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📍🚚🛍️ Місія GEM HGBF привітала діток з новорічними святами у Сновській громаді, Чернігівської області.
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📍🚚🛍️ The GEM HGBF mission celebrated the New Year holidays with children in the Snovsk community, Chernihiv region.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Чернігівськаобласть #Чернігівщина
💬 «Не вірила, що незнайомі люди можуть так дбати»
Ці слова почули наші волонтери в Рахівському районі. Від жінки, яка 8 місяців тому залишила свій рідний дім через бойові дії і приїхала з дітьми на Закарпаття.
🚚🤲🏻📦Невтомна команда GEM розвезла сімейні набори по Великобичківській та Рахівській громадах. Але головне, що ми розвезли, – віру в людяність.
Фонд Говарда Дж. Баффетта, а також кожен з наших партнерів, хто підтримує нас, – частина цієї історії. Дякуємо за довіру та підтримку ! 🤲🏻💙
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💬 “I never believed that strangers could care this much.”
These are the words our volunteers heard in the Rakhiv district — from a woman who left her home eight months ago due to hostilities and arrived in Zakarpattia with her children.
🚚🤲🏻📦 The tireless GEM team delivered family food kits across the Velykyi Bychkiv and Rakhiv communities. But more importantly, we delivered something deeper — faith in humanity.
The Howard G. Buffett Foundation, along with every one of our partners who stands with us, is part of this story.
Thank you for your trust and support. 🤲🏻💙
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #впо #переселенці
🚚📦🤲🏻 Одна вантажівка, три селища, майже 1500 людей.
🇺🇦📍Для селищ Троїцьке, Малоолександрівка та Приволчанське, Дніпропетровської області ця доставка — ще один день, коли життя перемагає обставини. Місія GEM HGBF продовжує бути поруч там, де підтримка потрібна найбільше. Крок за кроком.
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🚚📦🤲🏻 One truck, three villages, nearly 1,500 people.
🇺🇦📍 For the villages of Troitske, Malooleksandrivka, and Pryvolchanske in the Dnipropetrovsk region, this delivery means one more day when life prevails over circumstances.
The GEM HGBF mission continues to stand alongside those who need support the most — step by step.
@mirnij7 @globalempowermentmission
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Дніпропетровщина #Дніпропетровськаобласть
💙Попри все — українці посміхаються.
🙏🏻Попри все — українці тримаються.
🚚🤲🏻 💦 Селища Новопавлівка, Карʼєрне, Первомайське та Білоусове, Херсонської області отримали мінеральну воду GEM HGBF.
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💙 Despite everything, Ukrainians keep smiling.
🙏🏻 Despite everything, Ukrainians keep standing strong.
🚚🤲🏻💦 The villages of Novopavlivka, Karierne, Pervomaiske, and Bilousove in the Kherson region received GEM HGBF mineral water.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Херсонщина #Херсонськаобласть
🚚🤲🏻 Близько 1500 сімей у Краматорському районі цього тижня отримали підтримку GEM HGBF.
🇺🇦📍Мешканці селищ Олександрівка, Привілля, Майдан та Прелесне, зустрічали нас не зі сльозами, а з прямим поглядом і словами: «Ми тримаємося».
Допомога — це не про слабкість. Це про спільну силу. І про віру, яка не зникає навіть під обстрілами.
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🚚🤲🏻 Around 1,500 families in the Kramatorsk district received humanitarian aid GEM HGBF this week.
🇺🇦📍 Residents of the villages of Oleksandrivka, Pryvillia, Maidan, and Prelesne welcomed us not with tears, but with steady eyes and the words: “We are holding on.”
Aid is not about weakness. It is about shared strength. And about faith that does not disappear — even under shelling.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Донеччина #Донецькаобласть
🚚🤲🏻📦Команда GEM HGBF доставила гуманітарну допомогу у місто #Дергачі, Харківської області.
Війна створює надзвичайні умови, в яких базові потреби стають питанням виживання. Наші сімейні набори забезпечують українців продуктами харчування тривалого зберігання у ці складні часи.
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🚚🤲🏻📦 The GEM HGBF team delivered humanitarian aid to the city of Derhachi, Kharkiv region.
War creates extreme conditions in which basic needs become a matter of survival. Our family kits provide Ukrainians with long-shelf-life food supplies during these difficult times.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Харківщина #Харківськаобласть
📍🇺🇦Буштино та Нересниця, Тячівського району Закарпатської області. Два села, які стали домом для тих, хто шукає безпеки. Дві громади, які з відкритими обіймами приймають переселенців.
