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🙏🏻🫂🇺🇦Незламний дух волонтерства: Команда GEM продовжує свою місію в Херсонській області.
Цього тижня селище Білозерка отримало життєво важливу допомогу у вигляді сімейних наборів GEM HGBF та мінеральної води. 🤲🏻💦📦
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🙏🏻🫂🇺🇦The Unbreakable Spirit of Volunteering: The GEM team continues its mission in Kherson region.
This week, the village of Bilozerka received life-saving aid in the form of GEM HGBF family kits and mineral water. 🤲🏻💦📦
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Херсонщина #Херсонськаобласть
🫂🤝 Відстань вимірюється не кілометрами, а турботою.
🙏🏻🚛📦 Наша команда подолала сотні кілометрів, щоб доставити сімейні набори у селища #Таврійське, Юрківку та Любимівку, Запорізької області. Але найважливішу відстань ми долаємо щодня – відстань між серцями.💛
Кожен набір упакований з любов’ю. Кожна поїздка планується з надією. Кожна посмішка отримувача дає нам сили продовжувати.
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🫂🤝 Distance isn’t measured in kilometers — it’s measured in care.
🙏🏻🚛📦 Our team traveled hundreds of kilometers to deliver family relief kits to the villages of Tavriiske, Yurkivka, and Liubymivka in Zaporizhzhia region.
But the most important distance we bridge every day — is the one between hearts. 💛
Each kit is packed with love. Each trip is planned with hope. And every recipient’s smile gives us the strength to keep going.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Запорізькаобласть #Запоріжжя #Юрківка #Любимівка
🚛🤲🏻 💦 Наша волонтерська команда відправилася на Херсонщину, у селища Зелений Гай та Барвінок Гай, Чорнобаївської громади, де високий рівень напруженості та обстрілів створює надзвичайно складні умови для місцевих жителів.
Ми приносимо надію та допомагаємо, доставляючи мінеральну воду GEM HGBF. Разом ми сила! 🙏🏻🫂
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🚛🤲🏻💦 Our volunteer team headed to the Kherson region — to the villages of Zelenyi Hai and Barvinok Hai in the Chornobaivka community, where constant shelling and high tension create extremely difficult living conditions.
We bring hope and support by delivering GEM HGBF mineral water to those who need it most.
Together, we are stronger. 🙏🏻🫂
@yevhen_piatak #HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Херсонщина #Херсонськаобласть #ЗеленийГай #БарвінокГай
🙏🏻🚛📦Кожна поїздка - це можливість побачити справжніх героїв нашого часу.
Команда благодійного фонду GEM HGBF відвідала селища Наталівка, Лежине та Степне на Запоріжжі. Люди отримали не просто гуманітарну допомогу - вони отримали підтримку та розуміння того, що про них пам’ятають.
🫂💛За кожним продуктовим набором - історія. За кожною посмішкою - надія. За кожним «дякую» - сила продовжувати.
Україна сильна своїми людьми. І ми про них потурбувалися.
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🙏🏻🚛📦 Every trip is a chance to meet the true heroes of our time. The GEM HGBF team visited the villages of Natalivka, Lezhyne, and Stepne in the Zaporizhzhia region. People received more than just humanitarian aid — they received support and the reassurance that they are not forgotten.
🫂💛 Behind every food kit — a story.
Behind every smile — hope. Behind every “thank you” — the strength to go on. Ukraine’s greatest strength is its people.
And we made sure to care for them.
🫂🇺🇦Війна випробовує людей на міцність, але вони не здаються. А ми в свою чергу всіляко підтримуємо їх.
🤲🏻❤️📦 Команда GEM доставила гуманітарну допомогу у координаційний центр надання допомоги ВПО з Луганської області Лозно-Олександрівської громади у місті #Ірпінь.
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🫂🇺🇦War tests people’s resilience — but they don’t give up. And we, in turn, support them in every way we can.
🤲🏻❤️📦 The GEM team delivered humanitarian aid to the coordination center for internally displaced persons from Luhansk region’s Lozno-Oleksandrivka community, now located in Irpin.
We stand with those who keep going despite it all.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission
#впо #переселенці
🤲🏻📦🚚 Команда GEM передає вітання з міста #Прилуки та селищ #Любеч та #Малинівка, Чернігівської області. Кожен день нові прифронтові міста та селища.
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🤲🏻📦🚚 The GEM team sends greetings from the city of Pryluky and the villages of Lyubech and Malynivka, Chernihiv region. Every day brings new frontline towns and villages.
