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🙏🏻❤️📦Завдяки злагодженій роботі нашої команди волонтерів та постійних партнерів, ми успішно доставили сімейні набори GEM HGBF у селища Олександрівка, Степанівка та Золоті Пруди та у місті Дружківка, Краматорського району, Донецької області.
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🙏🏻❤️📦 Thanks to the coordinated work of our volunteer team and dedicated partners, we successfully delivered GEM HGBF family food kits to the communities of Oleksandrivka, Stepanivka, Zoloti Prudy, and to the city of Druzhkivka in the Kramatorsk district of Donetsk region.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Донеччина #Донецькаобласть #війнатриває
✨❤️📦Важливо не те, скільки ми віддаємо, а скільки любові ми вкладаємо в те, що робимо.
Минулого тижня команда GEM привезла сімейні набори у місто #Сновськ та у селища Канівщина та Малківка, Чернігівської області.
🤝🫂Разом із Фондом Говарда Дж. Баффетта ми робимо світ трохи кращим та добрішим!
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✨❤️📦 What matters is not how much we give, but how much love we put into what we do.Last week, the GEM team delivered family kits to the city of Snovsk and the villages of Kanivshchyna and Malkivka in the Chernihiv region.
🤝🫂 Together with the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, we are making the world a little kinder and a little better.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Чернігівщина #Чернігівськаобласть
🚚 ❤️📦🤝Ми успішно доставили гуманітарну допомогу GEM HGBF родинам у місті #Зміїв та у місті #Дергачі, Харківської області, але потреби не зменшуються.
Щодня ми отримуємо нові запити від громад, які потребують підтримки.🙏🏻🫂 Закликаємо усіх долучатись до волонтерських ініціатив та всіляко підтримувати тих, хто цього потребує.
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🚚❤️📦🤝 We successfully delivered GEM HGBF humanitarian aid to families in the cities of Zmiiv and Derhachi, Kharkiv region — but the needs continue to grow.
Every day we receive new requests from communities that urgently need support. 🙏🏻🫂 We call on everyone to join volunteer initiatives and support those who need it most.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Харківщина
🚛💨 Наперекір війні, страху та розрусі, ми мчимо туди, де найважче!
📍🏥📦 Херсонська міська клінічна лікарня ім. А. і О. Тропіних отримали частинку турботи місії GEM HGBF - наші продуктові сімейні набори.
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🚛💨 Defying war, fear, and destruction, we keep moving toward where the need is greatest!
📍🏥📦 The Kherson City Clinical Hospital named after A. and O. Tropinykh received a share of care from the GEM HGBF mission — our family food kits.
💙💛 Because even in the darkest places, support must arrive.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Херсон #лікарня
🚚Розповсюдили сімейні набори GEM HGBF селищі Нижній Бишкин, Харківської області.🙏🏻
📌 Селище постійно страждає від війни та обстрілів з боку російських окупаційних військ, що призводить до руйнувань, пошкодження інфраструктури та жертв серед цивільного населення, зокрема, фіксувалися ракетні удари, атаки дронами, пошкодження ЛЕП.
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🚚 We distributed GEM HGBF family kits in the village of Nyzhniy Byshkyn, Kharkiv region. 🙏🏻
📌 The village continues to suffer from the war and constant attacks by Russian occupying forces, resulting in destruction, damaged infrastructure, and civilian casualties. Missile strikes, drone attacks, and damage to power lines have all been recorded here.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #допомога #допомогаукраїнцям #харківщина
🙏🏻Разом із сімейними продуктовими наборами GEM HGBF ми передали грілки TakeHOT українським родинам, які зараз живуть у надскладних умовах.
Пенсіонери, багатодітні сім’ї та мешканці прифронтових територій щодня намагаються вижити без їжі та без світла й стабільного опалення.
❤️📦🫂Кожна грілка та кожен набір – це важливі жести підтримки для тих, кому сьогодні необхідна підтримка та тепло. 🙌
Дякуємо команді @takehot.ua , що долучились до нашої місії.
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🙏🏻 Together with GEM HGBF family food kits, we distributed TakeHOT hand warmers to Ukrainian families living in extremely difficult conditions.
Elderly people, large families, and residents of frontline communities are trying to survive every day without enough food, electricity, or stable heating.
❤️📦🫂 Each hand warmer and every kit is a meaningful gesture of care — bringing warmth, dignity, and support to those who need it most right now. 🙌
Thank you to the @takehot.ua team for joining and supporting our mission. 🤲🏻💛
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #гуманітарнадопомога #війнатриває #підтримка
📦🙏🏻🇺🇦 Успішно доставлені сімейні набори GEM HGBF в селища Михайло Коцюбинське та Талалаївка, Чернігівської області.
