10 Social Projects to Help Ukraine require YOUR support
for a total amount of 578,500 USD.
As of 15 April 2017: 158 CAD have been donated!
THANK YOU!
for a total amount of 578,500 USD.
As of 15 April 2017: 158 CAD have been donated!
THANK YOU!
Tentatively on 31 January 2019 a raffle will be held or sooner if the targeted amount is reached.
In each donation category, three prizes will be awarded:
(1) a money award;
(1) a money award;
(2) a Ukrainian doll by Lesia Pavlivna from a region of Ukraine of the winner's choice; and
(3) a unique "UGears" wooden 3-D self-propelled mechanical puzzle made in Ukraine.
(3) a unique "UGears" wooden 3-D self-propelled mechanical puzzle made in Ukraine.
Donation categories:
60 USD Donation Category: for one 60 USD donation, the donor has one chance to win 600 USD;
30 USD Donation Category: for one 30 USD donation, the donor has one chance to win 300 USD.
The update on the donations will be posted on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Donate-and-Win-10-Times-Your-Donation-1924781681088426/
The PayPal transaction ID number will be used as the ticket number for the raffle. For those who have no access to PayPal, a separate ID number will be assigned.
Donors will be grouped by projects into ten groups and activity reports will be submitted to each group to allow group members to follow-up their project.
PLEASE DONATE $1 a day for 30, 60 or 90 days!
The 10 Social Projects to help Ukraine needing YOUR support are:
- Katranka Summer Rehabilitation Camp for War Veteran;
- Zashkiv Help Center/Halfway Home for Adult Orphans;
- Bandura and National Musical Instruments Center;
- Buzova Halfway Home for Adult Orphaned Children;
- Buzova Main Rehabilitation Center for War Veterans;
- Kitchen Facilities of the Kyiv Military Hospital;
- Takhtaulove Halfway Home for Adult Orphaned Children;
- Vynnytsia Children Alternative Education Center;
- Irpin Halfway Home for Adult Orphans;
- Downtown Kyiv area investment project to support home for adult orphans.
1. Katranka Summer Rehabilitation Camp for War Veterans
https://ukrainekatrankasummercamp.blogspot.com
#1 on the list in https://ukrainesocialprojects.blogspot.com
https://ukrainekatrankasummercamp.blogspot.com
#1 on the list in https://ukrainesocialprojects.blogspot.com
The summer rehabilitation camp for war veterans located in Katranka, 165 km from Odesa, in proximity to the Black Sea, needs to be brought to condition to properly service the war veterans and their families.
In the summers of 2015 and 2016, more than 400 war veterans and their families took advantage of these facilities but the living conditions were very difficult.
In the summers of 2015 and 2016, more than 400 war veterans and their families took advantage of these facilities but the living conditions were very difficult.
The buildings are old and need repairs. Doors, windows, walls and floors need refurbishing. Ramps for access by wheelchair need to be installed for each of the eight wooden buildings. Bio washrooms and shower cabins need to be installed, as well as kitchen facilities. Some basic furniture must be bought – bunk beds, tables, chairs and benches.
Financial assistance needed: 65,000 USD for the repairs and purchases, 7,000 USD for administrative costs; and 3,000 USD to cover the debt for the rental of the land from the local authorities to whom the land belongs.
Please visit page on: https://ukrainekatrankasummercamp.blogspot.com
N.B. 4,000 USD have been raised in August 2016. This reduces the total amount needed to 71,000 USD from 75,000 USD.
Total cost of the “Katranka Summer Rehabilitation Camp for War Veterans” project:
75,000 USD
2. Zashkiv Help Center/Halfway Home for Adult Orphans
https://orphanadultsinukraine.blogspot.com
#6 on the list in https://ukrainesocialprojects.blogspot.com
In the quiet historical Zashkiv village, 20 km west from the city of Lviv there is the possibility of setting up a help center/halfway home for adult orphans who are left on their own as soon as they reach legal age.
Since the state does not provide accommodation facilities for orphans after they finish high school, this halfway home is being set up to provide a home for orphaned children who have nowhere to go after their secondary level studies. This halfway home is to prevent that the orphans end up in the world of drugs, crime and despair.
Two bare land plots of 0.15 and 0.15 hectare (30 ares or 3,000m2) have already been reserved for the halfway home located on a slope nearby a forest at the end of a quiet street. A preliminary sketch of the building has been done for a fee. These two land plots will provide space for a garden and an orchard. Ideally a third land plot totally nearby should be acquired for permaculture and gardening activities. No need to dig a well, but a metal fence has to be installed, and electricity connected.
