We are excited to share with you our series Razom Says Dyakuyu. “Dyakuyu” means “thank you” in Ukrainian. Our work supporting Ukraine and getting humanitarian aid on the ground where it is needed most, would not be possible without the generous donations made by donors. With this series, we are highlighting some of the amazing donors and unique fundraisers that have supported Razom.
Razom expresses deep gratitude to the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS) for the Benefit Concert for Ukraine its faculty members organized on April 30, 2022. The event paid tribute to Ukrainian music and culture. Razom was chosen as one of the beneficiaries and received around $7,000 raised from ticket sales. The donation was put towards Razom’s Emergency Response Project.
“The idea behind the concert was to raise funds for Ukrainian refugees, while celebrating Ukrainian culture and music,” said lead organizer Haleh Abghari, a UCCS music instructor. “Aside from killing innocent Ukrainians and displacing them, the war is also an attack on their culture and identity. Putin’s war is a brutal attempt to erase that culture. That’s why we felt it was important to highlight and celebrate it.”
Abghari co-organized the event along with Eugenia Olesnicky and Dmytro Bozhko, who both have Ukrainian roots.
Internationally renowned performers were on stage that Saturday evening at the Ent Center for the Arts at UCCS. “This event is more than just a fundraiser,” Eugenia Olesnicky said. “It is an opportunity to honor and experience Ukrainian culture.”
Pianists, cellists, violinists, flutists, and even a bandurist came together along with dancers, singers, choreographers, and artistic directors to put on an incredible program showcasing the beauty of Ukrainian culture. All of the artists donated their talent in solidarity with and support of Ukraine through these difficult times of violence and invasion.
Abghari, who was born in Iran and raised during the Iran-Iraq War, said: “My family left Iran during the war and moved to the US as the situation became more dangerous. I didn’t experience any of the horrors millions of Ukrainians are experiencing now, and I was well protected. Yet, I have vivid memories of air attacks and I witnessed what it does to a population, especially children, and I’m fully against such acts of violence.”
From Ukrainian folk song “During Dark Night” to “Lullaby for Ukraine” by composers Myroslav Skoryk and Olexandr Vratariov to Taras Petrinenko’s “Ukraine,” the audience was treated to some of the treasures Ukrainian culture has to offer.
For those in attendance, some of the music was likely new to them while some was rediscovered — such as Mykola Leontovych’s “Shchedryk,” which many in the West know as “Carol of the Bells.” Introducing Leontovych’s composition, Deborah Teske, conductor of the Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble, spoke to the non-Christmas origins of “Shchedryk,” pointing out “many of you will probably recognize [it] as ‘Carol of the Bells,’ a Christmas song. But in its original Ukrainian, it’s not a Christmas song; it is a song about new year and refreshment and renewal.”
Razom greatly appreciates the hard work and solidarity that went into creating this two and a half hour program during which people came together to support and learn more about Ukraine. We also know that this solidarity extends well into the overall life of the community at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. “Here at UCCS, we work at all levels to provide help to displaced scholars and students. I am very proud of everyone who joins these efforts,” Bozhko said.
Razom and all the people who we’ve been able to support on the ground in Ukraine during the war say “dyakuyu” to the concert organizers and participants at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.
We invite you to a conference and a charity dinner that will take place at the Harvard Club in New York City on September 17, 2022.
The event aims to bring the greatest minds and key political figures together to discuss the implications of the war in Ukraine for global security, economy, energy security, and food security. At the charity dinner, we will celebrate the resilience and the spirit of the Ukrainian people, and raise funds for the reconstruction of medical facilities in Ukraine that have been destroyed by the russian army.
Some of the confirmed speakers at the event are Dr. Paul Krugman (Nobel Prize Winner in Economics ’08), and Dr. Roger Myerson (Nobel Prize Winner in Economics’ 07), Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, John Herbst, Serhii Plokhii, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Tymofii Brik, Tymofiy Mylovanov. Several top Ukrainian officials including Andriy Yermak, the Chief of Zelensky’s administration, Yulia Svyrydenko, the First Vice Prime Minister and the Minister of Economy of Ukraine, and several other ministers will participate as well (some of them might be online due to the situation in Ukraine).
The conference and charity dinner are co-organized by the Kyiv School of Economics (the top Ukrainian university, economic think tank, and educational charity) and United24 (the fundraising platform initiated by the President of Ukraine). Razom is honored to serve as an information partner for the event.
The Ukrainian Independence War and the Future of the World September 17, 2022 Harvard Club (35 West 44th Street, Manhattan, New York, New York, 10036) Organizers: KSE Foundation, United24, Razom 3pm – 5:30pm. Conference “The Independence War in Ukraine: Global Implications” 6:30pm – 11pm. The charity dinner “The Independence War in Ukraine: the Present and Future of the Country”
The conference will have four panels: global security, economy, energy security, and food security. You can find the detailed program below. Research reports by the KSE Institute on the four areas will be made available to the participants. The capacity of the rooms for each panel is limited to 30 people. A limited number of tickets for the conference are available for purchase together with the tickets for the charity dinner.
The charity dinner will feature Ukrainians who will share their stories of overcoming the challenges of the war, resisting the russian invasion, and maintaining and developing a democracy during a war. All raised funds will go towards medical and educational humanitarian projects in Ukraine. Our objective is to raise funds to rebuild a medical clinic in Makariv, the area close to Bucha in the Kyiv region that was occupied and devastated by the russian troops.
Please indicate that you learnt about the event from Razom by using Promo Code “RazomForUkraine”. You will also get a 10% discount at the checkout. No worries – you can donate more at the event, if you choose to.
If you have any questions or need more details, please contact Svitlana Denysenko at sdenysenko@kse.org.ua.
KSE Charitable Foundation is de jure two foundations, one registered in the U.S., 501.c.3, and another in Ukraine. The U.S. foundation has more than 20 years of experience and a track record of humanitarian relief efforts in the 1990s, 2004, 2013-2016, and 2022. Its campaign and programming are endorsed by the Ukrainian government, the Ministry of Health, and the Territorial Defense. In peacetime, before the war, KSE Foundation served to raise funding for KSE University. KSE University has also expanded its activities during the war by supporting an initiative Ukraine Global University that provides Ukrainians with educational opportunities around the globe. It has also starred in a number of public lecture series on the issues related to the future of the world and has been honored to host lectures and discussions by opinion leaders such as Paul Krugman, Nicolas Cristakis, and Michael A. McFaul. KSE Foundation and KSE University have been supported by large Ukrainian and international companies and charities, including Ripple, Everstake, Naftogaz, Jefferies, etc. KSE Foundation is ranked the third most effective fundraising organization in Ukraine according to Forbes Ukraine.
