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❤️🤲🏻🫂Кожна наша поїздка — це зустрічі.
З людьми, які не нарікають, а дякують.
З громадами, які попри втрати зберігають тепло.
📍🚛📦Есманська громада, Сумська область.
Тут команда GEM HGBF тримає тил людяності.Продовжуємо місію добра.
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❤️🤲🏻🫂Every trip we make is about encounters.
With people who don’t complain — they say thank you.
With communities that keep their warmth, even through loss.
📍🚛📦Esman community, Sumy region.
Here, the GEM HGBF team holds the line of humanity. Our mission of kindness continues.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Сумщина #Сумськаобласть
🇺🇦📍#Харків не зупинився.
Під обстрілами — кипить життя, працюють лікарі, викладають учителі, народжуються діти.
🚛📦🤲🏻Ми приїхали, щоб підтримати тих, хто живе попри все. Дистрибуція сімейних наборів GEM HGBF — це подяка тим, хто не втратив віру в Україну.
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🇺🇦📍Kharkiv never stopped.
Even under shelling — life keeps going. Doctors work, teachers teach, children are born.
🚛📦🤲🏻We came to support those who keep living despite everything.
The distribution of GEM HGBF family kits is our way to thank those who never lost faith in Ukraine.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Харків #Салтівка
Формула добра проста:
💬 менше гучних слів,
🤝 більше справ.
🚛🤲🏻💦 🏥Наша команда приїхала у медичний заклад Управління охорони здоровʼя Сумської області, щоб передати мінеральну воду GEM HGBF.
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The formula for kindness is simple:
💬 fewer loud words,
🤝 more actions.
🚛🤲🏻💦 🏥Our team arrived at a medical facility under the Health Department of the Sumy Region to deliver GEM HGBF mineral water.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Суми #гуманітарнадопомога
🚛💛🤲🏻Ми приїхали з теплом. Бо з нього починається усе.
📍 Путивльська громада, Сумська область.
Війна не обирає, кого торкнутися.
Але ми можемо обрати — бути поруч із тими, хто зараз потребує підтримки.
Команда GEM у партнерстві з Фондом Говарда Дж. Баффетта (HGBF) передала сімейні набори GEM HGBF мешканцям Путивльської громади.
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🚛💛🤲🏻We came carrying warmth — because that’s where everything begins.
📍Putyvl community, Sumy region. War doesn’t choose whom to touch. But we can choose — to stand beside those who need support right now.
The GEM team, in partnership with the Howard G. Buffett Foundation (HGBF), delivered GEM HGBF family kits to the residents of the Putyvl community.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Сумщина #Сумськаобласть #Путивльскагромада
🇺🇦📍Кам’янське та Самар, Дніпропетровська область. Дві різні точки на карті, але одна спільна реальність — життя після втрати дому.
🤲🏻❤️📦 Тут, у центрі підтримки ВПО «ВПОраємося» Авдіївської громади та в координаційному центрі Попаснянської громади, ми видаємо сімейні набори GEM HGBF.
А отримуємо — подяку, що звучить тихо, але глибоко.
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🇺🇦📍Kamianske and Samar, Dnipropetrovsk region — two different points on the map, yet one shared reality: life after losing home.
🤲🏻❤️📦 Here, at the “VPOraiemosia” IDP Support Center of the Avdiivka community and the Coordination Center of the Popasna community, we distribute GEM HGBF family kits.
And in return, we receive gratitude — quiet, yet profoundly heartfelt.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #впо #переселенці #Самар #Камянське #Дніпропетровськаобласть
❤️🫂 Бути сильними — не завжди означає не просити допомоги. Справжня сила — прийняти підтримку і продовжити жити.
📍🚛📦 У селищі #Десна, Чернігівської області, ми передали продуктові набори GEM HGBF родинам, які втратили спокій.
Ми бачимо в їхніх очах — світло, яке не згасне.🥹
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❤️🫂 Being strong doesn’t always mean never asking for help. True strength is accepting support — and choosing to keep going.
📍🚛📦 In the village of Desna, Chernihiv region, we delivered GEM HGBF food kits to families who have lost their sense of peace.
In their eyes, we see a light that will never fade. 🥹
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Чернігівськаобласть #Чернігівщина
📍🙏🏻💛💙Дніпро. Два центри підтримки ВПО:
- Мар’їнської громади «Мар’їнський гуманітарний ХАБ»
- Новогродівської громади
Десятки родин щодня.
Команда GEM HGBF тут, з допомогою. Ми продовжуємо.🤝🫂🇺🇦
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📍🙏🏻💛💙Dnipro. Two support centers for internally displaced families:
- Maryinka community — “Maryinka Humanitarian Hub”
- Novohrodivka community
Dozens of families — every day.
The GEM HGBF team is here, with help, with presence, with care.
We keep going. 🤝🫂🇺🇦
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #idp #idps #впо #переселенці #Дніпро
📌Ніхто не забутий. Саме з цією думкою ми вирушили у селища Леб’яже та Куньє, Харківської області .
