Tag: humanitarian aid

In the interview hosted by the journalist of Channel 24 Oltha Chytaylo, the President of the Open Dialogue Foundation L. Kozlovska spoke about the help of the Ukrainian army, problems with the release of prisoners of war and the need for further rehabilitation of those who regained their freedom.

On 23 July 2014, the President of the Open Dialogue Foundation, Lyudmyla Kozlovska, gave an interview for the television Hromadske. She spoke about the Foundation’s activities in helping Ukraine, and in particular, the volunteers fighting against Russian aggression in the east of the country.

The funds received as a result of the public collection allowed us to buy and send to the National Guard of Ukraine 30 pcs of CELOX haemostatic agent worth 4 500 PLN – mandatory equipment for every soldier.

The Yagichevs family – Rafat and his mother Zemfira – come from the Crimea. They were forced to leave the peninsula due to the Russian occupation, and now they reside in Kiev.

Whilst pregnant, 20-year-old Svetlana from Ukraine was diagnosed with acute leukaemia. Kyiv doctors presented the mother with a dramatic dilemma – to save her own life by aborting her pregnancy.

The Open Dialogue Foundation has provided financial support for Lidia Sydoruk, a 5-year-old from Ukraine, who suffers from spastic diplegic cerebral palsy. The medical costs were far beyond her family’s financial capabilities, which is why they turned to the ODF for help.

Yuri Borodin was born on December 8, 1993 in Bakchysarai in Crimea. He is a trained technician-mechanic and driver. His passions include sea and mountain rescue. He, along with his mother and brother, moved to Kiev several months prior to the events of Maidan.

A family from the Crimea approached the Open Dialogue Foundation asking for help. At the time of the referendum, which was held in March 2014, they detected electoral fraud and propaganda actions on the Internet, opposing the misinformation disseminated by the pro-Russian media.

The Open Dialogue Foundation has transferred 2,000 UAH for the treatment of the athlete and fighter of ‘Alpha’ Special Forces Unit, who was wounded in Slavyansk.

Within the framework of the aid provided for Ukrainians in Poland, the Open Dialogue Foundation contacted the centre for refugees located in Czerwony Bór.

Precisely one month prior to the presidential elections in Ukraine, on a beach in Wilanów, a charity concert “Wilanów – Majdan. A Common Cause” was held.

Precisely one month prior to the presidential elections in Ukraine, on a beach in Wilanów, a charity concert “Wilanów – Majdan. A Common Cause” was held on 25th April, with Polish and Ukrainian bands performing on stage.

The Internet edition of Rzeczpospolita daily invites guests to a charity concert in Wilanów; funds raised are to be delivered to Maidan victims’ families.

On their Internet website, Radio Dla Ciebie publishes an invitation to a charity concert to assist the families of victims of Maidan clashes, co-organised by the Open Dialogue Foundation.

The Legionowo District organised the transportation of children from Kiev to Poland, which together with their moms spent more than two weeks in Warsaw.