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Людяність не має прописки.
🙏🏻🫂❤️Люди, які приїхали в Перечинська громада , Ужгородського району, Закарпатської області з інших, вкрай небезпечних регіонів України, знайшли тут не лише прихисток, а й підтримку.
📦💛💙Сімейні набори GEM HGBF — це про турботу, яку можна відчути фізично.
І про єдність, яку неможливо зруйнувати.
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🙏🏻🫂❤️ People who arrived in the Perechyn community of the Uzhhorod district, Zakarpattia region, from other extremely dangerous regions of Ukraine found here not only shelter, but also support.
📦💛💙 GEM HGBF family kits are care you can physically feel. And unity that cannot be destroyed.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #впо #переселенці
🙏🏻☀️🫂Попри загрози, у цій громаді досі є життя. Сміх дітей. Домашні справи. Надія.
🚚🤲🏻📦Ми привезли гуманітарну допомогу GEM HGBF у Тростянецьку громаду, Сумської області , щоб підтримати це життя там, де воно щодня під прицілом.
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🙏🏻☀️🫂 Despite the threats, there is still life in this community. Children’s laughter. Everyday routines. Hope.
🚚🤲🏻📦 We delivered GEM HGBF humanitarian aid to the Trostianets community in the Sumy region to support life where it is under daily threat.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Сумщина #Сумськаобласть #Тростянецькагромада #війнатриває
📍🇺🇦 Селища Малинівка та Слобожанське, Харківської області залишаються в зоні постійних обстрілів. Але вони не залишаються без уваги.
🤲🏻📦🙏🏻 Саме тут ми видали сімейні набори GEM HGBF, бо підтримка має приходити туди, де життя найкрихкіше — і водночас найсильніше.
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📍🇺🇦 The villages of Malynivka and Slobozhanske in Kharkiv region remain under constant shelling. But they are not left without attention.
🤲🏻📦🙏🏻 This is exactly where we distributed GEM HGBF family kits, because support must reach places where life is the most fragile — and at the same time, the strongest.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Харківщина #Харківськаобласть #Малинівка #Слобожанське
🤲🏻❤️🧳 Команда GEM за підтримки Фонду Говарда Дж.Баффетта передала дорожні валізи для діток з міста Херсон та з міста #Очаків, Миколаївської області.
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🤲🏻❤️🧳 The GEM team, with the support of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, provided travel suitcases for children from the city of Kherson and the city of Ochakiv, Mykolaiv region.
🙏🏻💛💙These suitcases are more than just belongings — they are a small sense of dignity, care, and readiness for the road ahead, wherever it may lead.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Херсонщина #Миколаївщина #діти #гуманітарнадопомога
📍🚛📦 Видача сімейних наборів GEM HGBF у селищах Біла Криниця та Софіївка Херсонської області.
📌Після того, як волонтери поїхали з Софіївки відбулась атака дронів на мирних мешканців, дякуємо Богові, що всі лишились живі.🙏
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📍🚛📦 Distribution of GEM HGBF family kits in the settlements of Bila Krynytsia and Sofiivka, Kherson region.
📌 After the volunteers left Sofiivka, a drone attack targeted civilians. We thank God that everyone remained alive. 🙏
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Херсонщина #Херсонськаобласть #Софіївка #БілаКриниця
Дніпропетровська область залишається серед регіонів, де гуманітарна потреба зберігається.
📍 Новогригорівка
📍 Синельникове
📍 Васильківка
🤲🏻❤️📦 Місія GEM HGBF продовжує доставляти сімейні набори, підтримуючи громади.
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Dnipropetrovsk Region remains among the areas where humanitarian needs persist.
📍 Novohryhorivka village
📍 Synelnykove village
📍 Vasylkivka village
🤲🏻❤️📦 The GEM HGBF mission continues to deliver family food kits, supporting local communities where help is still urgently needed.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Дніпропетровщина #Дніпропетровськаобласть
🫂🇺🇦Коли допомога доходить до селищ #Надіївка, #Садове, #Шатівка, #Смирнівка, #Чернігівське та #Артільне, Харківської області — це означає, що ланцюг добра працює.
🤲🏻❤️📦 Місія GEM HGBF — лише частина цього ланцюга. І кожен, хто підтримує нас, — стає причиною, чому наші сімейні набори з’являються в домівках людей, що страждають від війни.
