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Oleksii Surovtsev is a Ukrainian actor. At the beginning of the all-out russia invasion, he responded to a request to save a cat in Irpin. Since then, people have been asking him to take to safety their pets (cats and dogs) now and again.  Despite all the risks, he took the animals out of Irpin daily. And after the Ukrainian Armed Forces liberated the Kyiv region from the invaders, he set up a cat shelter and is now building a veterinary clinic.

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• occupation
• volunteers
• Kyiv

Maksym Pasichnyk, a veteran of airborne assault troops, and Vadym Kovalenko, one of Ukraine’s best triathletes, are going to the U.S. to raise funds to help veterans of the russo-Ukrainian war. Vadym and Max will hold a series of meetings with rehabilitation experts, public figures, athletes and officials. At the end of the trip, Ukrainians will take part in the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon. They will run the distance together with American military veterans. All collected funds will be used to rehabilitate Ukrainian heroes. On April 28, Maksym Pasichnyk and Vadym Kovalenko will hold a briefing for journalists at Media Center Ukraine — Ukrinform. Marathon runners are available for comments in Kyiv until April 29.

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• Kyiv

The Every Animal NGO team has been promoting veganism practice and is engaged in creating a vegan movement in Ukraine (they set up training courses on veganism, organize street animal protection actions, etc.). Since the outbreak of the full-scale war, activists have been sending vegan field rations to male and female soldiers, feeding people with free vegan food in 10 cities of Ukraine, and holding charity festivals called Vegan Weekend.
On April 22, the next Vegan Weekend charity festival will take place in Kyiv. This time, it is dedicated to women at the frontline (currently, more than 60 thousand women are defending the country). The event’s goal is to raise 150,000 UAH for vegan military rations for the Ukrainian Defense Forces and the Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement or the needs of female defenders. Among other things, the event program includes interviews with female soldiers.

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• military
• volunteers
• Kyiv

75-year-old Japanese volunteer Fuminori Tsuchiko opened a coffee shop in Kharkiv (in a residential area that was badly affected by russia’s full-scale invasion). He provides hot lunches for people free of charge. He opened the cafe with the money from selling his apartment in Japan. Some sympathetic people also help him financially.

Previously, Fuminori spent 9 months in Kharkiv metro and provided assistance to local residents. And later, together with his assistants, he distributed products to those in need.

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• Kharkiv

A team of doctors will provide quality medical care in regional communities. (The mission in Donetsk region will take place on April 22-23 and on April 29-30 in Sumy region). The teams include therapists, surgeons, pediatricians, dermatologists and other specialists. For the first time, a team of dentists will join the mission to Donetsk region. In total, the team is planning to provide about 1500 consultations.

Journalists are invited to join the team of medical volunteers during the planned missions. There is also an opportunity to cover the activities of FRIDA Ukraine and conduct interviews with the team without traveling to the hot spots.

For reference: FRIDA Ukraine is a non-governmental, non-profit Ukrainian-Israeli charitable mission of volunteer doctors who, since the beginning of the invasion, have been providing emergency and outpatient medical care to the civilian population in the war-affected regions.

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Dobrobat volunteer movement members are rebuilding houses damaged by the Russian occupiers in the Demydiv in Kyiv Oblast. Currently, group volunteer recruitment is still ongoing to join the work.

For reference: “Dobrobat is a volunteer building division helping those affected to restore housing and social infrastructure in the de-occupied territories.

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• reconstruction
• russian crimes
• volunteers
• Kyiv

Repair together will be having communal work gathering to clear rubble and rebuild housing for people affected by the war back again. In particular, on April 8 and 9, they will work in the Kulykivka municipality in the Chernihiv region. In general, they plan to hold clean-ups in different communities throughout April.  

For reference: the ‘Repair Together’ project volunteers assist people in restoring houses damaged and destroyed by the war. In addition, they organize communal community work in villages to help deal with debris remaining from demolished buildings in their yards. The initiative also provides targeted assistance to those in need: for example, they can provide people with the necessary household appliances.

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• Chernihiv

This week (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, as well as on weekends), volunteers of the “Brave to Rebuild” project will be clearing the rubble of buildings destroyed as a result of russia’s full-scale invasion. They will work in Kyiv region, particularly, Irpin, Hostomel and Horenka.

In addition, on Thursday and Sunday, volunteers will repair used bicycles that came from Amsterdam. Later, the repaired bicycles will be handed over to people in de-occupied settlements.

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• Kyiv

On April 5, a charity event will start in Bucha. All visitors will be treated to real Ukrainian borscht and a hot pizza from the oven. This rally is organized by Help.NGO in partnership with Pizza for Ukraine organization and American chef Noah Sims.

Food will be cooked in public. Visitors will also be treated to hot tea and coffee. The organizers are making 1,000-1,500 helpings, so that there will be enough for everyone.

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• Kyiv

On April 4, “Dobrobat” volunteers will work in Irpin, Kyiv region. They will clear the rubble of buildings destroyed as a result of russia’s full-scale invasion.

For reference: “Dobrobat” is a volunteer building division that helps the victims of war to rebuild housing and social infrastructure facilities in the de-occupied territories.

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• Kyiv