On August 16, Razom hosted an event welcoming our key medical aid distribution partner Zdorovi Agency to the Ukrainian Institute of America in New York City to meet our US-based medical donation partners.
Zdorovi CEO Nataliia Tulinova gave a firsthand account of her organization’s work to help cover the tremendous needs of Ukrainian hospitals right now. Since February 24, Zdorovi has distributed 231 tons of medical aid through 332 deliveries to hospitals, maternity centers, and elder facilities in 22 regions across the country. Around 70% of this aid has come from Razom and its US-based donation partners.
The meeting was also a call to action. Nearly one quarter of Ukrainian hospitals have been damaged or occupied since the start of the war. The upcoming winter also poses new challenges – reliable energy sources and heating will be most critical. Ukraine’s Ministry of Health estimates that 627 hospitals will soon need generators.
We are pleased to share a few recent impact photos from our trusted partner Zdorovi Agency, which continues to distribute donated medical aid to hospitals throughout Ukraine.
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Razom Hospitals Team works on obtaining and delivering large in-kind donations to Ukrainian hospitals that need them the most. Such donations are medical equipment, furniture and supplies. Razom Hospitals is a part of the Razom Emergency Response. If you have suggestions of large donations to hospitals, reach out to the team at hospitals@razomforukraine.org.
We are excited to share with you our series Razom Says Dyakuyu. “Dyakuyu” means “thank you” in Ukrainian. Our work supporting Ukraine and getting humanitarian aid on the ground where it is needed most, would not be possible without the generous donations made by donors. With this series, we are highlighting some of the amazing donors and unique fundraisers that have supported Razom.
Solidarity with Ukraine and support for Razom’s humanitarian work on the ground comes in various shapes — even a ginormous Ukrainian flag measuring 34 by 86 feet composed of 4,932 blue Rice Krispies and yellow Corn Pops cereal boxes. The blue and yellow flag was laid out at the Wintrust Grand Banking Hall by several dozen Chicago-area teenagers over the course of three days from August 11-13.
Friends Michael Kotcher, 15, and Ryder Shiffman, 16, co-created the project as a way to raise awareness about russia’s war in Ukraine — for the simple reason of our shared humanity. “I don’t know anyone personally from Ukraine, but it doesn’t matter. I feel that after seeing everything on the news, it was just really saddening,” Kotcher told CBS Chicago.
Fundraising for Ukraine was a major component of the cereal mosaic project. Kotcher and Shiffman discussed the idea of the cereal box flag mosaic with their mothers and then organized themselves into the group Chicago Children United for Ukraine. They secured donations of cereal boxes from Kellogg’s and then began searching for a charity to partner with.
“We did some research on different groups in Ukraine and we felt [Razom] were the most reliable,” Shiffman said.
With Razom as the beneficiary, a GoFundMe campaign was created. While the fundraiser is still ongoing (and can be found here), as of today nearly $27,000 has been raised through this platform which will go directly to Razom.
“Razom continues to do incredibly important work in Ukraine providing humanitarian relief to those in need,” Lara Shiffman, Ryder’s mother and one of the coordinators of the event, told Razom. “We are thrilled to be doing our part in Chicago to help Razom in their efforts.”
Contributions to Razom’s Emergency Response project weren’t the only remarkable outcome of this project. After the mosaic’s completion, Chicago Children United for Ukraine donated the cereal boxes to the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
With the mosaic, the Chicago Children United for Ukraine are also attempting to set a new Guinness World record for the largest cereal box mosaic. While this was “a secondary goal,” for the group, Razom wishes them the best of luck.
Razom and all the people whom we’ve been able to support on the ground in Ukraine during the war say “dyakuyu” to Chicago Children United for Ukraine.
This upcoming Wednesday, August 24th marks Ukrainian Independence Day and six months since the beginning of russia’s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine declared independence 31 years ago on August 24, 1991 and has been a beacon of reform, democracy, and liberty in Europe. Today, this progress is being stalled by russia’s violent and destructive all-out war against Ukraine and Ukrainian freedom.
The crimes russia has committed in the last six months are unspeakable, unconceivable. The millions of men, women, and children who suffer from russia’s aggression have had their lives changed forever. Those Ukrainians who were able to flee, are scattered all over the world now.
But Ukrainians are also stronger than ever. They are now defending the values that Americans and the democratic world cherish most and will continue to do so – and Ukrainians and democracy will win!
In such difficult times, every gesture of support from Ukraine’s close friends, allies and partners from the international community and especially, the United States, matter more than ever before. So we’ve put together a roundup of how you can make it a point to celebrate Ukrainian Independence Day with your friends, family, and community.
There are celebrations in New York City, Washington D.C., Miami, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, and more. If we’re missing an event happening in your area, please email us all the details info@razomforukraine.org.
This Saturday, August 20 – 3:30PM join us at Dag Hammarsköld Plaza (near the UN) and remind the world once again that #russiaisaterroriststate
On the 4th of March, 2022 #terrorussia gained control over Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the largest NPP in Europe.
Using this facility as an instrument of intimidations and violating all the existing conventions, the russian army is shelling the territory of the plant, bringing the world on the brink of the nuclear abyss. Reckless actions taken by the terrorist state of russia can lead to a catastrophe of an unprecedented scale.
Join us and remind the world once again that #russiaisaterroriststate and demand reaction from the global community in order to prevent the irreparable damage that can be caused by the insane actions of the aggressor!
On Tuesday, August 23rd at 7:30PM join us at Bowling Green Park for “Spark of Courage: A Candlelight Vigil”
On the National Ukrainian Flag Day, join a worldwide campaign to commemorate those Ukrainians and friends of Ukraine who gave their lives to protect the values of the free world.
Donning Ukrainian national clothes, we come together at sunset in cities across the world, with flags and, most importantly, candles in memoriam of the soldiers and civilians whose lives have been lost in this war.
