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Незрівнянна сила спільноти GEM.
🚚🤲🏻📦Доставлення сімейних продуктових наборів GEM HGBF у селище #Томаківка, Нікопольського району, Дніпропетровської області.
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The unmatched strength of the GEM community.
🚚🤲🏻📦 Delivery of GEM HGBF family food kits to the village of Tomakivka, Nikopol district, Dnipropetrovsk region.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Дніпропетровщина #Дніпропетровськаобласть
🇺🇦Світ має знати, що Слов’янськ живе під постійним вогнем. І попри це — там залишаються люди.
🚚🤲🏻 Волонтери GEM HGBF доставили сімейні набори для жителів прифронтового міста Словʼянськ, Донецької області.
📍6 квітня 2026: Внаслідок масованого обстрілу одна людина загинула, ще кілька отримали поранення; зафіксовані значні руйнування інфраструктури.
📌У районах Словʼянська, де оголошена обов’язкова евакуація, досі залишаються близько 40 дітей. Влада закликає родини виїжджати через високу небезпеку.
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🇺🇦 The world needs to know that Sloviansk lives under constant fire. And despite this — people remain there.
🚚🤲🏻 GEM HGBF volunteers delivered family kits for residents of the frontline city of Sloviansk, Donetsk region.
📍April 6, 2026: Following a massive shelling attack, one person was killed and several others were injured; significant damage to infrastructure was recorded.
📌In the areas of Sloviansk where mandatory evacuation has been declared, around 40 children are still remaining. Authorities continue to urge families to leave due to the high level of danger.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Донеччина #Донецькаобласть #Словянськ
Допомога — це про людей для людей.
🚚💦🤲🏻У селищі Зоря, Нікопольського району, Дніпропетровської області волонтери передали мінеральну воду GEM HGBF місцевим мешканцям.
🙏🏻💛💙Прості речі, які допомагають вистояти.
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🚚💦🤲🏻 Aid is about people for people. In the village of Zoria, Nikopol district, Dnipropetrovsk region, GEM HGBF volunteers delivered mineral water to local residents.
🙏🏻💛💙 Simple things that help people hold on and endure.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Зоря #Дніпропетровщина #Дніпропетровськаобласть
🫂💛💙 Ми не просто доставляємо допомогу — ми приїжджаємо, щоб бути поруч.
🙏🏻📦🤲🏻 Наша команда видала сімейні набори GEM HGBF у Юнаківській громаді, Сумської області.
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🫂💛💙 We don’t just deliver aid — we come to be there when it matters most.
🙏🏻📦🤲🏻 Our team distributed GEM HGBF family kits in the Yunakivka community, Sumy region.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Сумщина #Сумськаобласть #Юнаківка
🙏🏻💦📦🤲🏻 Сімейні набори GEM HGBF та мінеральна вода вже у місті #Остер та селищі #Кошани, Чернігівської області.
І разом із ними — відчуття, що життя триває навіть там, де було дуже складно.
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🙏🏻💦📦🤲🏻 GEM HGBF family kits and mineral water have reached the city of Oster and the village of Koshany, Chernihiv region.
And with them — a feeling that life goes on, even in places where it has been incredibly difficult.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Чернігівськаобласть
🏘️Їхній дім — зруйнований до попелу у зоні бойових дій.
🇺🇦Їхнє майбутнє — поки в підвішеному стані.
🫂Їхній сьогоднішній день — трохи легший.
📍🚚📦Тому що є місія GEM HGBF. Тому що є центр підтримки ВПО «Я повернусь Бахмут». Тому що є люди, які не байдужі.
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🏘️ Their home — reduced to ashes in a war zone.
🇺🇦 Their future — still uncertain.
🫂 Their today — a little lighter.
📍🚚📦 Because GEM HGBF Mission is here. Because there is the IDP support center “I Will Return Bakhmut.” Because there are people who care.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #впо #Бахмут #переселенці
Тиша тут — ніколи не означає спокій.
🫂🇺🇦Село Сагайдачне, Бериславський район, Херсонської області — реальність, де обстріли можуть початися будь-якої миті, а доступ до води відсутній.
🚚💦🤲🏻Волонтери GEM доставили у Сагайдачне питну воду, тут вода — дефіцит, а без води не тримаються навіть найсильніші.
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Silence here never means peace.
🫂🇺🇦 Sahaidachne village, Beryslav district, Kherson region — a reality where shelling can begin at any moment, and access to water is nonexistent.
🚚💦🤲🏻 GEM volunteers delivered drinking water to Sahaidachne. Here, water is scarce — and without it, even the strongest cannot endure.
#hgbf #Globalempowermentmission #Херсонщина #Херсонськаобласть #Сагайдачне
Є міста, які приймають чужий біль як свій.
🇺🇦📍Дніпро — одне з них.
У центрах підтримки ВПО «Наш Краматорськ. Ми разом все подолаємо» та «Соледар: дорога до дому» зустрілися двоє: ті, хто дає — і ті, хто потребує. І в цій зустрічі — вся суть місії GEM HGBF.
📦☀️🤲Сімейні набори GEM HGBF. Краматорська та Соледарська громади. Дніпропетровщина — людяність у дії.
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There are cities that embrace чужий біль as their own.
🇺🇦📍Dnipro is one of them.
At the IDP support centers “Our Kramatorsk. Together we will overcome everything” and “Soledar: The Road Home,” two sides meet: those who give and those in need. And in that meeting lies the very essence of GEM HGBF’s mission.
📦☀️🤲 GEM HGBF family kits. Kramatorsk and Soledar communities. Dnipropetrovsk region — humanity in action.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #впо #переселенці #Дніпро
📌Коли поруч кордон — немає «далеко».
