Charity foundation «Dniprovsky» with a rich 13-year history

Until February 24, 2022, in Kyiv many public organisations and charity foundations embraced their important social mission. After the massive invasion of Russia on the territory of Ukraine, all of them had to reformat their activities taking into account new challenges. Among the organisations that managed to successfully take over the social function of providing assistance to the Kyivans, the displaced people and Ukrainians affected by the war, as well as to preserve their cultural and sports direction, is the charity organisation (CO) «Dniprovskyi» Charity Foundation» (CF) headed by Anatolii Pavlenko. At the beginning of February, this organisation celebrated its thirteenth anniversary.

The «Dniprovskyi» CF planned to hold 81 cultural, artistic and sports events in 2022. Due to the full-scale invasion of the armed forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine, the «Dniprovskyi» CF switched its activity to a volunteer one, to provide humanitarian support to the civilians, territorial defence forces and the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

On the very next week of the war, on March 2, 2022, the «Dniprovskyi» Charity Foundation, along with members of the Public Council under the Dniprovskyi District State Administration in Kyiv, launched the «Vzaiemopomich» Operational Headquarters of  Humanitarian Aid.

The Operational Headquarters of  Humanitarian Aid “Vzaiemopomich” started a wide network of strongholds in neighbourhoods for the delivery of humanitarian aid to the address of a specific addressee: Body of Self-Organization of the Population “Darnytska Ploshcha”; “Raiduzhnyi/ Voskresenka”; “Berezhniaky”; “Pivnichno-Brovarskyi residential area”; “Raiduzhnyi”; “Sotsmistechko”; “Darnytsia-Pryvokzalna”; “Poznyaky-Kharkivske highway”; “Golosiievo”; “Mykylska Slobidka”; “Livoberezhnyi residential area, Rusanivka”; “Rusanivski Sady”; “Voskresenski Sady”.

On March 28, a “hotline” of the “Vzaiemopomich” Humanitarian Headquarters was arranged which Dnipro district residents could call and ask for help. During the active operation period of the call centre, hundreds of people have turned to it, including retirees, disabled people, large families, single mothers, and immigrants. The information received by the call centre was passed for processing to the strongholds of humanitarian aid, so the volunteers in the local areas could find out people’s needs directly from them.

During 2022, the “Vzaiemopomich” Operational Headquarters of  Humanitarian Aid received and distributed almost 300 tons of humanitarian aid from partners from Lviv, Slavuta, Khmelnytskyi, as well as from Latvia, Poland, Spain, Italy and Sweden.

The list of partners: Charity Organisation “Paladzesim viens otram” (Riga, Latvia), Charity Foundation “Caritas Arcidiecezji Krakowskiej”, Charity Foundation “Ukrainian Renaissance”, Charity Mission “Kovcheg”, Islamic Center “Almoataz”, Choir Beato Angelico (Rome, Basilica of St. Maria-sopra-Minerva), Humanitarian Headquarters “QUASAR” Public Association “Youth Creating a State”, Ukrainian Association “JERELO” (Barcelona, ​​Kingdom of Spain), Charity Foundation “Tsil”, International Charity Foundation “Youth with the Mission”, vegetable farm “Forsazh” (Troyeshchyna neighbourhood, Kyiv), “Agrotep” LLC, “Silpo-Food” LLC, “Fozzi Group” LLC, “Trade Company “Kyivkhlib” LLC, Slavutsk United Territorial Community of Khmelnytskyi Region, Khodorivs City Local Community.

The specified humanitarian aid consisted of 260 tons of food, 500 kg of clothes, 500 kg of medicines, 39 tons of personal care products for children and adults.

Only from March to May 2022, the volunteers of the “Vzaiemopomich” Headquarters supported more than 5,000 Kyiv residents. Also, humanitarian aid was provided to units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Territorial Defence based in the Dnipro, Darnytsia, Obolon, Shevchenko, Svyatoshyno districts of Kyiv and Kyiv region, the Social Security Department, Family Welfare Service, the Culture Department of the Dnipro District State Administration in Kyiv, the Territorial Social Care Centre of the Dnipro District of Kyiv, the Dnipro District Office of the Regional Administration of the Main Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv, to the Dnipro District Police Department of the Main Department of the National Police in Kyiv, health care institutions: Kyiv Municipal Clinical Hospital of emergency medical care, Kyiv Municipal Children’s Clinical Hospital № 2  in Kyiv, Consultative and Diagnostic Centre of the Dnipro District in Kyiv, Primary Health Care Center № 1 and 3 of the Dnipro District in Kyiv.

By the initiative of the “Vzaiemopomich” headquarters and with the support of “Textile-kontakt” LLC, “Yaroslav” LLC, Kyiv Higher Vocational School of Technology and Fashion Design, the production of camouflage robes and balaclavas was established, which were handed over to the Ukraine Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defense.

About 200 volunteers joined the “Vzaiemopomich”  Operational Headquarters of  Humanitarian Aid.

Starting from August 2022, the Charity Foundation “Dniprovsky” and its “Vzaiemopomich”  Operational Headquarters continued their humanitarian mission within the social and humanitarian projects “500+” and “Malyatko”, approved by the orders of the Charity Foundation “Dniprovsky”.

The aim of the “500+” socio-humanitarian project is to improve the quality of life of certain categories of elderly people by providing them with targeted humanitarian aid (food kits and personal care products) during this extremely hard time of martial law. Since August, from 400 to 742 elderly people of these categories have received food kits monthly.

In October 2022, on the initiative of Charity Foundation  “Dniprovskyi” and the Public Council under the Dnipro District State Administration in Kyiv, the Board of Volunteers under the Dnipro District State Administration in Kyiv was formed and is successfully operating.

Charity Organisation “Dniprovskyi” Charity Foundation” became one of the founders and co-host of the Kyiv Volunteer Forum. As it is known, the 1st Kyiv Forum of Volunteers was held in the Dnipro district of Kyiv at the “Peremoga” leisure park (“Rovesnyk” concert hall), and the 2nd was held at the Trade Union Building on Khreshchatyk.

Despite the restrictions related to the martial law, Charity Organisation “Dniprovskyi” Charity Foundation” managed to organise and support about 30 cultural, artistic and sports events in 2022. The following events were held: the winter camp of the “Uspih” (“Success”) children’s club themed “Cartoon Tik Tok”; the “Kubok Iednosti”  (“Unity Cup”) Nationwide handball veterans competition (men); the Honoured Coach of the USSR Yevhen Ivakhin Nationwide Handball competition among veterans (men); “Kubok Druziv” (“Friends’ Cup”) Nationwide Handball competition among veterans (men); Children’s creative works exhibit-competition “Moya Mriia” (“My dream”) themed: “Good evening, we are from Ukraine”;  “Kubok Iednosti” (“Unity Cup”) mini-football tournament of the Dnipro amateur football league; Open mini-football tournament “SUMMER CUP” for the Ukraine’s Independence Day; Football Championship of the Dnipro Amateur Football League of Kyiv; Yard football tournament “Youth Cup of Kyiv”; Easter gatherings at the Club of Honourable Ladies “We lived, we live and will live in our country.”

Monthly thematic meetings of the women’s club “Respect and Love” were also held; Nationwide choir singing competition “With love for life” (remotely); Nationwide Festival-Competition of Arts “My Years – My Wealth” (remotely).

For such activities, the Charity Organisation “Dniprovskyi” Charity Foundation” and the “Vzayemopomich” Operational Headquarters of Humanitarian Aid were included in the top 100 public organisations of Kyiv according to the Kyiv City State Administration.