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📦🙏🏻🇺🇦 GEM HGBF family kits were successfully delivered to the villages of Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske and Talalaivka in the Chernihiv region.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #волонтериукраїни #волонтери #допомогаукраїнцям
🙏🏻📍Коли Херсон став домом, а дім – спогадом. Уявіть: ви прокидаєтесь у Херсоні. За вікном – незнайоме місто. У шафі – те, що встигли схопити. У серці – Чулаківка, яка тепер під окупацією.
Вчора ви знали кожен куточок свого села. Сьогодні – заблукаєте на вулицях Херсона. І все, що тримає вас – це надія, що десь там, хтось пам’ятає про вас.
🚚🤲🏻📦 Цього тижня наші волонтери приїхали до ВПО з Чулаківської громади не просто з продуктами. Ми привезли послання: «Ви не забуті. Ви не загубились у цьому великому місті. Ваше життя має значення».
Сімейні набори GEM HGBF – це наша мова любові до людей, які залишили все. Свої городи. Своїх сусідів. Свої корені.
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🙏🏻📍 When Kherson became home — and home became a memory. Imagine waking up in Kherson. Outside your window — an unfamiliar city. In your closet — only what you managed to grab. In your heart — Chulakivka, now under occupation.
Yesterday you knew every corner of your village.
Today you can get lost on Kherson’s streets. And the only thing holding you together is the hope that somewhere, someone still remembers you.
🚚🤲🏻📦 This week, our volunteers came to the internally displaced people from the Chulakivka community not just with food.
We brought a message: “You are not forgotten. You are not lost in this big city. Your life matters.”
GEM HGBF family kits are our language of love to people who had to leave everything behind — their gardens, their neighbors, their roots. 💛
🚚🛍️🎁Наші волонтери видали новорічні подарунки та сімейні набори GEM HGBF у Мало Дівицькій громаді, Чернігівської області.
📌 Громада розташована у прикордонній зоні, що робило її вразливою – перебої з електропостачанням, зв’язком, евакуація частини мешканців, постійна загроза обстрілів та жертви серед цивільного населення.
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🚚🛍️🎁 Our volunteers distributed New Year’s gifts and GEM HGBF family kits in the Mala Divytsia community, Chernihiv Oblast.
📌 The community is located in a border area, making it especially vulnerable — with power and communication outages, partial evacuations, a constant threat of shelling, and civilian casualties.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Чернігівщина #Чернігівськаобласть #МалаДівиця
📦🙏🏻🇺🇦 Мешканці Хотінської та Білопільської громад, Сумської області отримали сімейні набори GEM HGBF.
📌 Хотінська громада сильно постраждала від війни, росіяни майже повністю знищили прикордонні села, спричинивши масову евакуацію мешканців через неможливість жити під щоденними обстрілами, хоча селищна рада намагалася працювати, а зараз громада статус зони «активних бойових дій», що ускладнює життя та відновлення.
📌 Білопільська громада є одним із найбільш постраждалих прикордонних районів Сумської області, постійно перебуває під інтенсивними обстрілами росіян, які використовують КАБи, артилерію, міномети та дрони.
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📦🙏🏻🇺🇦 Residents of the Khotin and Bilopillia communities in Sumy Oblast received GEM HGBF family kits.
📌 The Khotin community has been severely affected by the war. Russian forces have almost completely destroyed border villages, forcing mass evacuations as daily shelling made life impossible. Although the local council tried to keep operating, the community is now officially classified as an “active combat zone,” making daily life and recovery extremely difficult.
📌 The Bilopillia community is one of the hardest-hit border areas in Sumy Oblast. It remains under constant, intense shelling by Russian forces using guided aerial bombs (KABs), artillery, mortars, and drones.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #гуманітарнадопомога #допомога #Сумщина
🙌 Дякуємо нашим неймовірним волонтерам!
Волонтери GEM HGBF знову на передовій добра – доставили гуманітарну допомогу у селища Молодіжне та Наддніпрянське, Херсонської області.
📍🚚📦 Кожна така поїздка – це ризик, відповідальність і величезна любов до людей.
Низький уклін нашій команді! 💙💛
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🙌 Thank you to our incredible volunteers!
GEM HGBF volunteers are once again on the front line of kindness — delivering humanitarian aid to the village of Molodizhne and Naddnipryanske, Kherson Oblast.
📍🚚📦 Every such trip means risk, responsibility, and a deep love for people.
Our deepest respect and gratitude to our team! 💙💛
Кожен кілометр має значення! 🚚💨
Команда GEM HGBF знову в дорозі – і знову з результатом! Селище #Трифонівка, Бериславський район, Херсонської області отримало гуманітарну допомогу. Ми не зупиняємося, поки є ті, хто потребує нашої допомоги. 📍📦
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Every kilometer matters! 🚚💨
The GEM HGBF team is on the road again — and once again with results. The village of Tryfonivka, Beryslav District, Kherson Oblast has received humanitarian aid.
We will not stop as long as there are people who need our help. 📍📦
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Херсонщина #Херсонськаобласть
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