Two bare land plots of 0.15 and 0.15 hectare (30 ares or 3,000m2) have already been reserved for the halfway home located on a slope nearby a forest at the end of a quiet street. A preliminary sketch of the building has been done for a fee. These two land plots will provide space for a garden and an orchard. Ideally a third land plot totally nearby should be acquired for permaculture and gardening activities. No need to dig a well, but a metal fence has to be installed, and electricity connected.
Basic furniture will be bought for the house (bunk beds, tables, chairs and benches; kitchen appliances, bathroom equipment, washing machines). Nothing superfluous.
Financial assistance needed immediately: 5,000 USD for the building documentation; 34,000 USD to purchase the 0.30 ha (two land plots); 15,500 USD to purchase the third land plot (0.15ha); 40,000 USD to lay down the foundations; 3,500 USD to cover administrative costs. For a total interim amount of 98,000 USD of the 504,000 USD needed.
Please visit pages on: https://orphanadultsinukraine.blogspot.com / https://www.facebook.com/skif11
Please visit pages on: https://orphanadultsinukraine.blogspot.com / https://www.facebook.com/skif11
Two of the land plots need to bought without delay. 34,000 USD are needed immediately.
Total cost of the “Zashkiv Help Center/Halfway Home for Adult Orphans” project:
504,000 USD
3. Bandura and National Musical Instruments Center
#8 on the list in https://ukrainesocialprojects.blogspot.com
#8 on the list in https://ukrainesocialprojects.blogspot.com
In the historical village of Buzova, 30 km west from Kyiv, to help adult orphans and youth pursuing their studies of the bandura, a Ukrainian national instrument, a bandura revival center is to be set up to help the popularization of the bandura and its manufacturing. This revival center will also act as a much needed gathering center for those interested in the revival of Ukrainian culture for the Buzova village area whose cultural life is almost nonexistant.
The bandura revival center will provide living and working facilities to a group of students from all over Ukraine. Their activities will be part of their curriculum at the Chaikovskyi National Music Academy (known as the Kyiv Conservatory). The main focus will be on reviving the Kharkivska bandura, and the custom building and repairing of existing banduras and other Ukrainian national instruments. Such a repair service for musical instruments is very much in demand and cannot be responded to due to the scarcity of such specialists. The building will be an adapted two-storey construction of the Khata Shevchenka. There will be rooms for designing the bandura and other instruments, carving, cutting, sanding, painting, drying and displaying the finished works of art for sales purposes. There will be also a storage room for materials and equipment needed for the construction of the instruments.
To get this project off the ground, three bare land plots of 0.15 hectare each are to be purchased. In addition, another 0.15 ha, 0.7 ha land plots must be acquired to allow permaculture and gardening. Towards this end, 67,000 USD are needed. Another 7,000 USD to cover construction documentation costs for the building; 40,000 USD to lay down the foundations; and 20,500 USD to dig the well, install a metal fence, and connect the electricity. Total interim amount of 134,500 USD out of a total of 388,500 USD.
The bandura revival center will provide living and working facilities to a group of students from all over Ukraine. Their activities will be part of their curriculum at the Chaikovskyi National Music Academy (known as the Kyiv Conservatory). The main focus will be on reviving the Kharkivska bandura, and the custom building and repairing of existing banduras and other Ukrainian national instruments. Such a repair service for musical instruments is very much in demand and cannot be responded to due to the scarcity of such specialists. The building will be an adapted two-storey construction of the Khata Shevchenka. There will be rooms for designing the bandura and other instruments, carving, cutting, sanding, painting, drying and displaying the finished works of art for sales purposes. There will be also a storage room for materials and equipment needed for the construction of the instruments.
To get this project off the ground, three bare land plots of 0.15 hectare each are to be purchased. In addition, another 0.15 ha, 0.7 ha land plots must be acquired to allow permaculture and gardening. Towards this end, 67,000 USD are needed. Another 7,000 USD to cover construction documentation costs for the building; 40,000 USD to lay down the foundations; and 20,500 USD to dig the well, install a metal fence, and connect the electricity. Total interim amount of 134,500 USD out of a total of 388,500 USD.
Total cost of the “Bandura and National Musical Instruments Centre” project: 388,500 USD
4. Buzova Halfway Home for Adult Orphaned Children
#5 on the list in https://ukrainesocialprojects.blogspot.com
Location: village of Buzova, 30 km west from Kyiv (on the Zhytomyr Highway, Kyiv oblast).