Additionally, and as an alternative for those who cannot participate live, we invite and encourage everyone to be a part of an online flashmob. A participant could take a photo at home of their candle next to Ukrainian symbols. Then they would post the picture of their candle on social media tagging the location they are posting from with the hashtag #sparkofcourage
Let us show that Ukrainians are truly everywhere. Let us remind the world about the price of freedom and honor all those who fought for the protection of democracy.
This year the 31st birthday of Ukraine’s independence coincides with the sixth month of fight agains brutal russian aggressors. Six months of fighting for the future of Ukraine, fighting for liberty and values of the free world.
By unfurling the biggest Ukrainian Banner in the heart of New York City, Ukrainian community will show that nothing can break the spirit of freedom that lives in the heart of every Ukrainian. We are unbreakable and on Ukraine’s independence day we will proudly hold the blue and yellow flag as a symbol of our nation and our future victory.
Join us and support Ukraine and Ukrainians in our righteous battle against evil. Stand with Ukraine!
Don’t forget to put these events coming up in the next couple of weeks on your calendar, as well as snag some incredible art or handmade goods that go to support the people of Ukraine.
In New York:
On Saturday, September 24th, 6AM-6PM, New York Cycle Club’s 28th Annual Escape New York Ride (ENY’22) will have an opportunity to fundraise for Razom. Use Code RAZOM2022 to save $20 on registration and donate $22 of the registration fee to Razom. Riders who raise $500 or more will win a free jersey! For further details, visit enynycc.org/causes.
On Friday, September 30th at 6:30PM Otto’s Shrunken Head in the Lower East Side is hosting another Benefit for Ukraine with a lineup of great music and all donations going to Razom.
On Thursday, October 6th from 6:30-10PM the Ukrainian Institute of America is hosting the Sunflower Gala fundraising for Razom’s humanitarian relief work. The evening will include a special menu designed by Veselka, and special performances by Pavlo Glyntov, Vira Slyvotzky, Alisa Smarichevskaya, and opera singer Ludmila Fesenko.
In Minnesota:
On Sat, August 20th to Sun, August 21st, 10AM – 8PM SLAVIC EXPERIENCE is coming toBoom Island Park in Northeast Minneapolis. A welcoming space for people of Slavic heritage to commemorate, celebrate, and share the richness and diversity of Eastern European traditions and customs with the greater Twin Cities community.
In the UK:
On Wednesday, September 7th, 7-9PM the Young Professionals of the Danish-UK Association welcome Londoners to come and enjoy their end of summer concert at Box-Park Wembley. All proceeds from the evening will benefit Razom.
Online:
Door County Candle Company isdoubling down its “Light to Unite” donation efforts to meet a $1M donation goal on or before Ukraine’s national Independence Day on August 24. Between now and 8/24, the company will be donating $5 from every online sale of its traditional yellow Lemongrass and blue Lakeshore 16 oz. candles– the official colors of Ukraine, and will continue to donate 100% of profits from its Ukraine candle
Black and White Project Space is sponsoring Buy an Icon – Save a Life in Ukraine art auction featuring the work of Ukrainian artists Sonia Atlantova and Olexander Klimenjko titled Icons on Ammunition Boxes. Since 2015, they have painted on wooden fragments from military ammunition boxes left by russian soldiers on the battle fields in Eastern Ukraine, found by Ukrainian deminers and rescued by medical volunteers from the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital (PFVMH). 100% of sale proceeds will go to PFVMH (ПДМШ), a Razom grantee partner. You can learn more about their amazing work here.
Awethentic Gallery has curated an Art for Ukraine collection featuring paintings and prints from a variety of renowned Ukrainian artists. Some of their works focus on the recent Russian invasion while others focus on the beauty of Ukraine. In the collection, 20-100% of the net proceeds will go to Razom and the World Central Kitchen.
Please join us in Washington, D.C. for a Ukraine Action Summit! We invite individuals organizations — not just Ukrainian groups, either! — who are invested in advocating for Ukraine to Washington from September 18-21.
The Action Summit is co-sponsored by Razom for Ukraine, the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, United Help Ukraine, U.S.-Ukrainian Activists, the Joint Baltic American National Committee (JBANC), Ukrainian Medical Association of North America (UMANA), Ukrainian Catholic University Foundation, Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America, MedGlobal, the Syria Faith Initiative, the American Coalition for Syria, the Ukrainian-American Crisis Response Committee of Michigan, and Florida For Ukraine. Organizations interested in co-sponsoring should reach out to summit@americancoalitionforukraine.org
This Action Summit will be an opportunity for organizations and advocates all over the U.S. to coalesce in Washington, D.C. and exchange best advocacy practices to continue educating our elected representatives about why the U.S. must continue helping Ukraine prevail.
Your voice is critical both to our joint advocacy efforts, as well as to ensuring that members of Congress understand how important it is to help Ukrainians prevail against this ruthless invasion. Please be sure to register here by August 30, 2022.
Thank you so much for reading this newsletter, for keeping up to date with Razom, and for your support of Ukraine. We’re so glad you’re with us.
With every shipment of donated medical aid, Razom’s Health Team, which collects and delivers large in-kind donations, hears about the impact of its work directly from Ukrainian medical practitioners. Sometimes, these messages are bittersweet, but they remind us why we must #SupportUkraine.
Recently, we shipped 30 jars of Weaver Ten20 Conductive Paste and four boxes of topiramate (an anticonvulsant medication) — donated by Dr. Soma Sengupta at the University of Cincinnati — to Dr. Mariia Pavliuk, a Pediatric Neurologist/Neurophysiologist at St. Nicholas Hospital in Lviv.
Dr. Pavliuk and her colleagues in the Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery will use these items to conduct EEG tests and detect possible seizure activities in their pediatric patients. Here is what Dr. Pavliuk shared with us after receiving the donation:
“Thank you so so much! I received everything! And unpacked today! It somehow raised my mood, because today I discovered that a colleague of mine from Vinnytsia died because of a missile attack that happened a couple of weeks ago… He had burn injuries on more than 40% of skin and didn’t survive. He was my age, he had a family, and he also built plans for how to improve pediatric neurology care in Ukraine. And now he is dead because of a rocket, which attacked him while he was at work… I am destroyed… Please take care, and thank you for everything you are doing for us! Big hugs!”
