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📍📦 Селище #Киінка та Шестовиця, Чернігівської області . #Волонтери GEM HGBF привезли гуманітарну допомогу.
Там, де лишилась тільки тиша, ми повертаємо голос турботи. Там, де бракує ресурсів, ми приносимо підтримку.
Дякуємо всім, хто допомагає зберегти людяність у цей складний час. ❤️
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📍📦 Kyinka and Shestovytsia, Chernihiv region. GEM HGBF volunteers delivered humanitarian aid.
In places where only silence remains, we bring back the voice of care. Where resources are scarce, we deliver support.
Thank you to everyone who helps preserve humanity during these challenging times. ❤️
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #волонтериукраїни #війнавукраїні #війнатриває #Чернігівщина
🫂🙏🏻💛💙 Герої дня: волонтери GEM HGBF та жителі селищ #Зарожне, #Тетлега, Велика бабка, #Піщане та Камʼяна Яруга, Харківської області! Ми разом творили дива, роздаючи сімейні набори та обмінюючись посмішками. Пам’ятайте: кожен може бути волонтером. Приєднуйтесь до руху добра!
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🫂🙏🏻💛💙 Heroes of the day: GEM HGBF volunteers and the residents of Zarozhne, Tetleha, Velyka Babka, Pishchane and Kamyana Yaruga, Kharkiv region! Together, we created miracles by distributing family kits and exchanging smiles.
Remember: anyone can be a volunteer. Join the movement of kindness!
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Харківщина #Харківськаобласть
🚚💧🫂Один день, одна громада, сотні усмішок. Наша подорож до Кашпуринської громади, Сумської області з питною водою GEM HGBF показала: кроки наших волонтерів ведуть до великих змін.
GEM продовжує рух!
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🚚💧🫂 One day, one community, hundreds of smiles.
Our trip to the Kashpuryne community in Sumy region with GEM HGBF drinking water proved that every step our volunteers take leads to big changes.
GEM keeps moving!
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #гуманітарнадопомога #підтримкаукраїни #Сумщина #Сумськаобласть
Доставлення сімейних наборів GEM #HGBF - це наш спосіб ділитися теплом і підтримкою. Підтримали жителів Шалигинської, Глухівської, Лебединської та Новослобідської громади, Сумської області.🤝❤️📦🇺🇦
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Delivering GEM #HGBF family kits is our way of sharing warmth and support. Our mission supported the residents of the Shalyhyne, Hlukhiv, Lebedyn and Novosloboda communities, Sumy region.🤝❤️📦🇺🇦
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #війнатриває #гуманітарнадопомога #українці
Життя в умовах війни – це щоденна боротьба за виживання. Але завдяки волонтерам, ця боротьба стає легшою.
🚚📦❤️#Волонтери GEM доставили гуманітарну допомогу в місто #Херсон.
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Life in wartime is a daily struggle for survival. But thanks to volunteers, this struggle becomes easier.
🚚📦❤️ GEM volunteers have delivered humanitarian aid to the city of #Kherson.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission
🫂🇺🇦 Маршрут GEM HGBF у Херсонській області :
📍 Селище Давидів Брід
📍 Селище #Стійке
📍 Селища #Вишневе та #Брускинське
Що в наших сімейних наборах GEM HGBF? 📦
• Продукти першої необхідності
Гігієнічні засоби
• Частинка турботи
• Промінчик надії
Ваша вдячність - наше найбільше натхнення! ❤️
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🇺🇦 GEM HGBF route in Kherson region:
📍 Village of Davidiv Brid
📍 Village of Stiyke
📍 Villages of Vyshneve and Bruskinske
What’s inside our GEM HGBF family kits? 📦
• Essential food items
• Hygiene products
• A touch of care
• A ray of hope
Your gratitude is our greatest inspiration! ❤️
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Херсонщина #Херсонськаобласть #ДавидівБрід
📍Місця, куди гуманітарка доходить не завжди швидко, але завжди вчасно для тих, хто чекає.
🤲🏻📦🇺🇦Дистрибуція сімейних наборів GEM HGBF на Дніпропетровщині, у селищах #Українка та #Троїцьке.
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📍 Places where humanitarian aid may not always arrive quickly, but always on time for those who wait.