Purpose: Since the state does not provide accommodation facilities for orphans after they finish high school, this halfway home is being set up to provide a home for orphaned children who have nowhere to go after their studies. This halfway home is to prevent that these orphans end up in the world of drugs, crime and despair. They will be given the opportunity to learn the skills they need to integrate the society as responsible individuals. The home will accommodate from four to sixteen (or more) children aged seventeen and older. The halfway home will be a smoke free, alcohol free, drugs free, and arrogance free area. Children will learn to be community leaders, to do volunteer work, to devote themselves to good actions, good thoughts, and good deeds.
Description of the land plot: A bare land plot of 0.15 hectare (15 ares or 1,500m2) has already been purchased for the halfway home located two km off the main Zhytomyr Highway. A preliminary sketch of the house has been done. A plot of 0.7 hectare (7 ares or 700m2) must be purchased to allow access to the initial 0.15 ha land plot. Another four plots of 0.115 hectares (46 ares or 4,600m2) located nearby must be purchased to provide space for a garden and an orchard. A well must be dug, a metal fence installed, and electricity connected to the building.
Planned construction: It is envisaged to construct a two-story house (550m2) to lodge up to 20 people. There will be seven rooms for children with multiple occupancy. A big kitchen, dining room and living room will be used as a general daily gathering place for the children to learn cooking, socializing and responsibility taking. The building will be sober. There will be no useless furniture, or obsolete objects. A big library and a sport area will be part of the home to help children acquire good habits. The children will have a clean, bright, safe and comfortable environment to facilitate their passage from a dormitory setting to a more normal life environment.
The children will be encouraged to take part in the management of the house from cleaning to groceries buying. They will learn gardening, taking care of fruit trees, pets and people. For this purpose, a small cat shelter will be set up to allow the children to take care of animals for a fee when their owners will be traveling.
Basic furniture will be bought for the house (bunk beds, tables, chairs and benches; kitchen appliances, bathroom equipment, washing machines). Nothing superfluous.
Self-financing: to ensure self-financing of this halfway home, children will be initiated to permaculture, gardening, pet care, handicraft and hosting small parties at the home for a fee. The animal shelter will be another source of income.
Financial assistance needed: 5,000 USD for the building documentation; 20,000 USD to purchase the 0.51 ha (five land plots); 20,500 USD to dig the well, fence the property, connect the electricity to the building; 275,000 USD to build the home, 10,000 USD for the animal shelter, 24,000 USD for administrative costs; and 20,000 USD for a used multi van.
Total cost of the “Buzova Halfway Home for Orphaned Children” project: 374,500 USD
5. Buzova Main Rehabilitation Center for War Veterans
#7 on the list in https://ukrainesocialprojects.blogspot.com
#7 on the list in https://ukrainesocialprojects.blogspot.com
Location: village of Buzova, 30 km west from Kyiv (on the Zhytomyr Highway, Kyiv oblast).
Purpose: This center is to be the main rehabilitation center to provide physical and psychological rehabilitation to handicapped veterans and their families, and families of deceased soldiers. Rehabilitation activities will be conducted through a wide range of therapy workshops in arts, music, sports, manual and physical work, animal care. The center will also provide orphaned children and school students the opportunity to do volunteer work with the physically handicapped, war veterans and their families to hone their leadership skills. Through these activities children will learn to devote themselves to good actions, good thoughts, and good deeds. The center will be a smoke free, alcohol free, drugs free, and arrogance free area.
Description of the land plot: A bare, flat land plot of 20 hectares (2,000 ares or 200,000m2) has already been reserved for the rehabilitation center to be located two km off the main Zhytomyr Highway. A construction plan has already been approved by the local authorities.
Planned construction: According to the approved construction plan, it is envisaged to build 192 single homes and public buildings (school, sports center, day care center, administration building to include hotel premises). This will be a self-encompassing small town for handicapped veterans and their families where they will be able to obtain a wide variety of services ranging from physical to psychological, and social rehabilitation.
Self-financing: to ensure self-financing of this main handicapped veterans rehabilitation center, school premises will be rented for conferences, weddings, retreats, parties, festivals, extra-curricular classroom activities, etc. The administration building will provide services for a fee ranging from photocopying, page making, photography to day care and messaging center. Also, a time sharing resort area will be available near the water front. The possibilities are many, and managing them will be the key to proper use of resources.
