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🚚🤲🏻📦 Дистрибуція сімейних наборів GEM HGBF у центрі підтримки ВПО Бахмутського району «Консультативно-координаційний центр підтримки цивільного населення» у місті Кривий Ріг.
🫂❤️Для родин із Бахмутського району дім сьогодні — не стіни. Дім — це місце, де тебе не залишають. Сімейні продуктові набори GEM HGBF — для родин, які пережили втрату дому.
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🚚🤲🏻📦 Distribution of GEM HGBF family kits at the IDP support center of Bakhmut district — “Consultative and Coordination Center for Civilian Support” in the city of Kryvyi Rih.
🫂❤️ For families from the Bakhmut district, home today is not walls.
Home is a place where you are not left alone.
GEM HGBF family food kits — for families who have lost their homes.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #впо #переселенці #КривийРіг
🤲🏻💛📦 Місія GEM HGBF провела дистрибуцію сімейних наборів у селищі Черкаська Лозова, Харківської області.
📌Селище Черкаська Лозова Малоданилівської громади — поруч із Харковом і кордоном. Під обстрілами. Після мінометів. Після ракет. Зі зруйнованими будинками і втраченими життями.
🙏🏻Але тут досі ставлять чайник. Сміються крізь сльози. Планують завтра. І це — більше, ніж виживання.Це — життя.
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🤲🏻💛📦 The GEM HGBF mission carried out a distribution of family kits in the village of Cherkaska Lozova, Kharkiv region.
📌 The village of Cherkaska Lozova, part of the Malodanylivka community, lies near Kharkiv and close to the border. Under shelling. After mortar fire. After missiles. With destroyed homes and lost lives.
🙏🏻 Yet here, people still put the kettle on. They laugh through tears. They plan for tomorrow.
And this is more than survival. This is life.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Харківщина #Харківськаобласть
🚑🤲🏻📦 Сімейні набори GEM HGBF були доставлені у Залізничну лікарню Херсона.
Там, де кожен день — боротьба за одне життя,
наші волонтери принесли ще одну форму підтримки.🙏🏻❤️
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🚑🤲🏻📦 GEM HGBF family kits were delivered to the Railway Hospital in Kherson.
Where every day is a fight for a single life, our volunteers brought another form of support. 🙏🏻❤️
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Херсон
«Не гуманітарка. А доказ.»
🙏🏻🫂❤️Доказ того, що хтось у світі зробив вибір — бути на боці життя.
📍Селище #Петропавлівка, Синельниківський район, Дніпропетровська область. Район, що живе між тривогами.
🤲🏻📦 1440 сімейних наборів GEM HGBF
🔥 тепло від грілок @takehot.ua
Це не допомога, це — зв’язок, між тими, хто тримається, і тими, хто не відвернувся.
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“Not just aid. Proof.”
🙏🏻🫂❤️ Proof that somewhere in the world, someone made a choice — to stand on the side of life.
📍 Petropavlivka, Synelnykove district, Dnipropetrovsk region. A place that lives between air raid sirens.
🤲🏻📦 1,440 GEM HGBF family kits
🔥 Warmth from @takehot.ua heating pads
This support — it is a connection between those who keep holding on and those who did not turn away.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Дніпропетровськаобласть #Дніпропетровщина
📍🇺🇦Окупація, знущання, удари по цивільних у селищі Капитолівка, Харківської області — і все ж тут не зникло головне: люди.
🤲🏻❤️📦Сімейні набори GEM HGBF та грілки takehot дбайливо доставлені сюди нашими волонтерами — як знак: ви не залишилися наодинці.
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📍🇺🇦 Occupation, abuse, and attacks on civilians in the village of Kapytolivka, Kharkiv region — and yet the most important thing has not disappeared: the people.
🤲🏻❤️📦 GEM HGBF family kits and takehot heating pads were carefully delivered here by our volunteers — as a sign that you are not alone.
#HGBF#globalempowermentmission #Харківщина #Харківськаобласть
Там, де небо приносить небезпеку, людяність має приходити з землі.
📍🫂🇺🇦 Селище #Богданівка, Павлоградського району, Дніпропетровської області і ми продовжуємо бути поруч — з гуманітарною допомогою та підтримкою. Сімейні продуктові набори GEM HGBF — для цивільних, які живуть під постійною загрозою.
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Where the sky brings danger, humanity must come from the ground.
📍🫂🇺🇦 The village of Bohdanivka, Pavlohrad district, Dnipropetrovsk region — and we continue to stand beside the people with humanitarian aid and support. GEM HGBF family food kits for civilians living under constant threat.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Дніпропетровщина #Дніпропетровськаобласть
🇺🇦Садівська громада, Сумська область, з червня 2022 року — у переліку територій бойових дій. Регулярні обстріли, авіаудари, атаки дронів. Руйнування. Поранені цивільні.