🤲🏻📦🇺🇦 Distribution of GEM HGBF family kits in Dnipropetrovsk region, in the villages of Ukrainka and Troitske.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Дніпропетровщина #Стнельниківськийрайон #гуманітарнадопомога
🇺🇦📍Запорізька область. Селища #Балабине, #Лисогірка, #Канівське, #Тернувате, #Різдвянка.
П’ять назв на карті, але за кожною — люди, які живуть у прифронтовій зоні. Тут навіть у тиші чутно війну.
🙏🏻📦🤲🏻Ми, волонтери GEM, роздавали сімейні набори GEM HGBF під відкритим небом. Біля кожної черги стояли старенькі, матері з дітьми, чоловіки, які після роботи на полі встигли прийти отримати пакунок. Усі вони — частина великої спільноти, що тримається на взаємній допомозі.
Ми продовжимо повертатися сюди, бо віримо: жодна війна не сильніша за людяність.
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🇺🇦📍 Zaporizhzhia region — the villages of Balabyne, Lysohirka, Kanivske, Ternuvate, and Rizdvyanka.
Five names on the map, but behind each — people living in the frontline zone. Here, even in silence, you can still hear the war.
🙏🏻📦🤲🏻 We, GEM volunteers, distributed GEM HGBF family kits under the open sky. In every line, there were elderly people, mothers with children, and men who came straight from the fields after work to receive their package. All of them are part of a big community built on mutual support.
We will keep coming back here, because we believe: no war is stronger than humanity.
#HGBF #globalempowermentmission #Запорізькаобласть #Запоріжжя #гуманітарнадопомога
🚚📦🇺🇦 Щастя - це ділитися з іншими! Наша команда GEM HGBF знову в дії, доставляючи допомогу тим, хто її потребує, відвідала Лебединську та Хотінську громади, Сумської області.
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🚚📦🇺🇦 Happiness is sharing with others! Our GEM HGBF team is back in action, delivering aid to those in need. We visited the Lebedyn and Khotyn communities, Sumy region.
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Сумщина #Сумськаобласть
❤️ ІСТОРІЇ, ЩО НАДИХАЮТЬ!📍Харківська область! Чкаловська та Циркунівська громади зустріли нас щирими посмішками!
Що ми побачили?
👥 Сильних людей
💪 Незламний дух
🤝 Готовність підтримувати одне одного
Пишаємось тим, що можемо допомагати!
Команда GEM HGBF поруч! ✨
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❤️ STORIES THAT INSPIRE!📍 Kharkiv region — the Chkalove and Tsyrkuny communities welcomed us with warm smiles!
What did we see?
👥 Strong people
💪 Unbreakable spirit
🤝 Willingness to support one another
We are proud to be able to help!
The GEM HGBF team is here! ✨
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Харківщина #Харківськаобласть #Чкаловськагромада #Циркунівськагромада
📍Модульні містечка — тимчасова адреса для тих, кого війна змусила виїхати з рідних домівок.
🤲🏻📦🫂 У Березанці, Товстолісі та Киселівці, Чернігівської області ми передали сімейні набори GEM HGBF, щоб у цих тимчасових оселях було світліше, тепліше і трішки спокою. 🕊️❤️
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📍 Modular towns — a temporary address for those whom the war has forced to leave their homes.
🤲🏻📦🫂 In Berezanka, Tovstolissia, and Kyselivka villages, Chernihiv region we delivered GEM HGBF family kits to bring a little more light, warmth, and peace to these temporary shelters. 🕊️❤️
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Чернігівщина #Чернігівськаобласть #модульнімістечка #Киселівка #Березанка #Товстоліс
📍 Чернігівщина: Остерська та Сухополовʼянська громади.
📦 Сімейні набори GEM HGBF.
💬 «Ви даруєте не лише продукти, а й віру в людяність».
Ось заради чого ми працюємо. ❤️
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📍 Chernihiv region: Oster and Sukhopolovianska communities.
📦 GEM HGBF family kits.
💬 “You give not only food, but also faith in humanity.”
That’s what we work for. ❤️
@sanjaba520 @bovdyrs
@globalempowermentmission
#hgbf #globalempowermentmission #Чернігівщина #Чернігівськаобласть
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
