International Press on GEM Ukraine Missions
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💙💛 Місія виконана. Але робота продовжується.
🤲🏻❤️📦Сімейні набори GEM HGBF передані внутрішньо переміщеним особам у центрах підтримки ВПО Покровської громади «Незламний Покровськ» у місті Дніпро та у координаційному центрі надання гуманітарної допомоги ВПО з Луганської області при Попаснянській громаді у місті Самар. Кожна родина отримала необхідне, кожна людина відчула, що не залишена напризволяще.
Дякуємо центру за прийом, волонтерам за допомогу, нашим партнерам за щедрість.
Разом ми робимо неможливе можливим! 🫂🙏🏻
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💙💛 Mission accomplished. But the work continues.
🤲🏻❤️📦 GEM HGBF family kits were distributed to internally displaced persons at the IDP support centers of the Pokrovsk community “Unbreakable Pokrovsk” in the city of Dnipro, and at the Coordination Center for IDPs from Luhansk region at the Popasna community in the city of Samar.
Every family received what they needed. Every person felt that they are not alone.
We thank the centers for hosting, the volunteers for their dedication, and our partners for their generosity.
🫂🙏🏻 Together, we make the impossible possible!
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #впо #переселенці #Дніпро
🇺🇦Сумська область
Ми не залишаємо людей самих.
❤️📦🫂Сімейні набори GEM HGBF вже у руках родин Тернівського старостинського округу.
🙏🏻Разом вистоїмо, разом переможемо.
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🇺🇦 Sumy Region
We do not leave people alone.
❤️📦🫂 GEM HGBF family kits are now in the hands of families in the Ternivka Starostyn District.
🙏🏻 Together we will endure, together we will prevail.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Сумщина #Сумськаобласть #Тернівка
🥺Ми не вимірюємо біль. Ми просто не проходимо повз.
❤️📦🤲🏻Дистрибуція наборів сімейних наборів GEM HGBF у центрах підтримки ВПО у місті Дніпро:
📍Соледарської громади «Соледар: дорога до дому»
📍Волноваського району «Пліч-о-пліч»
📍Мар’їнської громади «Мар’їнський гуманітарний ХАБ»
🙏🏻🫂Ми не зупиняємось. Бо серце не вміє відвертатись.
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🥺 We don’t measure pain. We simply refuse to walk past it.
❤️📦🤲🏻 Distribution of GEM HGBF family kits at IDP support centers in the city of Dnipro:
📍 Soledar Community — “Soledar: Road to Home”
📍 Volnovakha District — “Side by Side”
📍 Mariinka Community — “Mariinka Humanitarian Hub”
🙏🏻🫂 We do not stop. Because the heart does not know how to turn away.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #впо #переселенці #гуманітарнадопомога
📍🚚📦 Успішно доставлені сімейні набори GEM HGBF в селища Лебʼяже та Пролісне, Харківської області 📦🙏🏻🇺🇦
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📍🚚📦 GEM HGBF family kits successfully delivered to the villages of Leb’yazhe and Prolisne, Kharkiv Oblast. 📦🙏🏻🇺🇦
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #волонтериукраїни #волонтери #допомогаукраїнцям
🇺🇦📍🚚📦У Борзні та Острі, Чернігівська область, наші волонтери доставили сімейні набори GEM HGBF.
Навіть у відносно мирних містах війна відчувається щодня — через повітряні тривоги, удари дронів, нестабільність.
Ми працюємо, щоб родини мали доступ до найнеобхіднішого.
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🇺🇦📍🚚📦 In Borzna and Oster, Chernihiv Oblast, our volunteers delivered GEM HGBF family kits.
Even in relatively peaceful towns, the war is felt every day — through air raid sirens, drone strikes, and constant uncertainty.
We continue our work so that families have access to the essentials.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Борзна #Остер #Чернігівськаобласть
🚚🤲🏻🛍️🎁 Волонтери GEM HGBF разом з Індією Хікс та Конрадом Флінтвудом в Запоріжжі подарували радість дітям ВПО з Василівської міської ради.
Ми привезли увагу. Турботу. Надію. 💙💛
Бо кожна дитина — це цілий всесвіт, який варто берегти. 🌍✨
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🚚🤲🏻🛍️🎁 GEM HGBF volunteers, together with Indya Hicks and Conrad Flintwood, brought joy to children from displaced families of the Vasylivka City Council in Zaporizhzhia.
We brought attention. Care. Hope. 💙💛
Because every child is a whole universe worth protecting. 🌍✨
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Впо #дітки #війнатриває
🙏🏻🫂❤️Вони тримаються. Ми — підтримуємо.