—— If you have any offers or questions about large in-kind medical donations for Ukrainian hospitals please write to hospitals@razomforukraine.org
We are excited to share with you our series Razom Says Dyakuyu. “Dyakuyu” means “thank you” in Ukrainian. Our work supporting Ukraine and getting humanitarian aid on the ground where it is needed most, would not be possible without the generous donations made by donors. With this series, we are highlighting some of the amazing donors and unique fundraisers that have supported Razom.
Razom says a heartfelt thank you to members of Cactus and Tryzub, who along with the Asian Community of Arizona united for the We Are Praying For Ukraine fundraiser, that took place at St. Paul’s Auditorium in Phoenix, AZ. Over $12,000 was collected and donated to Razom’s Emergency Response project that is focused on providing tactical medical aid to Ukraine.
An Arizona-based Ukrainian-American initiative, Cactus and Tryzub, was founded earlier this year by a group of volunteers who organized in response to russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
“At Cactus and Tryzub we do political activism,” said fundraiser co-organizer Oli Stokolosa. “We organize rallies, events, and fundraisers to keep awareness about our beloved country Ukraine and deliver a message that the war is not over yet.”
On the evening of the event, representatives of more than nine Asian nations came together at St. Paul’s Auditorium to express their support for Ukraine while sharing their culture and traditions through visual and performing art. The highlights of the event were a beautiful Vyshyvanka Fashion Show by gorgeous Ukrainian and Asian models and the Moment of Dignity performance.
The hosts of the event, Oli Stokolosa and Ty Ng, introduced Ukraine and Ukrainian traditions to the guests and educated attendees about the #DontFundTheWar campaign that raises awareness of American brands that are still operating in russia and funding the war.
“Our generation came to this country to escape either poverty, persecution, or war,” said Ty Ng, who is a film director and human rights advocate. “And because it’s no longer happening to us does not mean it is not happening to someone else somewhere else. So, I feel it is our moral obligation to protect each other.”
Razom representative Yulia O’Connell flew from New York City to take part in the special evening and speak with attendees about how Razom converts our donors’ contributions into aid for the people of Ukraine.
Razom and all the people who we’ve been able to support on the ground in Ukraine during the war say “dyakuyu” to Cactus and Tryzub members and Asian Community of Arizona for their support in the Southwest!
Today, get a behind the scenes look at Razom operations through two major articles spotlighting our work. First, as a nonprofit operating in the U.S. and Ukraine, and second, as a volunteer powerhouse that’s shipped over 85,000 IFAKs to Ukraine. You’ll also get important updates on our events and fundraisers. In all the different ways you take part in this community, we are grateful!
Dear Razom Community,
Last week Razom got an exclusive feature in the Chronicle of Philanthropy, the most prominent publication on philanthropy in the US, titled “How One Tiny, All-Volunteer Nonprofit Raised $57 Million for Ukraine”. We are grateful to hear the story of our work from the outside and shine a light on some of the amazing people who are doing this work. If you’d like to get a peek behind the scenes of Razom’s operations and Emergency Response work, we recommend you give it a read. Here’s a quote from the piece:
“Having more than 130,000 people turn to you and give you more than $50 million to work with to try to help people is not an easy thing to come to terms with,” says Maryna Prykhodko, who is in charge of social media and advocacy. At 27, she is the group’s youngest board member. “Some people would be paralyzed or debilitated with this huge weight on their shoulders. Every day you have to get yourself ready for the task at hand.”
Thank you for your continued support and trust in us so that we can continue do the work. The work to save lives in Ukraine right now, and build a more prosperous Ukraine for the future.
Now onto some updates.
Week over week, the hospitals team coordinates in-kind donations from international organizations and local hospitals to ship and distribute medical equipment and medicines to hospitals in need in Ukraine. Below, what we were able to accomplish last week:
We shipped 30 jars of Weaver Conductive Ten20 Paste and 4 boxes of Topiramate (an anticonvulsant medication), generously donated by MD Soma Segupta from University of Cincinnati, to MD Mariia Pavliuk, a Pediatric Neurologist/ Neurophysiologist in the Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery at St. Nicholas Hospital in Lviv. Conductive Ten20 Paste will be used to conduct EEG tests and detect possible seizure activities in the pediatric patients at St Nicholas Hospital in Lviv. Here’s what Dr. Mariia Pavliuk wrote back to us after receiving the package:
Thank you so so much! I received everything! And unpacked today! It somehow raised my mood, because today I discovered that a colleague of mine from Vinnytsia died because of missile attack that was couple weeks ago… he had burn injuries of more than 40% of skin and didn’t survive. He was my age, he had a family and he also built a plans how to improve pediatric neurology care in Ukraine. And now he is dead because of rocket which attacked him while he was at work… I am destroyed… Please take care, and thank you for everything you are doing for us! Big hugs!
Americares continues to support Ukrainian Civilian Hospitals with another generous donation of medication. Our trusted parter on the ground Zdorovi is in the process of distributing the medications to hospitals in need.
We are still in the process of distributing the Medela WoundVacs (and its necessary parts) to hospitals in need across Ukraine.
New generous donor Dukal, a medical equipment manufacturer, donated an entire 40ft container of gauze and sponges which is now en route via sea to Ukrainian Hospitals. These much needed medical supplies will be used in ORs across Ukraine during surgeries.
Razom has shipped over 85,000 IFAKs to Ukraine, and our team of warehouse volunteers in the US packs on average 6,000-8,000 IFAKs per week. Ever wondered what it takes to reach that kind of scale, and more importantly, who shows up to volunteer their time to do the work well and why? We recently published a beautiful piece about it on our website, spotlighting nine out of the 400 amazing people who do this work — a marketer, an IT pro, multiple husband-wife duos, a retired US veteran, a project manager, a teacher, and a doctor. Read their amazing stories here.
Please join us in Washington, D.C. for a Ukraine Action Summit! We invite individuals organizations — not just Ukrainian groups, either! — who are invested in advocating for Ukraine to Washington from September 18-21. The Action Summit is co-sponsored by Razom for Ukraine, the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, United Help Ukraine, U.S.-Ukrainian Activists, the Joint Baltic American National Committee (JBANC), Ukrainian Medical Association of North America (UMANA), Ukrainian Catholic University Foundation, Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America, MedGlobal, the Syria Faith Initiative, the American Coalition for Syria, the Ukrainian-American Crisis Response Committee of Michigan, and Florida For Ukraine. Organizations interested in co-sponsoring should reach out to summit@americancoalitionforukraine.org This Action Summit will be an opportunity for organizations and advocates all over the U.S. to coalesce in Washington, D.C. and exchange best advocacy practices to continue educating our elected representatives about why the U.S. must continue helping Ukraine prevail. Your voice is critical both to our joint advocacy efforts, as well as to ensuring that members of Congress understand how important it is to help Ukrainians prevail against this ruthless invasion. Please be sure to register here by August 30, 2022.
