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У найтемніші часи ми запалюємо свічку надії.🕯️
GEM #волонтери доставили сімейні набори у селища #Святогірськ, #Хрестище, #Тетянівка, #Олександрівка та #Іверське, та у місто #Дружківка, Краматорського району, Донецької області.
Хоч війна і затьмарила небо, але не зможе затьмарити наші серця. 🙏🏻🫂🇺🇦
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In the darkest times, we light a candle of hope. 🕯️
GEM #volunteers delivered family kits to the villages of Sviatohirsk, Khrestyshche, Tetianivka, Oleksandrivka, and Iverske, as well as to the city of Druzhkivka in Kramatorsk district, Donetsk region.
Though the war has darkened the sky, it will never darken our hearts. 🙏🏻🫂🇺🇦
#hgbf #globalempowermentmisson #надія #війнатриває #українці #допомогаукраїнцям #Донеччина #Донецькаобласть
🇺🇦📍Харків — місто сили.
Тут, у Новобоварському районі та у Центрі підтримки переселенців із Куп’янська, ми зустріли сотні людей, які почали життя заново.
❤️🫂🙏🏻Наша гуманітарна допомога GEM HGBF стала для них частиною опори.
А для нас — нагадуванням, що найцінніше сьогодні в Україні — це люди.
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🇺🇦📍 Kharkiv — a city of strength.
Here, in the Novobovarsk district and at the Support Center for displaced people from Kupiansk, we met hundreds of people who have started life anew.
❤️🫂🙏🏻 Our GEM HGBF humanitarian aid became part of their support.
And for us — a reminder that the most valuable thing in Ukraine today is its people.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Харківщина #Харківськаобласть #впо #вимушеніпереселенці #Харків
🚛❤️📦 GEM HGBF: коли допомога має ім’я.
Історія одного дня: від складу до селища #Рогань, Харківської області. Наш шлях - це купа процесів, від підтримки фермерів, які вирощують зернові культури та переробляють їх, формування сімейних наборів та подолання сотні кілометрів аби доставити допомогу.
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🚛❤️📦 GEM HGBF: When help has a name.
The Day in the Life: From Warehouse to the village of #Rohan, Kharkiv region.
Our journey is a series of intricate processes, from supporting farmers who grow and process grain, to assembling family kits, and overcoming hundreds of kilometers to deliver aid.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Харківщина #Харківськаобласть
🫂🇺🇦 Сімейні набори GEM HGBF не просто годують. Вони об’єднують.
🚚Волонтери доставили гуманітарну допомоги у селища Солончаки та Куцуруб, Миколаївської області.
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🫂🇺🇦 GEM HGBF family kits do more than just feed. They unite.
🚚 Volunteers delivered humanitarian aid to the Solonchaki and Kutsurub, Mykolaiv region.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Миколаївськаобласть #Миколаївщина
🚚📦 Ще один гуманітарний вантаж прибув у селища Михайло-Лукашево та #Миролюбівка Запорізької області! Волонтери GEM HGBF доставили сімейні набори, які допоможуть місцевим жителям.
🤝Ми щиро вдячні за постійну підтримку Фонду Говарда Дж.Баффетта. Разом ми робимо великі речі!
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🚚📦 Another humanitarian shipment has arrived in the villages of Mykhailo-Lukashevo and Myrolyubivka, Zaporizhia region! GEM HGBF volunteers delivered family kits to support local residents.
🤝 We are deeply grateful for the ongoing support from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. Together, we are accomplishing great things!
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Запорізькаобласть
📍🚚📦 Волонтери GEM HGBF доставили сімейні набори у селище Біла Криниця, Херсонської області, і це ще один доказ того, що добро завжди знайде шлях. Ми віримо у світле майбутнє для кожної родини. Дякуємо всім, хто продовжує допомагати! 💙💛
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📍🚚📦 GEM HGBF volunteers delivered family kits to the village of Bila Krynytsia, Kherson region, proving once again that kindness always finds a way. We believe in a bright future for every family. Thank you to everyone who continues to help! 💙💛
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Херсонщина #БілаКриниця #Херсонськаобласть #війнатриває
🫂🫶🏻🇺🇦GEM волонтери продовжують надихати своїм прикладом самовідданості та співчуття. Цього разу вони доставили сімейні набори GEM HGBF жителям селища #Виводове та Томаківської громади, Дніпропетровської області.