@bovdyrs @sanjaba520
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission
Волонтери – наші герої! 💛💙🌟
🚚📦Завдяки невтомній роботі команди GEM HGBF, гуманітарна допомога досягла двох центрів підтримки ВПО:
📍Станично-Луганської громади Луганської області «Луганщина моя» у місті Київ
📍Гуманітарний ХАБ Старобільської РДА у місті Київ
🙏🏻Люди щиро дякували за продуктові набори GEM HGBF та просили продовжувати їх підтримувати, бо завдяки цьому вони виживають в цих надскладних життєвих умовах.
Підтримуйте нашу місію доброти! ❤️🤲🏻
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Volunteers are our heroes! 💛💙🌟
🚚📦Thanks to the tireless work of the GEM HGBF team, humanitarian aid reached two IDP support centers:
📍”Luhanshchyna Moya” of the Stanichno-Luhanska community (Luhansk region) in Kyiv
📍Humanitarian HUB of Starobilsk RDA in Kyiv
🙏🏻People expressed deep gratitude for the GEM HGBF food kits and asked us to keep supporting them — because this help is what keeps them going through these incredibly difficult times.
Support our mission of kindness! ❤️🤲🏻
@olexandrkapitonenko @kosylo_roman
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission
#впо #переселенці
📍🇺🇦 Селище #Софіївка, Херсонської області.
Ми приїхали сюди з гуманітарною допомогою GEM HGBF. 📦 Привезли те, що зцілює: їжу, засоби гігієни, базові речі, і, головне — людську увагу.
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📍🇺🇦 Sofiivka village, Kherson region.
We came with a GEM HGBF humanitarian aid — and brought what helps heal: food, hygiene items, essential supplies, and most importantly — human attention.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Херсонщина #Херсонськаобласть
Допомагаючи іншим, ми знаходимо справжнє щастя та надію. Щасливі миті з нашою командою волонтерів у селищі #Брагинівка, Синельниківського району, Дніпропетровської області! 🤲🏻❤️📦
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By helping others, we find true happiness and hope. Happy moments with our team of volunteers in the village of #Bragynivka, Dnipropetrovsk region!🤲🏻❤️📦
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #всебудедобре #всебудеукраїна💙
❤️🤲🏻📦 У кожному сімейному наборі GEM HGBF - частинки серця кожного з волонтерів, що пакували ці набори.
Команда GEM доставила гуманітарну допомогу у селища #Козацьке та #Веселе, Херсонської області.
📌 «Тільки на минулому тижні, нарешті змогли завезти продуктові набори у ці населені пункти. Майже 4 тижні не могли заїхати так як дуже небезпечно! Минулого тижня вдалось видати людям продуктові набори GEM HGBF. Люди дуже вдячні! 🙏🏻» - розповідає Євген, керівник Херсонського напрямку.
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❤️🤲🏻📦 Each GEM HGBF family kit carries a piece of the heart of every volunteer who packed it.
The GEM team delivered humanitarian aid to Kozatske and Vesele villages, Kherson region.
📌 “Only last week we were finally able to bring food boxes to these communities. For almost 4 weeks we couldn’t enter — it was too dangerous! Last week managed to distribute GEM HGBF food kits to the people. People are truly grateful! 🙏🏻” – shared Yevhen, Head of the Kherson direction.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #допомога #підтримка #єдність #разоммисила
Доброта без меж! 🌟❤️
Мешканці модульного містечка (тимчасовий прихисток для тих, хто втратив житло і виїхали з червоної зони), які перемістились у селище #Киселівка, Чорнобаївської громади, Херсонської області отримали гуманітарну допомогу від команди GEM HGBF.
Дякуємо всім, хто разом з нами робить цей світ кращим! ❤️🤲🏻📦
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Kindness knows no borders! 🌟❤️
Residents of a modular town — a temporary shelter for those who lost their homes and fled the red zone — who relocated to Kyselivka village, Chornobaivka community, Kherson region, received humanitarian aid from the GEM HGBF team.
Thank you to everyone who stands with us in making this world a better place! ❤️🤲🏻📦
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #переселенці #Херсонщина #Херсонськаобласть
Місія виконана! ✅❤️
Селище #Покровське, Синельниківського району, Дніпропетровської області, отримало необхідні продуктові набори GEM HGBF. ❤️🤲🏻📦
Дякуємо Фонду Говарда Дж.Баффетта за Вашу постійну підтримку та довіру!
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Mission accomplished! ✅❤️
Pokrovske village, Synelnykove district, Dnipropetrovsk region, received essential GEM HGBF food kits. ❤️🤲🏻📦
Thank you to the Howard G. Buffett Foundation for your continuous support and trust!
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #війна #миразом #українці #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