Є тільки «сьогодні було голосно» або «сьогодні було тихіше».
❤️🫂📦 Сімейні набори GEM HGBF в Кролевецькій громаді, Сумської області — це не про запас. Це про базу, без якої не витримати.
І ми продовжуємо бути тут. Бо залишити — не варіант.
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📌When the border is nearby, there is no such thing as “far.” There is only “it was loud today” or “it was quieter today.”
❤️🫂📦 GEM HGBF family kits in the Krolevets community, Sumy region — this is about the basics people need to endure.
And we keep showing up. Because leaving is not an option.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Сумщина #Сумськаобласть #Кролевець
🫂📦🤲🏻 Дистрибуція сімейних наборів GEM HGBF у центрі підтримки ВПО Селидівської громади «СЕЛИДОВЕ.UA» у місті Кам’янське, Дніпропетровській області.
📌Знаєте, що найважче у нашій роботі з ВПО?
Не логістика. Не масштаб. Найважче — дивитися в очі людині, яка соромиться, що потребує допомоги.
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🫂📦🤲🏻 Distribution of GEM HGBF family kits at the IDP support center of the Selydove community “SELYDOVE.UA” in the city of Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk region.
📌Do you know what is the hardest part of our work with IDPs? Not the logistics. Not the scale.
The hardest part is looking into the eyes of a person who feels ashamed of needing help.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #впо #переселенці #вимушеніпереселенці
❤️🤲🏻📦 У кожному сімейному наборі - тепло наших сердець. Ми приїхали в селище #Шахтарське, Синельниківського району, Дніпропетровської області, щоб підтримати тих, хто щодня бореться за своє життя.
🙏🏻🥹Коли ми бачимо сльози вдячності в очах отримувачів, ми знаємо, що наші зусилля не марні. Гуманітарна допомога GEM - це яскраве світло в темряві війни.
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❤️🤲🏻📦 In every family kit — the warmth of our hearts. We came to the village of Shakhtarske, Synelnykove district, Dnipropetrovsk region, to support those who fight for their lives every day.
🙏🏻🥹 When we see tears of gratitude in the eyes of recipients, we know our efforts are not in vain. GEM humanitarian aid is a bright light in the darkness of war.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Дніпропетровщина #Дніпропетровськаобласть
🥹🙏🏻💛💙Знову наші волонтери в дії! Нещодавно ми в чергове роздали мінеральну воду GEM HGBF в селі Камянське, Нікопольського району, Дніпропетровської області. 💦🤲🏻
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🥹🙏🏻💛💙 Our volunteers are in action again!
Recently, we once again distributed GEM HGBF mineral water in the village of Kamianske, Nikopol district, Dnipropetrovsk region. 💦🤲🏻
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Нікопольськийрайон #Дніпропетровщина #Дніпропетровськаобласть
Our work throughout 2023-2026 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: Immeditate Disaster Relief
Since the beginning of the crisis, Global Empowerment Mission has established solutions, partnerships, and strategies to recognize and assist all those affected. Not only in Ukraine, but assistance has spread to those displaced across Poland, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Moldova, Georgia, and beyond. GEM has continued adapting our responses to meet the evolving needs on the ground, providing continued large-scale humanitarian aid support.
Aid Distributions throughout the region
In March 2022, GEM activated partnerships with professional military NGO’s, such as Aerial Recovery Group, to be able to deliver aid inside Ukraine. During this period, getting aid inside Ukraine required highly advanced tactics and methods. Since then, GEM has implemented our own major infrastructure in-country. GEM has it’s own warehousing, trucking, logistics methods, production, and so on. To date, GEM has delivered thousands of trucks of aid throughout the region, with an emphasis on front line communities in the most at-risk oblasts. Hundreds of trucks are delivered monthly to these residents. Our aid distributions have adapted and scaled since March 2022; needs are routinely assessed to ensure that our Family Necessity Kits contain the most needed supplies.
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 winter seasons in Ukraine have been a major concern for residents since the onset of the crisis, due to lack of electricity, secure housing, and other safety concerns. GEM has planned annually for the season, supplying these life-saving resources in the fall. This includes warm blankets and bedding, generators, small space heaters, fire starter kits, reliable clothing and accessories, and more. Additionally, our rebuilding efforts have been increasingly necessary during these times. Repairing broken windows and heating units before temperatures fall and weather changes, has been paramount to keeping Ukrainian residents safe and warm during the coldest months.
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
Our work in Ukraine has gone beyond humanitarian aid deliveries and immediate relief. Through our rebuilding efforts, GEM has successfully repaired and restored hundreds of structures. From medical centres and schools to homes and entire neighbourhoods, we have been committed to helping Ukrainian civilians restore normalcy in their communities. This has helped thousands of people return to safe housing, resume their education and learning, have access to healthcare and resources, and has overall supported revivals of local economies. Every repair project is carefully executed in lower risk areas, supported by thorough risk assessment measures, which ensures safety and long-term impact.
Front Line Support
In partnership with The Howard G. Buffett Foundation, major distributions have been able to occur along the active front lines in the most needed regions. Deliveries of Family Necessity Kits and critical supplies happen consistently, no matter the weather, terrain, or distance. Monthly, GEM sends hundreds of trucks to these areas.
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.
Seed Program
GEM works all throughout Ukraine & it’s active front lines delivering a variety of different seeds to local farmers and landowners. This program has allowed for people to have access to fresh produce that they may not have been able to because of the active crisis. It also allows for people to gain income through selling the produce, therefore supporting themselves even further. To date, this program has distributed over 115 million seeds and has significantly made a difference in front line communities.
Community Rebuilds in Ukraine
Partners