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🫂🇺🇦 When aid reaches the villages of Nadiivka, Sadove, Shativka, Smyrnivka, Chernihivske, and Artilne in the Kharkiv region, it means the chain of kindness is working.
🤲🏻❤️📦 The GEM HGBF mission is just one part of this chain. And everyone who supports us becomes the reason why our family kits reach the homes of people suffering because of the war.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Харківщина #Харківськаобласть #війнатриває
🇺🇦🙏🏻🫂 Херсонщина вміє мовчати.
Але за цим мовчанням — втома, пережите, страх. Тому цього тижня у Знамʼянці та Зорівці з’явилось трохи спокою.
❤️🤲🏻📦 Сімейні набори GEM HGBF — як знак:
хтось думає, хтось пам’ятає, хтось діє.
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🇺🇦🙏🏻🫂 Kherson region knows how to remain silent. But behind that silence lies exhaustion, lived experience, and fear. That is why this week a bit more calm appeared in Znamianka and Zorivka.
❤️🤲🏻📦 GEM HGBF family food kits became a sign that: someone cares, someone remembers, someone takes action.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Херсонщина #Херсонськаобласть #гуманітарнадопомога
🙏🏻📦🤲🏻Дистрибуція сімейних наборів GEM HGBF внутрішньо переміщеним особам у Тячівському районі (Солотвинська, Тячівська, Вільховецька, Буштинська, Тересвянська та Дубівська громади), Закарпатської області
📌🫂❤️ Люди з різних регіонів, різних історій — але з однаковою потребою в підтримці та людяності. Саме це сьогодні об’єднує світ.
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🙏🏻📦🤲🏻 Distribution of GEM HGBF family kits to internally displaced persons in the Tyachiv District (Solotvyn, Tyachiv, Vilkhivtsi, Bushtyno, Teresva, and Dubove communities), Zakarpattia Region.
📌🫂❤️ People from different regions, with different stories — yet united by the same need for support and humanity.
This is what brings the world together today.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #війнатриває #впо #переселенці #вимушеніпереселенці #гуманітарнадопомога
📍🙏🏻У селищі #Черкаське, Краматорського району, Донецької області не видно:
— страху, який не показують
— втоми, про яку не говорять
— ночей без сну
Але ми знаємо, що це є.
🚛🤲🏻📦 Саме тому 1440 родин отримали продуктові набори GEM HGBF.
Допомога — це про те, що залишається між рядками.💛💙
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📍🙏🏻 In the village of Cherkaske, Kramatorsk district, Donetsk region, you don’t see:
— the fear people don’t show
— the exhaustion they don’t talk about
— the sleepless nights
But we know it’s there.
🚛🤲🏻📦 That’s why 1,440 families received GEM HGBF food kits.
Because humanitarian aid is often about what remains between the lines. 💛💙
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Донеччина #Донецькаобласть
🇺🇦📍Дачні кооперативи у Херсонській громаді — це про витримку та безвихідь, це про життя поруч із загрозою, це про рішення залишатися, навіть коли небезпека стала частиною буднів.
🚛🤲🏻📦 Ми поруч із людьми, які проживають у цих дачних кооперативах, бо стійкість потребує підтримки. І місія GEM HGBF цю підтримку доставляє.
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🇺🇦📍 Dacha cooperatives in the Kherson community are about resilience and having no way out. They are about living side by side with danger, about choosing to stay even when risk has become part of everyday life.
🚛🤲🏻📦 We stand with the people who live in these dacha cooperatives, because resilience needs support. And the mission of GEM HGBF delivers that support.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Херсон #гуманітарнадопомога
📦 Сімейні набори GEM HGBF передано мешканцям селищ #Маяк та #Феськи, Харківської області.
📍 Обидві громади залишаються в зоні постійних обстрілів.
⚠️ Російські війська застосовують БПЛА та авіаційні бомби, завдаючи ударів по житлових районах.
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📦 GEM HGBF family kits were distributed to residents of the villages of Maiak and Fesky in the Kharkiv region.
📍 Both communities remain in areas under constant shelling.
⚠️ Russian forces are using UAVs and aerial bombs, striking residential neighborhoods.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Харківщина #Харківськаобласть #війна #волонтериукраїни
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