🚚📦🤲🏻У цих умовах наші волонтери провели видачу сімейних продуктових наборів GEM HGBF. Підтримка для родин, які живуть у постійній небезпеці — але залишаються вдома.
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🇺🇦 Sadove community, Sumy region has been listed as an active combat zone since June 2022. Regular shelling, airstrikes, drone attacks. Destruction. Civilians injured.
🚚📦🤲🏻 In these conditions, our volunteers distributed GEM HGBF family food kits — support for families who live under constant danger, yet choose to remain in their homes.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Сумщина #Сумськаобласть #війнатриває
🫂🇺🇦Глобальна Місія Розширення Прав та Можливостей не зупиняється
Коли ракети б’ють по греблях і житлових будинках, гуманітарна місія стає ще важливішою.
📍🤲🏻📦Селище Печеніги, Харківщина — сімейні набори GEM HGBF — як акт стійкості, турботи і глобальної солідарності.
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🫂🇺🇦Global Empowerment Mission never stops
When missiles strike dams and residential homes, the need for humanitarian action becomes even greater.
📍🤲🏻📦The village of Pechenihy, Kharkiv region — GEM HGBF family food kits delivered as an act of resilience, care, and global solidarity.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Харківщина #Харківськаобласть #Печеніги
📍🚚📦Колись тут приїжджали на вихідні. Тепер тут живуть. Місія GEM HGBF доставила сімейні набори у дачні кооперативи Херсонської громади.
🙏🏻🫂Тут мешкають родини, чиї квартири і будинки більше не існують. І поки світ думає про відбудову, ми думаємо про сьогодні. Про суп на маленькій плиті, про дітей у куртках у кімнаті та про людей, які тримаються.
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📍🚚📦 Once a place for weekend getaways — now a place to live. The GEM HGBF mission delivered family food kits to the dacha cooperatives of the Kherson community.
🙏🏻🫂 Families live here whose apartments and homes no longer exist. And while the world talks about rebuilding, we focus on today — on a pot of soup on a small stove, on children wearing jackets indoors, and on people who are holding on.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Херсон #ХерсонцеУкраїна #війна
🚚🤲🏻📦Доставлення сімейних наборів GEM HGBF у червону зону, у селища Томина Балка та Новодмитрівка, Білозерської громади, Херсонської області.
📌 Населені пункти перебувають у складній безпековій ситуації, місцевим жителям рекомендується евакуація, регулярно зазнають обстрілів з боку російських військ через близькість до лінії фронту.
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🚚🤲🏻📦 Delivery of GEM HGBF family kits to the red zone — the villages of Tomyna Balka and Novodmytrivka, Bilozerka community, Kherson region.
📌 These settlements are in a severe security situation. Residents are advised to evacuate, and the villages are regularly shelled by russian forces due to their proximity to the frontline.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Херсонщина #Херсонськаобласть #війнатриває
🚚🤲🏻🦺 GEM волонтери видали зігріваючі жилетів у селищі Великий Бурлук, Харківської області.
📌 Громада відноситься до зони активних бойових дій, що впливає на економічний стан регіону. Селище регулярно атакують ударними безпілотниками та КАБ, руйнуючи житловий сектор.
📌 Зафіксовано поранення цивільних (наприклад, 49-річний чоловік у січні 2026 року).
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🚚🤲🏻🦺 GEM volunteers distributed warming vests in the village of Velykyi Burluk, Kharkiv region.
📌 The community is located in an active combat zone, which severely affects the local economy and daily life. The village is regularly targeted by attack drones and guided aerial bombs (KABs), damaging residential areas.
📌 Civilian casualties have been recorded, including a 49-year-old man injured in January 2026.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Харківщина #Харківськаобласть #ВеликийБурлук
🚚📦 Надія не народжується з слів, вона народжується з вчинків. Саме тому місія GEM HGBF поруч із людьми у селищах #Високе та Приміське, Нікопольського району, Дніпропетровської області
де волонтери передали сімейні набори переселенцям і родинам у складних умовах.
❤️🫂🙏🏻Тут не питають, скільки ще триватиме темрява. Тут запалюють світло — руками, турботою, підтримкою
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🚚📦 Hope is born not from words, but from actions. That’s why the GEM HGBF mission is standing with people in the villages of Vysoke and Prymiske, Nikopol district, Dnipropetrovsk region — where our volunteers delivered family food kits to displaced people and families living in difficult conditions.
❤️🫂🙏🏻 Here, no one asks how long the darkness will last. Here, they light the way — with their hands, their care, and their support.
#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 +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