🚚🤲🏻📦Команда GEM HGBF видала допомогу у місті #Нікополь та місті #Марганець, Дніпропетровської області.
Ми віримо, що навіть у темні дні світло знаходить шлях.
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🙏🏻🫂❤️ They hold on. We support.
🚚🤲🏻📦 The GEM HGBF team delivered humanitarian aid in the cities of Nikopol and Marhanets, Dnipropetrovsk region.
We believe that even on the darkest days, light always finds its way.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Дніпропетровщина
🇺🇦📍Дорога Мала Данилівко, ми знаємо, що тобі боліло і болить. Знаємо, що ти втомилась.
📦🫂❤️І ось ми тут, з гуманітарною допомогою GEM HGBF, щоб сказати: ти важлива, ти видима, ти не забута.
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🇺🇦📍Dear Mala Danylivka, we know how much you have suffered — and how much you are still hurting. We know you are tired.
📦🫂❤️ And here we are, with GEM HGBF humanitarian aid, to say: you matter, you are seen, you are not forgotten.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Харківщина #Харківськаобласть
📍🇺🇦 Селища Новопавлівка та Біла Криниця, Бериславський район, Херсонська область.
Два селища. Одна історія: окупація, ізоляція, руйнування — і повільне повернення до життя.
🚚🤲🏻 💦 Команда GEM HGBF доставила туди питну воду. Без гучних слів, ризикуючи власним життям та безпекою.
Просто — щоб люди мали, що пити.🙏🏻
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📍🇺🇦 The villages of Novopavlivka and Bila Krynytsia, Beryslav district, Kherson region.
Two villages. One story: occupation, isolation, destruction — and a slow return to life.
🚚🤲🏻💦 The GEM HGBF team delivered drinking water there. Without loud words, risking their own lives and safety — simply so people would have something to drink. 🙏🏻
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Херсонщина #Херсонськаобласть
🤝Не звикайте до війни. Звикайте допомагати, простягати руку помочі, це не складно, комусь це може врятувати життя.
🇺🇦📍🫂 Ми це зробили, місія GEM HGBF з сімейними наборами в руках у селищах #Придніпровське, #Мусіївка та #Зоря, Нікопольського району, Дніпропетровської області і зробимо знову. Бо українці не просто заслуговують на підтримку, але й гостро потребують її.
💛 Поділіться цим постом — нехай про ці селища знають.
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🤝 Don’t get used to the war. Get used to helping, to reaching out a hand.
It’s not hard — and for someone, it can save a life.
🇺🇦📍🫂 We did it. The GEM HGBF mission, with family food kits in hand, reached the villages of Prydniprovske, Musiivka, and Zoria in the Nikopol district, Dnipropetrovsk region — and we will do it again.
Because Ukrainians not only deserve support — they urgently need it.
💛 Please share this post so more people learn about these villages.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission
🚚🤲🏻📦Місія GEM HGBF приїхала з гуманітарною допомогою у село Сухополова та у місто Прилуки, Чернігівської області
🫂🙏🏻❤️Разом — сильніші
Це не гасло. Це те, що ми бачимо щодня.
У кожній усмішці. У кожному «дякую».
Залишайтесь з нами. Підписуйтесь. Бо разом ми можемо більше.
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🚚🤲🏻📦 The GEM HGBF mission arrived with humanitarian aid to the village of Sukhopolova and the city of Pryluky, Chernihiv region.
🫂🙏🏻❤️ Together — we are stronger.
This is not a slogan. It’s what we see every day.
In every smile. In every “thank you.”
Stay with us. Follow our journey. Because together, we can do more.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Чернігівщина #Чернігівськаобласть #Сухополова
🥹🙏🏻🫂Познайомтесь з героями цього дня:
✔️Волонтери GEM HGBF — ті, хто не зупиняється
✔️ @indyahiks — серце місії на місці
✔️ @conradflintwood — руки, які допомагають
Разом вони привезли надію у селище Лукашеве, Запорізька область 🙏
Кожен сімейний набір GEM HGBF — це результат командної роботи. Кожна посмішка — це нагорода за кілометри шляху.
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🥹🙏🏻🫂 Meet the heroes of this day:
✔️ GEM HGBF volunteers — the ones who never stop
✔️ @indyahiks — the heart of the mission on the ground
✔️ @conradflintwood — the hands that help
Together, they brought hope to the village of Lukasheve, Zaporizhzhia region 🙏
Each GEM HGBF family kit is the result of true teamwork. Each smile is a reward for every kilometer traveled.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Запорізькаобласть #гуманітарнадопомога #Лукашеве
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
