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🇺🇦📍🏔️Нересницька громада, Тячівського району Закарпатської області стало безпекою. А люди — силою.
📦Сімейні набори GEM HGBF для вимушених переселенців — це відповідь на виклик війни. Це підтримка для тих, хто змушений був почати життя з чистого аркуша.
🫂💛💙Гуманітарна допомога — це про опору в момент, коли земля йде з-під ніг.
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🇺🇦📍🏔️ Neresnytsia Community, Tiachiv District, Zakarpattia Region has become a place of safety. And people have become its strength.
📦 GEM HGBF family kits for forcibly displaced persons are a response to the challenges of war. They are support for those who were forced to start life from a blank page.
🫂💛💙 Humanitarian aid is about having something to lean on at the moment when the ground slips from under your feet.
Ці кілометри, які долають наші волонтери — не про відстань. Вони про людей.
📍Селища #Дмитрівка та #Новоіванівка, Дніпропетровської області.
❤️📦🫂Сімейні набори GEM HGBF вже у громадах.
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These kilometers our volunteers travel are not about distance. They are about people.
📍 The villages of Dmytrivka and Novoivanivka, Dnipropetrovsk region.
❤️📦🫂 GEM HGBF family food kits have been delivered to the communities.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Дніпропетровщина #Дніпропетровськаобласть
❤️📦🤲🏻 Сімейні набори GEM HGBF були доставлені мешканцям Троїцького, Приволчанського, Малоолександрівки, Дубовиків та Чаплиного, Дніпропетровської області.
🥹🙏🏻Коли зусилля об’єднані, допомога стає доступнішою для кожної родини.
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❤️📦🤲🏻 GEM HGBF family kits were delivered to residents of Troitske, Pryvolchanske, Malooleksandrivka, Dubovyky, and Chaplyne in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
🥹🙏🏻 When efforts are united, support becomes more accessible to every family.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Дніпропетровщина #Дніпропетровськаобласть #гуманітарнадопомога
🚚🥹 Кожна поїздка — це історія. Кожна зустріч — це зв’язок.
❤️🤲🏻📦Минулого тижня наша команда волонтерів доставила сімейні набори GEM HGBF у селища #Білоусове, Білоусове-2 та #Токареве, Херсонської області. Це наша відповідь - на виклики, на втому, на невизначеність.
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🚚🥹 Every trip is a story. Every meeting is a connection.
❤️🤲🏻📦 Last week, our volunteer team delivered GEM HGBF family kits to the villages of Bilousove, Bilousove-2, and Tokareve in the Kherson region.
This is our response — to challenges, to exhaustion, to uncertainty.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Херсонщина #Херсонськаобласть #Війна #війнатриває #волонтери
🤝❤️🫂Сила у єдності — це не гасло.
Це руки, що передають допомогу.
Це погляди, в яких з’являється надія.
🚚📦 Команда GEM HGBF доставила сімейні набори в Ізюм та селище Донець, Харківська область. Ми поруч там, де підтримка потрібна вже сьогодні.
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Strength in unity is not a slogan.
It is hands passing aid.
It is looks where hope begins to appear.
🚚📦 The GEM HGBF team delivered family aid kits to Izium and the village of Donets, Kharkiv region. We are there where support is needed today.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Харківщина #Харківськаобласть #Донець #Ізюм
❤️🤝🫂 Волонтерство — це коли серце працює разом з руками.
📍🤲🏻📦 У селищі #Олександрівка, Херсонської області наша команда GEM знову була поруч з людьми, видаючи гуманітарну допомогу GEM HGBF та розділяючи з ними важливі миті підтримки.
📌 Селище пережило важку окупацію, під час звільнення тут точилися запеклі бої, після деокупації населений пункт обстрілює російська армія з тимчасово окупованої частини Херсонщини.
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❤️🤝🫂 Volunteering is when the heart works together with the hands.
📍🤲🏻📦 In the village of Oleksandrivka, Kherson region, our GEM team was once again there for the people — distributing GEM HGBF humanitarian aid and sharing important moments of support with the community.
📌 The village endured a harsh occupation. Fierce fighting took place during its liberation, and after de-occupation, the settlement continues to be shelled by the russian army from the temporarily occupied part of the Kherson region.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Херсонщина #Херсонськаобласть #війнатриває #волонтерство #гуманітарнадопомога
🇺🇦 Війна триває. І допомога теж.
У Хустському районі (Довжанська, Хустська та Іршавська громади) ми зустріли родини, які залишили все, окрім віри в людей.
🙏🏻❤️🫂І ми не маємо права цю віру зрадити.
Саме тому допомога триває.
Гуманітарна місія GEM HGBF — це завжди про серце та чуйність.
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🇺🇦 The war continues. And so does the aid.