📍🚛📦 У місця, які довго чекали — ми привезли гуманітарну допомогу GEM HGBF.
І бачили — як тихе «дякую» може звучати голосніше за будь-які слова.
🔁Поділіться, якщо вірите, що турбота — найсильніша зброя добра.
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📌No one is forgotten. With this belief in our hearts, we set out for the villages of Leb’yazhe and Kunye in the Kharkiv region.
📍🚛📦 To the places that have been waiting for so long — we brought GEM HGBF humanitarian aid.
And we saw how a quiet “thank you” can sound louder than any words.
🔁Share this post if you believe that care is the strongest weapon of kindness.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Харківщина #Харківськаобласть #Куньє #Лебяже
🙏🏻🤝🇺🇦За останні місяці команда GEM HGBF посилила підтримку громад Дніпропетровської області.
Минулого тижня пунктами нашої дистрибуції стали — селища #Майське та #Зайцеве, Синельниківського району.
📦💦Сімейні набори GEM HGBF та мінеральна вода покликані забезпечити базову продовольчу безпеку та полегшити тягар повсякденних труднощів.
Ми не залишаємо громади наодинці.
Ми будуємо систему постійної підтримки.
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🙏🏻🤝🇺🇦 Over the past few months, the GEM HGBF team has strengthened its support for communities in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Last week, our distribution points were located in the villages of Mayske and Zaitseve, Synelnykove district.
📦💦 The GEM HGBF family kits and mineral water are meant to provide basic food security and ease the burden of daily hardships.
We don’t leave communities on their own.
We build a system of continuous support.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Дніпропетровщина #Дніпропетровськаобласть
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Селище #Варварівка, Харківської області ✅
Сімейні набори GEM HGBF ✅
Підтримка родин ✅
Наша місія продовжується!
Дякуємо кожному, хто робить це можливим 🙏
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Varvarivka village, Kharkiv region ✅
GEM HGBF family kits ✅
Support for local families ✅
Our mission continues!
Thank you to everyone who makes this possible 🙏
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Харківщина #Харківськаобласть
🤝МИ ВІРИМО:
У силу спільноти, що народилася з болю
У набори GEM HGBF, що тримають на плаву родини
💛МИ ЗНАЄМО:
Кожна дистрибуція сімейних наборів GEM HGBF — це акт опору
Кожна зустріч — це перемога над самотністю
Кожен набір — це міст між «тоді» і «тепер»
🙏🏻📍🇺🇦 центри підтримки ВПО у місті Дніпро:
- Краматорської громади «Наш Краматорськ. Ми разом все подолаємо» ;
- Волноваського району «Пліч-о-пліч» ;
- Покровської громади «Незламний Покровськ» — це не локації. Це рух. І ми в ньому.
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🤝WE BELIEVE:
In the power of communities born from pain.
In the GEM HGBF family kits that keep families afloat.
💛WE KNOW:
Every GEM HGBF distribution is an act of resilience.
Every meeting is a victory over loneliness.
Every kit is a bridge between “then” and “now.”
🙏🏻📍🇺🇦 The IDP Support Centers in Dnipro:
- Kramatorsk community — “Our Kramatorsk. Together we’ll overcome.”
- Volnovakha district — “Side by Side.”
- Pokrovsk community — “Unbreakable Pokrovsk.”
These aren’t just locations.
They’re a movement.
And we are part of it.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #впо #переселенці #Дніпро #Волноваха #Покровськ #Краматорськ
2 локації в Дніпрі
∞ вдячності
Цифри — це лише поверхня. Під кожною з них — історія родини, яка почала життя заново. У новому місті. Без звичного дому. Але не одна.
📍🚛GEM HGBF сімейні набори розподілені між:
→ Простором «Мелітополь Саме Тут. Дніпро»(Мелітопольська громада)
→ ХАБом «Вільні разом» (підтримка ВПО з Херсонської області)
📦❤️🫂Кожен сімейний набір – це продуктова безпека на тиждень вперед. Це менше стресу. Більше ресурсу на адаптацію.
🤝💛Дякуємо партнерам. Дякуємо волонтерам. Дякуємо Дніпру, що тримає.
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💛📍2 locations in Dnipro.
∞ gratitude.
Numbers tell only part of the story.
Behind each — a family starting over. In a new city. Without their old home. But not alone.
🚛📦 GEM HGBF family kits were distributed at:
→ “Melitopol Samé Tut. Dnipro” (Melitopol community)
→ “Vilni Razom” Hub (supporting IDPs from the Kherson region)
❤️🫂 Each family kit means food security for the coming week.
Less stress. More energy for rebuilding life.
🤝💙 Grateful to our partners, our volunteers, and to Dnipro — a city that holds strong.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #впо #переселенці #Мелітополь #Мелітопольсаметут #ВільніРазом
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 983 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