Ця допомога стала справжнім порятунком для багатьох сімей, які потребують підтримки в цей нелегкий час. Продукти, що надійшли від нашої місії, дозволять мати доступ до якісної їжі, а також відчувати турботу та солідарність від міжнародної спільноти.
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🫂🫶🏻🇺🇦 GEM volunteers continue to inspire with their dedication and compassion. This time, they delivered GEM HGBF family kits to the residents of #Vyvodove village and Tomakivka community, Dnipropetrovsk region.
This aid has become a true lifeline for many families in need of support during these challenging times. The products provided by our mission ensure access to quality food and convey care and solidarity from the international community.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Дніпропетровщина #Дніпропетровськаобласть
🙏🏻❤️🤲🏻 Волонтери GEM HGBF — це ті, хто дарує людям впевненість у завтрашньому дні.
Завдяки їхнім зусиллям вимушені переселенці з Луганської області отримали сімейні продуктові набори допомоги у центрі гуманітарної допомоги ВПО з Луганської області при Сватівській адміністрації у місті #Бровари, Київської області. Разом ми будуємо суспільство, де кожен почувається потрібним.
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🙏🏻❤️🤲🏻 GEM HGBF volunteers are those who give people confidence in tomorrow.
Thanks to their efforts, internally displaced people from Luhansk region received family food aid kits at the Humanitarian Aid Center for IDPs from Luhansk region, located at the Svatove Administration in the city of Brovary, Kyiv region.
Together, we are building a society where everyone feels valued.
@olexandrkapitonenko @kosylo_roman
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #гуманітарнийхаб #волонтери #поміч #волонтериукраїни
❤️Місія любові та турботи. Кожен обстріл – це нові сльози та біль. Але також це нові прояви людяності та підтримки.
📍📦Волонтери GEM HGBF доставили сімейні набори в селище #Білозерка, Херсонської області.
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❤️ Mission of Love and Care. Every shelling brings new tears and pain. But it also brings new acts of humanity and support.
📍📦 GEM HGBF volunteers delivered family kits in the village of Bilozerka, Kherson region.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Херсонщина #Херсонськаобласть
❤️ #Підтримка там, де її потребують ❤️
📍🤲🏻📦Команда GEM HGBF нещодавно доставила гуманітарну допомогу жителям селищ #Кіпті, #Чемер, Новий Білоус та #Кувечичі, Чернігівської області. Наші зусилля спрямовані на те, щоб забезпечити родини необхідними продуктами харчування тривалого зберігання у ці важкі часи.
Щиро дякуємо всім, хто підтримує нашу місію. Разом ми здатні на великі справи!
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❤️ Support where it’s needed most ❤️
📍🤲🏻📦 The GEM HGBF team recently delivered humanitarian aid to the residents of the villages of Kipti, Chemer, Novy Bilous and Kuvechychi, Chernihiv region. Our efforts focus on providing families with essential long-lasting food supplies during these challenging times.
A heartfelt thank you to everyone supporting our mission. Together, we can achieve great things!
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Чернігівщина #Чернігівськаобласть #НовийБілоус
📍Селища #Зоряне та #Миронове, Синельниківського району, Дніпропетровської області цього тижня зустрічали волонтерів GEM! 🤲🏻💧🌱Глобальна Місія Розширення Прав і Можливостей прибула з місією добра та турботи. Питна мінеральна вода та насіння знайшли своїх власників, а ми - нових друзів.
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📍The villages of #Zoryane and #Mironovo, Synelnykove district, Dnipropetrovsk region, welcomed GEM volunteers this week! 🤲🏻💧🌱The Global Empowerment Mission arrived with a mission of goodwill and care. Mineral water and seeds found their recipients, and we found new friends.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Дніпропетровщина #Дніпропетровськаобласть
📍🇺🇦 Місто #Павлоград та селища #Тернівка та #Васильківка, Дніпропетровської області. Місця, де наші волонтери залишили частинку свого серця.
І багато сімейних наборів GEM HGBF.
🚚❤️Іноді найкращі подорожі - ті, що змінюють життя інших.
🫂🥹 Як завжди так багато обіймалися, що руки боліли.
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📍🇺🇦The city of Pavlohrad and the villages of Ternivka and Vasylkivka, Dnipropetrovsk region. A place where our volunteers left a piece of their hearts and many GEM HGBF family kits.
🚚❤️ Sometimes the best journeys are those that change the lives of others.
🫂🥹 We hugged so much as always that our arms hurt.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Дніпропетровщина #Дніпропетровськаобласть
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