Financial assistance needed: 2,000,000 USD for the purchase of the 20 ha land plot. 1,250,000 USD to build the first ten homes, 72,000 USD for administrative costs for 3 years; and 20,000 USD for a used multi van.
Total cost of the “Buzova Main Rehabilitation Center for War Veterans”
project: 3,342,000 USD
6. Main Kitchen Facilities of the Kyiv Military Hospital
#13 on the list in https://ukrainesocialprojects.blogspot.com
#13 on the list in https://ukrainesocialprojects.blogspot.com
Location: City of Kyiv
Purpose: The main kitchen of the Kyiv Military Hospital which services the soldiers injured in the war, needs to be refurbished because due to lack of funding, it has not been maintained for the last forty years. The kitchen staff works in very unhuman conditions due to the heat and with equipment that is not functioning properly and needs replacement.
Description of the premises: The main kitchen needs to have an air conditioning unit installed. Its electric frying pan, cooking equipment, meat grinder, vegetable cutter and juice maker need to be replaced. Wheel carts used for food distribution on the hospital territory, garbage disposal bins, trays, buckets need to be replaced because they are very old and malfunctioning. The ceiling, walls and floor of the kitchen need to be repaired.
Planned repairs and equipment replacement: As soon as funding can be identified the works can begin, and the equipment purchased.
Self-financing: The needs of the hospital main kitchen can only be covered through donations or state funding.
Financial assistance needed: 350,000 USD for the refurbishing of the main kitchen; 150,000 USD to replace the old or broken kitchen equipment; and 4,000 USD for administrative costs.
Total cost of the “Kitchen Facilities of the Kyiv Military Hospital” project: 504,000 USD
7. Takhtaulove Halfway Home for Adult Orphaned Children
#14 on the list in https://ukrainesocialprojects.blogspot.com
#14 on the list in https://ukrainesocialprojects.blogspot.com
Location: Takhtaulove village, 3 km from the city of Poltava (Poltava oblast).
Purpose: Since the state does not provide accommodation facilities for orphans after they finish high school, this halfway home is being set up to provide a home for orphaned children who have nowhere to go after their studies. This halfway home is to prevent that the orphans end up in the world of drugs, crime and despair. They will be given the opportunity to learn the skills they need to integrate the society as responsible individuals. The home will accommodate from four to sixteen (or more) children aged eighteen and older. The halfway home will be a smoke free, alcohol free, drugs free, and arrogance free area. Children will learn to be community leaders, to do volunteer work, to devote themselves to good actions, good thoughts, and good deeds.
Description of the land plot: One bare land plot of 0.17 hectare (17 ares or 1,700m2) has been already purchased for the halfway home located on a quiet street 400 m off the main road. A preliminary sketch of the building has been done for a fee. This land plot will provide space for a garden and an orchard. A well needs to be dug, a metal fence has to be installed, water, electricity and gaz need to be connected.
Planned construction: It is envisaged to construct a two-story house (550m2) to lodge up to 16 people. There will be seven rooms for children with multiple occupancy. A big kitchen, dining room and living room will be used as a general daily gathering place for the children to learn cooking, socializing and responsibility taking. The building will be sober. There will be no useless furniture, or obsolete objects. A big library and a sport area will be part of the home to help children acquire good habits. The children will have a clean, bright, safe and comfortable environment to facilitate their passage from a dormitory setting to a more normal life environment.
The children will be encouraged to take part in the management of the house from cleaning to groceries buying. They will learn gardening, taking care of fruit trees, pets and people. For this purpose, a small cat shelter will be set up to allow the children to take care of animals for a fee when their owners will be traveling.
Basic furniture will be bought for the house (bunk beds, tables, chairs and benches; kitchen appliances, bathroom equipment, washing machines). Nothing superfluous.
Self-financing: to ensure self-financing of this halfway home, children will be initiated to permaculture, gardening, pet care, handicraft and hosting small parties at the home for a fee. The animal shelter will be another source of income.
Financial assistance needed: 3,000 USD for the building documentation; 17,000 USD to purchase an adjacent land plot of 0.17 ha; 15,500 USD to fence the property, connect the electricity to the building; 275,000 USD to build the home, 10,000 USD for the animal shelter, 24,000 USD for administrative costs; and 20,000 USD for a used multi van.