This Saturday, August 13th at 3:30pm join us at Times Square for a protest to demand actions from the international community in order to release Ukrainian prisoners of war. Various international organizations have taken responsibility for the safety of captured Ukrainian soldiers, but all we see is the horrific killing of Ukrainian POWs as a result of a treacherous terrorist act by russia in Olenivka. Join us and speak out against censorship in social networks and inaction on the part of international organizations. We will not let the world forget about Ukrainians who defend the liberty and values of the entire free world. __ Цієї суботи, 13 серпня, о 15:30, Таймс-Сквер приєднуйтесь до нашого протесту та вимагайте дій щодо звільнення українських військовополонених. Різні міжнародні організації взяли на себе відповідальність за безпеку наших полонених солдатів, але ми бачимо лише жахливі вбивства українських військовополонених внаслідок віроломного терористичного акту Росії в Оленівці. Приєднуйтесь щоб висловитися проти цензури в соціальних мережах, брехні та бездіяльності міжнародних організацій. Ми не дамо світу забути про українських воїнів, які захищають свободу та цінності всього вільного світу.
There are a lot of amazing folks around the globe organizing events and fundraisers in fun and interesting ways, and this week we want to spotlight the Door County Candle Company, a small Ukrainian, family-owned, Wisconsin business that has donated over $700,000 to Razom through its Ukraine candle sales since the invasion. It’s doubling down its “Light to Unite” donation efforts to meet a $1M donation goal on or before Ukraine’s national Independence Day on August 24.
From now until 8/24, the company will be donating $5 from every online sale of its traditional yellow Lemongrass and blue Lakeshore 16 oz. candles– the official colors of Ukraine, and will continue to donate 100% of profits from its Ukraine candle.
This little but mighty shop has made tremendous impact on Razom thanks to the commitment and creativity of its young Ukrainian-American owner, Christiana Gorchynsky Trapani and her surrounding community, to fulfill record breaking amounts of orders.
Online: a round-up of incredible Ukrainian art for a cause!
Black and White Project Space is sponsoring Buy an Icon – Save a Life in Ukraine art auction featuring the work of Ukrainian artists Sonia Atlantova and Olexander Klimenjko titled Icons on Ammunition Boxes. Since 2015, they have painted on wooden fragments from military ammunition boxes left by russian soldiers on the battle fields in Eastern Ukraine, found by Ukrainian deminers and rescued by medical volunteers from the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital (PFVMH). 100% of sale proceeds will go to PFVMH (ПДМШ), a Razom grantee partner. You can learn more about their amazing work here.
Awethentic Gallery has curated an Art for Ukraine collection featuring paintings and prints from a variety of renowned Ukrainian artists. Some of their works focus on the recent Russian invasion while others focus on the beauty of Ukraine. In the collection, 20-100% of the net proceeds will go to Razom and the World Central Kitchen.
The Art Auction for Ukraine showcase will continue to run until Sunday, August 14th providing access to the work of Ukrainian artist, both local and living in Ukraine right now while fundraising for Razom and Nova Ukraine.
In New York:
On August 13th and 14th at 7:30PM, the Irondale Ensemble Project in Brooklyn will bring “Mom on Skype” to New York City audiences. In a bomb shelter in Lviv, Ukraine, a young soldier on duty, rehearses a play that he has directed about the separation and disconnection of children and parents. His cast is comprised of 9 children between the ages of 10 and 14 including his own daughter. Children who, overnight, have had to deal with the realities of missiles directed at them, bombs falling around them, and the fear that at any moment a family member or they themselves might die. Come see these incredible kids and support their trip to the US!
On Saturday, September 24th, 6AM-6PM, New York Cycle Club’s 28th Annual Escape New York Ride (ENY’22) will have an opportunity to fundraise for Razom. Use Code RAZOM2022 to save $20 on registration and donate $22 of the registration fee to Razom. Riders who raise $500 or more will win a free jersey! For further details, visit enynycc.org/causes.
In Illinois:
Join Chicago from August 10th-12th to break the Guinness World Record for the largest cereal box mosaic by building a Ukrainian flag at the iconic Grand Banking Hall of Wintrust Financial. Your donations to the Chicago Children United for Ukraine Cereal Box Mosaic Project, coupled with Kellog’s donation of 5,000 boxes of cereal, will allow us to raise money for Razom’s work and that of the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
In New Hampshire:
On Sunday, August 14th, 3-9PM, Bradford, NH is hosting a Stand With Ukraine Fundraiser at the Bradford Center Meetinghouse with all proceeds going to Razom. Join us for an afternoon of Ukrainian food and song, a local silent art auction, and music. Bring your picnic blankets and your own bowl, cup and cutlery to refuse waste.
In Minnesota:
On Sat, August 20th to Sun, August 21st, 10AM – 8PM SLAVIC EXPERIENCE is coming toBoom Island Park in Northeast Minneapolis. A welcoming space for people of Slavic heritage to commemorate, celebrate, and share the richness and diversity of Eastern European traditions and customs with the greater Twin Cities community.
In the UK:
On Wednesday, September 7th, 7-9PM the Young Professionals of the Danish-UK Association welcome Londoners to come and enjoy their end of summer concert at Box-Park Wembley. All proceeds from the evening will benefit Razom.
Thank you so much for reading this newsletter, for keeping up to date with Razom, and for your support of Ukraine. We’re so glad you’re with us.
At the Meest warehouse in Port Reading, New Jersey, hundreds of Razom volunteers of all ages and backgrounds have been hard at work since the early days of russia’s full-scale invasion. They are packing individual first aid kits (IFAKs) and tactical medical backpacks that get shipped to Ukraine and distributed to those who might find themselves in need of first medical help across the country, saving limbs and lives.
With music playing in the background, an organized assembly line powered by volunteers produces 6,000 to 8,000 IFAKs every week. The team recently broke a record – packing over 3,000 IFAKs in one shift.