🚚🤲🏻📦 Ми доставили сімейні набори GEM HGBF для внутрішньо переміщених осіб, і бачили не просто вдячність – ми бачили силу українського народу. Силу тих, хто допомагає, і силу тих, хто, незважаючи ні на що, продовжує жити та будувати майбутнє.
Разом ми – непереможні 💙💛
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📍🇺🇦 Bushtyno and Neresnytsia, Tiachiv District, Zakarpattia Region. Two villages that have become a home for those seeking safety. Two communities that welcome displaced people with open arms.
🚚🤲🏻📦 We delivered GEM HGBF family kits to internally displaced persons, and what we witnessed was more than gratitude — we saw the strength of the Ukrainian people. The strength of those who help, and the strength of those who, despite everything, continue to live and build a future.
Together, we are unstoppable. 💙💛
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Закарпаття #впо #переселенці
📍🇺🇦Селища #Петрівка, #Сонячне та #Богданівка, Херсонської області
Тут тиша ніколи не буває порожньою. Вона пам’ятає вибухи. Пам’ятає страх.
Цього тижня в цій тиші — інші звуки: кроки волонтерів, шелест коробок, тихе «дякую».
❤️🫂📦 Сімейні набори GEM HGBF — для тих, хто залишився і тримає життя на своїй землі.
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📍🇺🇦 The villages of Petrivka, Soniachne, and Bohdanivka, Kherson Region. Here, silence is never empty. It remembers explosions. It remembers fear.
This week, other sounds filled that silence: the footsteps of volunteers, the rustle of boxes, a quiet “thank you.”
❤️🫂📦 GEM HGBF family kits — for those who stayed and continue to hold on to life on their own land.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission
🚚❤️📦 Дистрибуція сімейних наборів GEM HGBF внутрішньо переміщеним особам в Хустській та Колочавській громадах, Хустського району, Закарпатської області.
📌Війна забрала в них домівки. Але не забрала надії. Бо є ми. Є ті, хто пакує коробки о третій ночі. Хто веде вантажівку крізь гори. Хто зустрічає з теплом і турботою. Команда GEM HGBF знову доводить: гуманітарна допомога — це не про речі. Це про людяність. Про те, що ми поруч. 💙💛
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🚚❤️📦 Distribution of GEM HGBF family kits to internally displaced people in the Khust and Kolochava communities, Khust District, Zakarpattia Region.
📌 War took their homes. But it did not take their hope. Because there is us.
Those who pack boxes at three in the morning.
Those who drive trucks through mountain roads.
Those who welcome people with warmth and care. Once again, the GEM HGBF team proves: humanitarian aid is not about things. It is about humanity. About being there. 💙💛
@kosylo_roman @o.kapitonenko
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Закарпаття #переселенці
🇺🇦📍🚚Місія GEM HGBF у селищах #Залізничне та Лозове, Синельниківського району, Дніпропетровської області. Близько 1500 сімей отримали наші сімейні набори та 1500 моментів полегшення.
🙏🏻Коли людина отримує допомогу,
вона не завжди говорить «дякую». Іноді вона просто полегшено видихає. І цього достатньо, щоб зрозуміти — ми на правильному місці.
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🇺🇦📍🚚 GEM HGBF mission in the villages of Zaliznychne and Lozove, Dnipropetrovsk Region. Nearly 1,500 families received our family kits — and 1,500 moments of relief followed.
🙏🏻 When a person receives help, they don’t always say “thank you.” Sometimes, they simply breathe out with relief. And that is enough to know — we are exactly where we need to be.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Дніпропетровщина #Дніпропетровськаобласть
🇺🇦У Ямпільській громаді, Сумської області не питають, коли буде мир. Тут питають: чи буде що приготувати поїсти завтра.
🤲🏻📦❤️Ми привезли відповідь - сімейні продуктові набори GEM HGBF.
Прості речі. Які тримають життя.
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🇺🇦 In the Yampil community of Sumy Region, people don’t ask when peace will come.
Here, they ask whether there will be something to cook for tomorrow.
🤲🏻📦❤️ We brought an answer — GEM HGBF family food kits. Simple things. Things that help sustain life.
#Hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Сумщина #Сумськаобласть
❤️🫂🚚 Люди не можуть чекати. Людям потрібно їсти сьогодні. Саме тому у Словʼянську, Краматорського району, Донецької області ми видали близько 1500 продуктових наборів GEM HGBF.
📌 Коли йде війна — допомога має бути швидкою, простою і людяною.
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❤️🫂🚚 People can’t wait. People need food today. That is why in Sloviansk, Kramatorsk District, Donetsk Region, we distributed about 1,500 GEM HGBF food kits.
📌 When there is war, assistance must be fast, simple, and humane.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Словянськ #Донеччина #Донецькаобласть
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
