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🚚🤲🏻📦 Дистрибуція сімейних наборів GEM HGBF у Слобожанській громаді, Харківської області.
📌Слобожанська громада перебуває у вкрай складній ситуації, оскільки залишається прифронтовою зоною, що вимагає постійної уваги, допомоги та відновлювальних робіт, незважаючи на успіхи 2022 року.
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🚚🤲🏻📦 Distribution of GEM HGBF family kits in the Slobozhanske community, Kharkiv region.
📌 The Slobozhanske community remains in an extremely difficult situation, as it is still a frontline area that requires constant attention, humanitarian support, and recovery efforts, despite the successes achieved in 2022.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Харківщина #Харківськаобласть
📍Київ сьогодні — місто, яке вміє тримати більше, ніж просто будинки. Він тримає людей.
🤲🏻💛📦 У центрах підтримки ВПО
— «Мій Часів Яр у Києві»
— «Мелітополь Саме тут. Київ»
відбулася дистрибуція сімейних наборів GEM HGBF людям, які виїхали з дому не за бажанням, але з надією. Їхні історії різні. Їхній стан — схожий. І їхній внутрішній ресурс — сильніший за обставини.
🫂Ми поруч, щоб підтримати.
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📍 Kyiv today is a city that holds more than just buildings. It holds people.
🤲🏻💛📦 At the IDP support centers
— “My Chasiv Yar in Kyiv”
— “Melitopol Is Here. Kyiv”
a distribution of GEM HGBF family kits took place for people who left their homes not by choice, but with hope. Their stories are different. Their situation is similar. And their inner strength is stronger than the circumstances.
🫂 We are here to support them.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #впо #переселенці
🙏🏻🚚📦Команда GEM HGBF здійснила доставлення продуктових сімейних наборів у Новослобідську та Юнаківську громади, Сумської області.
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🙏🏻🚚📦 The GEM HGBF team delivered family food kits to the Novosloboda and Yunakivka communities in the Sumy region.
We remain present where support is critically needed, continuing our humanitarian mission for communities affected by the war.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Сумщина #Сумськаобласть
📍Селище Шахтарське, Синельниківський район, Дніпропетровської області
🚚🛍️🤲🏻Ці подарунки - не тільки про солодощі. Вони про нормальність, яку так важливо зберегти для дітей під час війни.
Місія GEM HGBF поруч, щоб дитинство не стало втраченою розкішшю.
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📍Shakhtarske village, Synelnykove district, Dnipropetrovsk region
🚚🛍️🤲🏻 These gifts are not just about sweets.
They are about a sense of normalcy — something so important to preserve for children during wartime. The GEM HGBF mission is there to ensure that childhood does not become a lost luxury.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Дніпропетровщина #Дніпропетровськаобласть
🫂💛💙Ми працюємо там, де життя потребує опори.📍Місто Нікополь і селище Капулівка, Нікопольського району, Дніпропетровської області
🚚📦🤲🏻Сімейні набори GEM HGBF досталено.
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🫂💛💙 We work where life needs support.
📍 The city of Nikopol and the village of Kapulivka, Nikopol district, Dnipropetrovsk region.
🚚📦🤲🏻 GEM HGBF family kits have been delivered.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Нікополь #Капулівка
🙏🏻Діти швидко дорослішають, коли змушені тікати від війни.
Але вони все ще діти.
📍🚚🤲🏻🛍️ У Харкові волонтери GEM HGBF роздали подарунки діткам, що вміють бути сміливим без вибору.
Маленькі руки - великі історії і віра, яка не здається.
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🙏🏻 Children grow up too fast when they are forced to flee from war.
But they are still children.
📍🚚🤲🏻🛍️ In Kharkiv, GEM HGBF volunteers distributed gifts to children who have had to be brave without a choice.
Small hands — big stories, and a faith that refuses to give up.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Харків #Петропавлівськагромада
🙏🏻Потреби не зникають.
Допомога має бути постійною.
🫂💛💙Місія GEM HGBF продовжує підтримку громад Дніпропетровської області, зокрема селища Словʼянка, забезпечуючи доставлення мінеральної води.