Andriy Boychuk, who helps organize the process, starts his volunteer days at 7 a.m. Supplies bought off Razom’s Amazon wishlist get delivered, opened, and sorted at his home. He takes that over with him to the warehouse to start his shift at 9 a.m.
There are 15 items that go into an IFAK from tourniquets to gauze to burn dressing, and the warehouse works like a conveyor belt with people responsible for packing about three items each into the kit. Before the IFAK is closed, colorful postcards drawn by kids through the Encourage Ukraine initiative are folded in. Those IFAKs go into boxes, and everything is systematized and labeled so people on the receiving end in Ukraine know exactly what to expect, Andriy said.
Prior to February, Boychuk said he didn’t even know what the term “tacmed” – tactical medicine – meant. A marketer by trade, he spoke to Razom co-founder Mariya Soroka and simply said he wanted to help in any way possible. Today, he is the tacmed coordinator.
The war is not over, Andriy Boychuk said. The war is not a trend or fasion that can be trendy today and not tomorrow. Until it’s done, we have to take action, volunteer, donate. Everyone has to be active.
Yuliia Shama had volunteered with Razom’s Co-Pilot Project and participated in the organization’s book club before russia’s invasion. The week before the war started, Razom issued a call for help with medical donations and Yuliia joined the initiative. She was assigned to the emergency response team working on tactical medicine including finding and procuring important supplies, and consulting with military doctors and other medical experts on what would be needed.
Yuliia Shama & Andriy Boychuk
In the early days of the project, approximately 40 people in the United States, Europe and Canada were calling manufacturers and suppliers asking for quotes and looking for high-quality, licensed, and certified supplies, especially high quality tourniquets. “It was 24/7 work for many people to get these quotes and do negotiations,” she said.
In the early weeks, many suppliers donated or waived fees when they found out supplies would be heading to Ukraine. Within three days, the Meest warehouse was full of donations and Shama knew a detailed process and well-organized team was the best way forward.
Today, she’s managing the project in the warehouse and the process is completely streamlined from where to order items to tracking and packing. Donations to Razom are funding purchases of bulk medical supplies going into IFAKs and backpacks.
The most amazing thing, Yuliia Shama said, is to realize that many volunteers only recently met and come from very different backgrounds. We are a very effective team, and as a team everyone is so great. We are working with a lot of understanding.
Shama, who is originally from Kyiv, is in the warehouse three to four days a week and does inventory and makes sure everything is ready before packing starts. She keeps in touch with the supply team to know what is being delivered and manages the other coordinators.
Like many other volunteers, Yuliia is doing all of this on top of a regular job and lives an hour’s drive from the warehouse. Together with Anna Shapoval, who volunteers as a type of HR coordinator for our volunteer network, she found other volunteers and now there’s a team of 20 coordinators. A Signal group chat with over 500 members is moderated by five volunteers who answer questions, provide information, and help people sign up for shifts. As many as 150 people come to volunteer every week, she added.
“This project is on a roll already for five months involving a great amount of human hours of volunteer work that involves tons of communications,” she said.
Shama is immensely grateful to all the people and organizations contributing time, money, and energy to support Ukraine. “There are no safe cities or territories in Ukraine right now,” she said. “It’s important to continue to support Ukraine in any possible way to stop this terror.”
And Razom found a terrific partner working with Meest, Yuliia Shama said. “Meest are the best partners you can ever dream to have.”
In the early days of the war, Razom volunteers and board members approached Meest-America, Inc. about shipping humanitarian aid. They were already familiar with Razom and had lost nearly 85% of its business when the war began. Working together, they were able to revitalize their business on the one hand, and on the other, they were already involved in shipping humanitarian aid. The partnership was a no-brainer.
Razom’s website and Meest’s system are now connected for tracking humanitarian aid that is arriving at the warehouse, and the Razom team is using about 15% of the 92,000 square foot warehouse for packing IFAKs. Donations to Razom cover the costs of shipping aid and the Meest team works on areas including receiving shipments, pallet prep, documentation, and organizing export shipments.
Sergiy BlednovOlena Blyednova
Sergiy Blednov and his wife Olena Blyednova began volunteering in the middle of March. Living only 25 minutes from the warehouse, Sergiy arrives in the morning and makes sure things are organized so volunteers can begin packing aid without any delay. As a coordinator, he organizes items, informs colleagues of any materials running low, and keeps track of all inventory in a spreadsheet. He helps oversee and control the process from getting items to the warehouse all the way to preparing shipping.
Blednov, who works remotely for an IT company, is able to arrange his working day to fit with volunteering. He’s also taken on other crucial responsibilities including bringing pizza at lunchtime and picking music stations to listen to as they pack. With high summer temperatures, Sergiy is installing fans to make sure it’s cooler and volunteers are comfortable working.
For the Blednovs, who have family in Ukraine including their own daughter who went to volunteer with female veterans, volunteering is critically important work.
The war hasn’t finished yet, says Sergiy. We are still fighting and we need more help… We are saving lives and that’s a good reason to help Ukrainian soldiers. But it’s not just for soldiers, it’s for people living in Ukraine with shelling. It’s what we have to do.
For Olena, it’s important to get to know volunteers, make sure every volunteer is comfortable and feels welcomed and also answer any questions on Ukraine. Along with packing, she’s the photographer for the group and posts plenty of photos, so everyone remembers all the volunteers who have come to help.
“It’s tiring work, but when we are all together it’s like family. We will keep going as needed,” she said.
Neil Gussman
Neil Gussman, a retired US veteran, commutes from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, leaving around 6:30 a.m. to drive to the New Jersey warehouse several times a week. Gussman, who has no direct ties to Ukraine, walked into Razom’s East Village office soon after russia’s full-scale invasion, and said he wanted to help. Throughout his career, he’d worked in a grocery warehouse, had experience working at a freight terminal, and as a tank commander in the Army moving supplies. He knew he could help Razom’s efforts.
“Ukraine is on the right side. They got invaded for no reason at all,” he said.
Neil, who has documented his volunteer work on his personal blog, keeps all the boxes on the production line full and has memorized where everything is located – “as soon as something gets low, I fill it up,” he said.
He’s enjoyed the camaraderie of working in the warehouse. “I’m going to keep volunteering. If there’s anything else I can do, I’m going to do it,” Neil said. “Making these medical kits, it really makes me happy to do it, so I’ll keep going.”
