Tag: humanitarian aid

In January, during the protests on Kiev’s Maidan, Viktor Reka was shot in the eye by a Berkutofficer. At the time of shooting, Viktor was within 10 metres from the line of the Berkut officers.

The Government of Ukraine is actively discussing the topic of FDPs who were forced to leave the occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (ARC), declaring a readiness to provide them with legal and material assistance.

Psychological support to wounded and injured Maidan activists who are in Polish hospitals is provided by Natalia Basko. Natalia is a psychologist by profession and a Ukrainian national who has been living in Poland for years.

Yuriy was one of the leaders on the Maidan. During the February protests, he was repeatedly shot by a sniper and suffered a very serious wound to his hand which doctors initially planned to amputate.

Anatoliy Sholudko fought on the Maidan. For his activities, he was kidnapped by ‘Titushky’ and tortured with the use of an electric chair, beaten, subjected to waterboarding and blackmailed by the kidnappers.

TVP info invites persons for a concert co-organised by the Open Dialogue Foundation. For a single evening, the Warsaw beach at Wilanów is to be turned into the Kyiv Maidan.

The Internet portal NGO.pl reports on the actions by the Open Dialogue Foundation for Ukraine – Inside the tent, which stood on Maidan for 56 days, approximately 30 volunteers worked for over 560 hours, preparing the reports on the situation in Kyiv

In February, during the Maidan protests, Dima was wounded by a grenade explosion; the explosion ruptured his eardrums, and shrapnel became embedded in his legs.

Wysokie Obcasy, the Gazeta Wyborcza supplement, contains an article about the help for Maidaners provided by Ukrainian women living in Poland.

Speaking on Polish radio as part of the ‘Muzyczna Jedynka’ programme, the musicians of the Taraka band spoke about helping Ukraine in cooperation with Open Dialogue Foundation.

The city web portal of Świętochłowice has reported on items being collected by the Catholic Youth Society.

Dziennikpolski24.pl informs of the support shown by the Open Dialogue Foundation to five families from Crimea.

The Polish Press Agency publishes a telegraph on the support shown by the Open Dialogue Foundation to Crimean refugees.

Representatives of the Open Dialogue Foundation have analysed the locations which are ready to receive Tatar families, organised by the local partners of the foundation.

The Rzeczpospolita newspaper has reported on lawyers from Siedlce handing over a sum of 2 000 PLN to the Open Dialogue Foundation.