In the Khust district (Dovzhanska, Khust, and Irshava communities), we met families who left everything behind — except their faith in people.
🙏🏻❤️🫂 And we have no right to betray that faith. That is why the support continues.
The GEM HGBF humanitarian mission is always about heart, compassion, and being there when it matters most.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #впо #переселенці #вимушеніпереселенці #війнатриває #Закарпаття
🚚🫂🥹 Щасливі миті з нашими волонтерами ! Команда GEM видала гуманітарну допомогу у місті Остер, Чернігівської області.
🙏🏻 Щасливі миті — це не випадковість.
Це результат щоденної праці, віри та єдності десятків людей.
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🚚🫂🥹 Happy moments with our volunteers!
The GEM team distributed humanitarian aid in the city of Oster, Chernihiv region.
🙏🏻 Happy moments are not a coincidence.
They are the result of daily work, faith, and the unity of dozens of people.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Чернігівщина #Чернігівськаобласть #Остер
⚠️Тут немає безпечних днів.
Нікополь і Марганець постійно зазнають обстрілів.
🚚📦🤲🏻Попри це, місія GEM HGBF продовжує роботу в регіоні. Сімейні набори були видані мешканцям Нікополя, Марганця та Покровського.
📌Нагадаємо: Нікополь та Марганець, розташовані на Дніпропетровщині біля Каховського водосховища, є прифронтовими містами, які постійно обстрілюються росіянами з лівого берега Дніпра з використанням дронів, артилерії та ракет, що призводить до руйнування житлових будинків, інфраструктури, навчальних закладів та жертв серед цивільного населення та правоохоронців, як це було нещодавно з раненими поліцейськими в Марганці та цивільними в Нікополі.
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⚠️ There are no safe days here.
Nikopol and Marhanets are under constant shelling.
🚚📦🤲🏻 Despite this, the GEM HGBF mission continues its work in the region. Family kits were distributed to residents of Nikopol, Marhanets, and Pokrovske.
📌 Reminder: Nikopol and Marhanets, located in the Dnipropetrovsk region near the Kakhovka Reservoir, are frontline cities that are regularly shelled by Russian forces from the left bank of the Dnipro using drones, artillery, and missiles. This leads to the destruction of homes, infrastructure, and educational facilities, as well as civilian casualties and injuries among law enforcement — such as the recent wounding of police officers in Marhanets and civilians in Nikopol.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Дніпропетровщина #Дніпропетровськаобласть #Марганець #Нікополь #війнатриває #волонтери #допомога
📍🫂🇺🇦 Херсонська громада, регулярні обстріли, руйнування, люди, які залишаються.
Волонтери GEM HGBF доставили і видали сімейні набори цивільному населенню, що проживають у дачних кооперативах.
💛💙Ми працюємо там, де допомога — питання виживання.
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📍🫂🇺🇦 Kherson Community — regular shelling, destruction, and people who choose to stay.
🚛🤲🏻📦 GEM HGBF volunteers delivered and distributed family food kits to civilians living in dachas cooperative areas.
💛💙 We work where assistance is a matter of survival.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Херсонськагромада #херсон #волонтериУкраїни #
🙏🏻Ця поїздка вимагала зосередженості та витримки.
Селища Мала Данилівка та Циркуни, Харківської області розташовані всього за 15 км від лінії фронту.
🚚🤲🏻📦Попри ризики, волонтери GEM HGBF доставили сімейні набори людям, які залишаються у своїх домівках під обстрілами.
Ми вдячні команді за відповідальність і чітку роботу там, де кожен виїзд має значення.
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🙏🏻 This trip required focus and resilience.
The villages of Mala Danylivka and Tsyrkuny in the Kharkiv region are located just 15 km from the frontline.
🚚🤲🏻📦 Despite the risks, GEM HGBF volunteers delivered family kits to people who continue to remain in their homes under constant shelling.
We are grateful to the team for their responsibility and precise work in places where every single mission truly matters.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Харківщина #Харківськаобласть #МалаДанилівка #Циркуни
🙏🏻💛💙У Херсоні є люди, чия робота не зупиняється навіть під загрозою небезпеки.
Працівники тролейбусного депо та залізничної лікарні щодня забезпечують рух міста і допомогу людям.
🚛🤝📦Команда GEM HGBF передала сімейні набори цим колективам.
Це наша подяка за витримку, відповідальність і присутність там, де вона критично важлива.
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💛💙 In Kherson, there are people whose work does not stop even under constant danger.
Employees of the trolleybus depot and the railway hospital keep the city moving and continue providing care to people every day.
🚛🤝📦 The GEM HGBF team delivered family food kits to these teams.
This is our way of saying thank you for their resilience, responsibility, and for being present where it truly matters most.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #херсон #Kherson #humanitarianaid #volunteersukraine
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