Julia Contino saw a Razom Instagram post asking for volunteers and she and her husband Joey signed up and started volunteering in April. They’ve been coming once or twice a week ever since working full shifts from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or half shifts from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Joey has become a warehouse coordinator. When Julia’s sister Iryna arrived from Ukraine, she joined in making it a family effort.
Julia CantinoJoey Cantino
“We jump in and pack all the IFAKs. It’s like an assembly line. Once we start, we don’t finish until they are pushing us out and they are closing the warehouse,” Contino said.
Julia moved to the U.S. from Ukraine in 2011 and still has family in Ukraine and friends serving on the frontlines of the war. These days she and her husband carefully plan out their work schedules weeks in advance to make time to volunteer. Together they organized a walkathon to help Ukraine and collected $15,000 in donations for Razom before they started going in to volunteer. They’ve been able to see where the money they raised is going and how it is helping, she said.
Every time Julia is packing she thinks to herself that the next person to open the first aid kit could be a soldier or a wounded person. “Every time you pack it, you put a little bit of your soul into every one of those IFAKs,” she said. As media attention fades around the war, Contino said “we cannot afford to stop, if we stop Ukraine will disappear… we have to keep going. It doesn’t matter how tired we are.”
And it’s not just volunteers coming into the warehouse in New Jersey that support the medical aid efforts. There are two main procurement hubs – one is in Canada managed by Antonina Kumka, and second, on the other side of the country in California’s Bay Area, led by Olena Stadnyuk. They put together lists of the most important supplies, monitor supply levels, connect with big producers for bulk purchases, and procure medical devices including wound VAC machines.
Over the last several months, Olena has navigated supply chain constraints, including tourniquet delays from a large producer and the chip shortage impacting medical devices.
“We spend a lot of time on quality control and only buy special tourniquets from certified well-known providers,” she said. Olena advises anyone sending aid to Ukraine to “Please buy tourniquets which were tested and approved by the Center for Tourniquet Testing like CAT, SAM XT, SOFT or TMT” because untested tourniquets can fail just when they are needed and can cost someone their life. “It is better to buy less or none, than to give someone an illusion of protection only for the tourniquet to lose its grip and for the person to die from massive blood loss” says Stadnyuk.
Olena Stadnyuk
A medical doctor by training, Olena has been sending medical supplies to Ukraine since 2014 when the war in the Donbas region first began. She uses her medical contacts on the ground in Ukraine to speak with the doctors she trained with to understand their wants and needs.
“Children are continuing to die. Women, men are continuing to die in Ukraine, and it needs to stop. We need everyone’s support to stop it because we cannot do it on our own,” she said.
This work is successful and effective due to the efforts of so many motivated people around the world, that we can’t fit them all into this piece. The scale of this work would not have been possible without your generous donations, large and small, and if you’d like to learn more about and support Razom’s Emergency Response efforts funding medical aid shipments, click here.
Razom continues to work tirelessly to defend Ukraine’s freedom because it means saving lives and building a more prosperous Ukraine. These past few weeks, we’ve worked on scaling and systematizing our work between Ukraine and the U.S. as some of our team traveled to Ukraine. We’re still organizing rallies every week, breaking our own records of the number of IFAKs we pack in a day, supporting our partners, and delivering on the most urgent needs of first responders, defenders, hospitals, and IDPs in Ukraine. Whether you can give $10 or $1,000, every little bit helps.
Dear Razom Community,
We hope you caught our Impact Report published last month on our emergency response work since the start of the invasion in February. The scale of the work is immense. It simply would not have been possible for us to achieve so much without your support, and for that we are grateful. But we have a lot more to do and we are committed to sharing in the work with you, so without further ado-
When some of our US-based team traveled to Ukraine last month, Razom hosted a mini conference in Lviv to bring together our Ukrainian team, partners, volunteers, and grantees, and discuss how we can help each other to be as efficient as possible to make sure Ukraine wins this war with the minimum possible price in human lives and suffering.
Even though on that Saturday of July 16 Lviv had an air raid, our gracious hosts at the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) gave us access to a venue space that also doubled as a bomb shelter, allowing 150 people in attendance to carry on with the conference without interruption.
Dozens of organizations took part in the event including: Nova Ukraine, Patients of Ukraine, Zdorovi, BUR, Promprylad, Teple Misto, Avtomaidan, Rescue Now, and the Bohdan Havrylyshyn Family, among many others.
Honored guests of the event were UGCC Metropolitan Borys Gudziak, historian and publicist Yaroslav Hrytsak, musician and gallerist Pavlo Gudimov, and public and political figure Yulia Marushevska.
In July, Razom volunteers at our New Jersey warehouse set a new record of the most IFAKs assembled in one day — 3,076! Despite the hot weather, the team unites every Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday to pack all kinds of supplies, from things that stop the bleeding to tactical medical backpacks. In the past month alone, they’ve assembled 30% of the 80,000+ IFAKs we’ve been able to ship to Ukraine since the invasion.
If you want to help (in Port Reading, NJ), join our Signal group to find all the details.
The continuous support of organizations in the US making in-kind donations of medical equipment and medicines to Razom has kept us incredibly busy fulfilling the deliveries of that aid with the help of our partners on the ground like Zdorovi and Patients of Ukraine.
Razom procured Medela WoundVacs along with all the necessary consumable parts (canisters & foam dressings) to be distributed throughout Ukraine. This equipment is headed to the hospitals in dire need of wound vacs, as a result of traumatic injuries inflicted on Ukrainian population.
Americares, one of our most generous partners who continues to send medications and medical supplies to hospitals all over Ukraine, procured supplemental nutrition for Ukrainian Hospitals. This highly caloric supplemental nutrition ensures that patients get all the nutrients they need while healing. Zdorovi is in the process of distributing this donation among the regions with most need.
Direct Relief also continues to support Ukraine via Razom by delivering 18 medical backpacks filled with first aid medicine and supplies. They’re in the process of being distributed by our team to paramedics who will utilize them to save lives en route to Civilian Hospitals.
A 40ft sea container of durable medical equipment (walkers, stretchers, wheelchairs, crutches, hospital beds) is on its way to Razom’s warehouse. This was made possible due to the generous donations from our partners at AFYA Foundation. We’ll be assembling and shipping another 40ft container here in Yonkers soon.