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🙏🏻 Needs do not disappear.
Help must be continuous.
🫂💛💙 GEM HGBF Mission continues to support communities in the Dnipropetrovsk region, including the village of Slovyanka, by ensuring the delivery of mineral drinking water.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Дніпропетровщина #Словянка
🚚🤲🏻📦 Глобальна Місія Розширення Прав та Можливостей за підтримки Фонду Говарда Дж. Баффетта привітала діток з новорічними святами у місті #Краматорськ, Донецької області.
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🚚🤲🏻📦 Global Empowerment Mission, with the support of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, brought New Year holiday greetings to children in the city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region.
#Hgbf #GlobalEmpowermentMission #Донеччина #Донецькаобласть
🙏🏻🥹Коли підтримка доходить до дому — з’являється трохи спокою.
🤲🏻📦🫂Наші волонтери доставили гуманітарну допомогу GEM HGBF у селище #Самарське, Синельниківського району, Дніпропетровської області
Дякуємо кожному, хто робить це можливим 🤍
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🙏🏻🥹 When support reaches people’s homes, a little calm appears.
🤲🏻📦🫂 Our volunteers delivered GEM HGBF humanitarian aid to the village of Samarske, Synelnykove district, Dnipropetrovsk region.
Thank you to everyone who makes this possible 🤍 🙏🏼🇺🇦
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #humanitarianaid #всебудеукраїна
🚚🤲🏻💦Наша невтомна команда роздала мінеральну воду GEM HGBF в Ямпільській громаді, Сумської області.
📌Громада розташована близько до кордону з РФ, перебуває в зоні можливих бойових дій і зазнає частих обстрілів з боку російських військ (КАБами, ракетами), що призводить до жертв серед цивільних та пошкоджень інфраструктури, особливо з літа 2024 року.
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🚚🤲🏻💦 Our tireless team distributed GEM HGBF mineral water in the Yampil community, Sumy region.
📌 The community is located close to the border with the russian federation and remains in a zone of potential hostilities. It has been subjected to frequent shelling by russian forces (guided aerial bombs and missiles), resulting in civilian casualties and damage to critical infrastructure, especially since the summer of 2024.
#globalempowermentmission #hgbf #війнавукраїні #Сумщина #Сумськаобласть
📍🙏🏻📦Дистрибуція наборів GEM HGBF у центрах підтримки ВПО у місті Київ
- Часів Ярівської громади «Мій Часів Яр у Києві»
- «ВПОраємося» Авдіївської громади
🤲🏻 У світі, де здається, що все руйнується, є щось, що ніколи не зламається — людська взаємопідтримка.
💛 Сьогодні ми разом робимо кроки, які наближають світ до гармонії, навіть посеред хаосу.
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📍🙏🏻📦 Distribution of GEM HGBF kits at IDP support centers in Kyiv:
- Chasiv Yar Community “My Chasiv Yar in Kyiv”
- “VPOraiemоsia” of the Avdiivka Community
🤲🏻 In a world where it feels like everything is falling apart, there is something that can never be broken — human solidarity.
💛 Today, together, we are taking steps that bring the world closer to harmony, even in the midst of chaos.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Переселенці #ВПО
🚚🙏🏻📦Минулого тижня команда GEM у партнерстві з Фондом Говарда Дж. Баффктта доставила сімейні набори у селища Криворіжжя та Завидо-Кудашеве, Донецької області.
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🚚🙏🏻📦Last week, the GEM team, in partnership with the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, delivered family kits to the villages of Kryvorizhzhia and Zavydo-Kudasheve in the Donetsk region.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Донеччина #Донецькаобласть
Our work throughout 2023-2025 is in full partnership with The Howard G Buffett Foundation
Summary Stats
What we've accomplished to date
GEM BStrong has provided significant relief aid to the following +2,000 cities, towns, and villages
(map does not include relocations)
Phase 1: Disaster Relief
We established solutions, partnerships and strategies to recognize and assist all those affected, not only in Ukraine, but those displaced in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Moldova, Georgia, and beyond.
