | Apr 9, 2024 | $6,991.73 |
| Kalush – “4.5.0 Prykarpattya” Rehab Center | Medical and psychological support | Apr 9, 2024 | $5,000 |
| Donetsk, Luhansk regions | 50 CAT Gen 7 tourniquets | Feb 26, 2024 | $1,239.30 |
| Kyiv – Volunteer Lyudmyla Kravtsova | Medicine, food, clothes | Feb 7, 2024 | $3,000 |
| Kyiv – U4UA Foundation | Rehabilitation for disabled children | Feb 1, 2024 | $6,950 |
Total Amount: $44,075.33
🌟 Thank You to Our 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 donors, there were so many of you. Each of your donations, big and small, is an invaluable help to Ukraine, which is fighting back against the Russian invasion. 💛
🙏 Special Thanks
We also express our sincere gratitude to the former priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception in San Francisco, Fr. Peter Dyachko, for regularly and free of charge providing the Ukrainian Hall, as well as to the current rector, Fr. Roman Bobesiuk, and members of the parish council. This building has been uniting the Ukrainian community under its roof for decades.
We would like to thank all the volunteers who actively participated in the preparation and organization of the events: Taras Turiv, Andriy Fil, and Arkadiy Kaminsky. Special thanks to Yuriy Bondarchuk for his wonderful photos.
We would like to thank our guests from Los Angeles – the talented Hanna Kohanchik and Orest Galitsky.
We also thank PodiyaSound, represented by Andriy Shehera, for providing sound equipment for free and on a regular basis – it is a very valuable help!
We are grateful to Volodymyr Parubets for providing free transportation for the music equipment and for his help 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 “Traveling Stars” from San Francisco and its director and manager, Ms. Olena Bilyak, for two charity performances.
For the March evening of theatrical readings of Lesya Ukrainka's works, we thank Maryna Anisovych, Olena Sikorska, Oleksandr Lytovchenko, and Pavlo Wiener. This charity evening was converted into the purchase of an evacuation vehicle for our defenders. The total cost is $6,991.73 (£5,500).
Special thanks go to Oleksandr Nalyvaiko for finding and purchasing the vehicle in London, UK. Thanks to his help, three cars were purchased during the war!
We thank Ihor Kuzyshyn for the logistics and technical preparation of all three vehicles.
We would like to thank Rostyslav Tistyk, Member of Parliament of Ukraine, for donating valuable items for the auctions, including souvenir sets of chevrons of heroic combat units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, and Ms. Maria Medyukh, a long-time volunteer in Lviv region.
We would like to thank our team of volunteers from Sacramento, namely Nataliya Kohana, Olena Solyar, Natalia Polk, and Yuriy Kohanyi 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 word in the United States in our communities is extremely important! It is also crucial to disseminate information about Ukraine during the war in translation to our English-speaking subscribers.
Let's do good together and continue to help Ukraine!
Stay with us in 2025 – together we are strong!
Glory to Ukraine!
Glory to the Heroes!