80 women’s kits with hygiene products, medicine, emergency contraception and water purifiers donated by Leda Health and Voice Amplified were distributed in Mykolaiv and Kherson regions (areas currently under occupation) by our partner March for Women’s Rights (@marshzhinok).
Please join us in Washington, D.C. for a Ukraine Action Summit! We invite individuals organizations — not just Ukrainian groups, either! — who are invested in advocating for Ukraine to Washington from September 18-21. This Action Summit will be an opportunity for organizations and advocates all over the U.S. to coalesce in Washington, D.C. It will be an opportunity to exchange best advocacy practices and to continue educating our elected representatives about why the U.S. must continue helping Ukraine prevail. The Action Summit will consist of: 1) an Advocacy Workshop, 2) a roundtable discussion with all representatives of organizations who are present, 3) meetings with congressional offices, and 4) a reception in the Rayburn House Office Building.
Your voice is critical both to our joint advocacy efforts, as well as to ensuring that members of Congress understand how important it is to help Ukrainians prevail against this ruthless invasion. Please be sure to register: https://sites.google.com/view/americancoalitionforukraine/summit?authuser=0 by August 30, 2022.
The form will ask you to indicate whether you are joining as the representative of an organization, and whether you have experience with advocating elected officials. The Ukraine Action Summit is sponsored by organizations in the American Coalition for Ukraine. Look out for more info on each organization!
This Saturday, August 6th at 3pm, we will have a silent protest across 9 locations in Manhattan. If you’d like to participate, please submit your information using this link: https://tinyurl.com/59yfmwft
We will hold the photographs of the war to show all the atrocities and devastation that #terrorussia brought to Ukraine. The war is not over. #StandWithUkraine and join our silent protest!
Цієї суботи, 6 серпня о 15:00, ми проведемо мовчазний протест у 9 локаціях на Мангеттені. Якщо ви бажаєте прийняти участь, надішліть свою інформацію за допомогою цього посилання: https://tinyurl.com/59yfmwft
Учасники будуть тримати в руках фотографії, що демонструють жахи і руїну, що принесла росія на Українську землю. Приєднуйтесь до нашої акції на підтримку України!
There are a lot of amazing folks around the globe organizing events and fundraisers in fun and interesting ways, and we will continue to spotlight those that cross our radar.
Online: a round-up of incredible Ukrainian art for a cause!
Black and White Project Space is sponsoring Buy an Icon – Save a Life in Ukraine art auction featuring the work of Ukrainian artists Sonia Atlantova and Olexander Klimenjko titled Icons on Ammunition Boxes. Since 2015, they have painted on wooden fragments from military ammunition boxes left by russian soldiers on the battle fields in Eastern Ukraine, found by Ukrainian deminers and rescued by medical volunteers from the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital (PFVMH). 100% of sale proceeds will go to PFVMH (ПДМШ), a Razom grantee partner. You can learn more about their amazing work here.
Awethentic Gallery has curated an Art for Ukraine collection featuring paintings and prints from a variety of renowned Ukrainian artists. Some of their works focus on the recent Russian invasion while others focus on the beauty of Ukraine. In the collection, 20-100% of the net proceeds will go to Razom and the World Central Kitchen.
The Art Auction for Ukraine showcase will continue to run until Sunday, August 14th providing access to the work of Ukrainian artist, both local and living in Ukraine right now while fundraising for Razom and Nova Ukraine.
In New York:
On August 13th and 14th at 7:30PM, the Irondale Ensemble Project in Brooklyn will bring “Mom on Skype” to New York City audiences. In a bomb shelter in Lviv, Ukraine, a young soldier on duty, rehearses a play that he has directed about the separation and disconnection of children and parents. His cast is comprised of 9 children between the ages of 10 and 14 including his own daughter. Children who, overnight, have had to deal with the realities of missiles directed at them, bombs falling around them, and the fear that at any moment a family member or they themselves might die. Come see these incredible kids and support their trip to the US!
On Saturday, September 24th, 6AM-6PM, New York Cycle Club’s 28th Annual Escape New York Ride (ENY’22) will have an opportunity to fundraise for Razom. Use Code RAZOM2022 to save $20 on registration and donate $22 of the registration fee to Razom. Riders who raise $500 or more will win a free jersey! For further details, visit enynycc.org/causes.
On Thursday, October 6th from 6:30-10PM the Ukrainian Institute of America is hosting the Sunflower Gala fundraising for Razom’s humanitarian relief work. The evening will include a special menu designed by Veselka, and special performances by Pavlo Glyntov, Vira Slyvotzky, Alisa Smarichevskaya, and opera singer Ludmila Fesenko.
In Illinois:
Join Chicago from August 10th-12th to break the Guinness World Record for the largest cereal box mosaic by building a Ukrainian flag at the iconic Grand Banking Hall of Wintrust Financial. Your donations to the Chicago Children United for Ukraine Cereal Box Mosaic Project, coupled with Kellog’s donation of 5,000 boxes of cereal, will allow us to raise money for Razom’s work and that of the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
In New Hampshire:
On Sunday, August 12th, 3-9PM, Bradford, NH is hosting a Stand With Ukraine Fundraiser at the Bradford Center Meetinghouse with all proceeds going to Razom. Join us for an afternoon of Ukrainian food and song, a local silent art auction, and music. Bring your picnic blankets and your own bowl, cup and cutlery to refuse waste.
In Minnesota:
On Sat, August 20th to Sun, August 21st, 10AM – 8PM SLAVIC EXPERIENCE is coming toBoom Island Park in Northeast Minneapolis. A welcoming space for people of Slavic heritage to commemorate, celebrate, and share the richness and diversity of Eastern European traditions and customs with the greater Twin Cities community.
In the UK:
On Wednesday, September 7th, 7-9PM the Young Professionals of the Danish-UK Association welcome Londoners to come and enjoy their end of summer concert at Box-Park Wembley. All proceeds from the evening will benefit Razom.
Continuing our Razom Says Dyakuyu (“thank you” in Ukrainian) series, we want to spotlight some amazing stories of generosity, support, and simple organizing to fundraise for Razom’s work in helping Ukraine. We’ve collected a lot of these stories over the past 4+ months, and they continue to sustain us and inspire us. Check out our Updates for the full stories.
Thank you so much for reading this newsletter, for keeping up to date with Razom, and for your support of Ukraine. We’re so glad you’re with us.