Aid Distributions throughout the region
In March 2022, GEM activated its partnership with professional military NGOs such as Arial Recovery Group and many others. During this period, getting aid inside Ukraine required highly advanced tactics and methods. Since then, GEM has now established partnerships with over 150 vetted Ukrainian and European NGOs. To date, we have sent over 1,744 trucks into the region spanning 983 towns and cities. GEM currently delivers over 200 truckloads of aid to the front-line communities every month, supporting hundreds of thousands of people.
Phase 2: The Gap Period
Due to the unique circumstances in Ukraine, it’s critical that aid continues to flow to the millions of in country displaced persons who are currently moving around from city to city to avoid bombings. This is called the gap period.
Smart Classes
Smart Classes are an education initiative to provide displaced children with classrooms and resources to continue their schooling. In partnership with SmartAid, classes have been established in Poland, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine. Every classroom is equipped with all the technology needed for students to maintain their learning, while following the Ukrainian Ministry of Education’s curriculum.
Government Partnership
Since May 2022, GEM has established long-term memorandums of understanding with many regional governors and mayors throughout Ukraine. Within these agreements, GEM commits to supplying these regional government hubs with aid and winterization supplies. Government partnerships are in place with Bucha, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Odessa, Mykolaiv and Kviv regions.
Supporting newly liberated towns and cities
Recently many areas of Ukraine have been successfully liberated. Some of these villages, cities, and regions had been occupied for months on end, where access to proper resources were unavailable. Those in these regions have not seen outside assistance this entire time, and were at direct risk during the occupation period. Our GEM Ukraine team works closely with local government, partners, and intel to bring aid into these recently liberated areas within days, such as Kherson, Donetsk, Iziym, Avdiivka, and many more. Again, these individuals have not had any outside aid or assistance and this is the first relief they have had in months.
Winterization
With average temperatures of below 0 Celsius, the approaching winter has been a concern for the last few months. GEM was able to plan accordingly for this cold weather and has been supplying life-saving aid beforehand. This includes thousands of warm blankets and bedding, generators, small space heaters, fire starter kits, and more. Additionally, our rebuilding efforts were extra necessary in order to quickly repair broken windows and heating units before temperatures dropped and rain and snow fell.
Invincibility
The Ukraine government & President’s office has created thousands of ‘Invincibility Points’ throughout the country, offering a space where locals can come get hot meals, access to device chargers, a warm space, supplies, and community support. GEM is presently supporting over 200 of these points, providing self-heating warm meals, blankets, generators, and other area-specific supplies. As more of these points are established, we will be able to assist many more locals routinely throughout Ukraine.
Phase 3: Sustainable Development
GEM, in partnership with Life Quality, has activated its Phase 3 rebuild programs in response to an overwhelming desire for Ukrainians to return back home to a sense a normalcy and hope for the future.
Vital Repairs
These repairs include supplying communities with sustenance supplies until they are fully back up and running. During this phase, we have committed to rebuilding and light repair work on hundreds of homes, apartment buildings, schools, medical centers, and more. These projects have allowed for hundreds of people to return to their homes, thousands of students to return to school, and for the local economy to be refreshed. All rebuild work is performed in low-risk areas where critical risk assessment measures have been taken.
Front Line Support
In partnership with the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, major distributions along the active front lines have been taking place in the most needed areas. These communities are the hardest to reach and can be without support for months on end. We have been able to supply dozens of villages with Family Necessity Kits, generators, blankets, and more. We have been able to supply hundreds of these communities with Family Necessity Kits, generators, blankets, mattresses, and more. We are presently sending over 200 trucks per month to these regions.
Windows Program
Alongside the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, GEM has been actively working to repair thousands of windows that were destroyed due to the attacks. The windows are produced in-country, which supported these manufacturing facilities to have work during an uncertain time. By preforming these window repairs, thousands of families have been able to benefit by being able to stay in the comfort of their own home, without having to become displaced due to the freezing temperatures or discomfort.
Community Rebuilds in Ukraine
Partners