Total cost of the “Takhtaulove Halfway Home for Orphaned Children”
project: 364,500 USD
8. Vynnytsia Children Alternative Education Center
#12 on the list in https://ukrainesocialprojects.blogspot.com
#12 on the list in https://ukrainesocialprojects.blogspot.com
Location: City of Vynnytsia (Vynnytsia oblast)
Purpose: The creation of such a children center is critical for the social, emotional and intellectual development of children who nowadays are glued to the TV and iPads. Since the state does not provide funding for various extracurricular activities, children end up on the street experiencing alcohol, smoking, drugs, foul language and other negative influences. The children center will provide the children from the age of three a learning environment ranging from sports, visual arts, arts and crafts, weaving, wood carving, gardening, music, dancing, to pottery, wood working and even metal working. Children will be given the opportunity to discover their likes from an early age and chose their favorite activities at their own rate of development. This will ensure that the children will be brought up based on integrity, respect, love of work and learning, and readiness to do good around themselves. The center will be a smoke free, alcohol free, drugs free, and arrogance free area.
Description of the land plot: Very few existing buildings in the city of Vynnytsia can be adapted to such activities. To build such a center would require one hectare of land on which could be built several buildings to accommodate the children and their parents. Pottery, wood working, metal working all require separate locations. Dancing and sport activities requires spacious rooms, weaving and painting ventilated areas, etc. Therefore the main building and other smaller buildings must be designed to render possible various types of activities.
Planned construction: It is planned to construct a two-story building (1,000m2) to accommodate 200 people or more. There will be rooms, kitchen facilities, dining room and a dormitory for the children for napping time.
Basic furniture will be bought for the building (bunk beds, tables, chairs and benches; kitchen appliances, bathroom equipment, washing machines). Nothing superfluous.
Self-financing: to ensure self-financing of this children center, art and music festivals, community activities, fundraising activities will be organized in addition to the fees that will be charged for hall rentals and other services that will be provided by the center.
Financial assistance needed: 5,000 USD for the building documentation; 120,000 USD (or less) to purchase one hectare of land, 25,500 USD to dig a well, fence the property, connect the electricity to the building; 500,000 USD to construct the building; 24,000 USD for administrative costs; and 20,000 USD for a used multi van.
Total cost of the “Vynnytsia Children Center” project: 694,500 USD
9. Irpin Halfway Home for Adult Orphans
https://ukraineorphansadultirpin.blogspot.com
#15 on the list in https://ukrainesocialprojects.blogspot.com
In the city of Irpin, 15 km from the city of Kyiv there is a building suitable as a halfway home for adult orphans who are left on their own as they reach legal age. To prevent that the orphans end up in the world of drugs, crime and despair, they need a family environment where they can obtain moral and physical support while they are learning the ropes of adult life to which the school system has not prepared them.
One land plot of 0.4 hectare (4 ares or 400m2) with an old house in need of repairs inside and outside including the roof. It is located on a quiet lane 500 off the main road. On this land plot there is a small orchard and space for a garden. There is a water, electricity and gas. A metal fence has to be installed and the territory needs to be cleaned up from all old run down shacks and side building. Very convenient transportation to Kyiv directly to the metro.
Basic furniture will be bought for the house (bunk beds, tables, chairs and benches; kitchen appliances, bathroom equipment, washing machines). Nothing superfluous.
Financial assistance needed: 3,000 USD for the building documentation; 15,000 USD to purchase the land plot of 0.4 ha with the house; 5,500 USD to fence the property, connect the electricity and gas to the building; 45,000 USD to rebuild the home, 15,000 USD for the animal shelter, 10,500 USD for administrative costs; and 20,000 USD for a used multi van.
Please visit page on: https://ukraineorphansadultirpin.blogspot.com
114,000 USD are needed now to secure the purchase, fencing and rebuilding of the property to make it habitable and self-sustainable.
Total cost of the “Irpin Halfway Home for Adult Orphans” project: 114,000 USD
10. Downtown Kyiv area - investment project
to help home for orphan adults
#2 on the list in https://ukrainebusinessprojects.blogspot.com
to help home for orphan adults
#2 on the list in https://ukrainebusinessprojects.blogspot.com
In downtown of the city of Kyiv, a small business is being sold by the owner. Premises of 30m2 are to be totally refurbished. Revenues will be used to support home for adult orphans. Income will be generated immediately upon termination of refurbishing works.
Financial assistance needed: a 7.5-year loan of 60,000 USD. Interest rate to be agreed upon.
Total cost of the “Downtown Kyiv area” project: loan of 60,000 USD
