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Volunteers from Buduiemo Ukrayinu Razom (Build Ukraine Together) have been restoring buildings destroyed by the war in Ukraine’s east since 2014. Now, they help rescuers in Kyiv Oblast restore their damaged building. In Ukraine’s west, they renovate dormitory houses and private homes for IDPs.

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The presenter of the morning radio show helps retirees in Kyiv region, in particular, in the settlements affected by the russian occupation. To do this, the woman founded “Yulia’s Grannies” Charitable Foundation. One of the main Foundation’s activities is care for the elderly and lonely people. Recently the Foundation’s team visited Hornostaipil geriatrics center for the elderly and people with disabilities. The foundation delivered food there. Yulia is sure that for lonely old elderly there are no cooler grandchildren than Ukrainians who want to help.

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Charity volunteers from 4.5.0 Kharkiv Residents Together have been helping locals since the first days of russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine. Every day, they cook and deliver more than 10,000 servings of food. They deliver food by bus to all districts of Kharkiv. Food is given to people who lost their work because of the war and those who live in bomb shelters and basements.

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UAnimals, an animal welfare organization rescuing animals during the war, has offered Leonardo DiCaprio’s authentic autograph for a draw among those who donated UAH 300. Thus, benefactors can help animals and try their luck in a draw.

 By way of background information: The authentic autograph for the draw was handed over to UAnimals by Alex Krylov, an American collector of certified autographs of world-renowned celebrities.

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The Serhiy Prytula Foundation has announced a fundraising campaign for UAH 500 million for 3 Bayraktar drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The project is called “People’s Bayraktar”. In the first day along the initiative managed to collect over UAH 300 million. According to Prytula, most donations are small: from UAH 2 to 200.

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Volunteers of the Repair Together Project help people renovate their homes damaged and destroyed due to the war. They also organize toloka – collective community work events – in villages to help clean up the debris from the destruction in the yards. Also, the initiative provides targeted aid to people in need, for instance, by providing people with the necessary household appliances. Currently, the volunteers work in Chernihiv Oblast.

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In Kharkiv, volunteers help people renovate their apartments damaged by shelling. The volunteer helpers include both professional construction workers and dancers or even stylists. They clear the debris, mend windows, and generally put things in order. Everyone can ask them for help.

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Dmytro Komarov, the host of Svit Navyvorit (The World Inside Out) is offering his own Chrysler Crossfire for sale. He plans to use the proceeds to help Ukraine and its defenders. The car is auctioned off on Dmytro’s Facebook page. Everyone is invited to bid for the car in comments under the Facebook post before June 27; the car will be sold to the highest bidder.

By way of background information: Dmytro Komarov is a Ukrainian journalist, traveler, photographer, writer, and TV host – the anchor of the Svit Navyvorit (The World Inside Out) show. Earlier, Dmytro established a #CupOfCoffee charity initiative to help gravely ill children. His initiative raised over UAH 38 million and helped save the lives of 32 children.

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Before russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine, Serhii Melnychenko was doing conceptual photography and owned a photography school in his native Mykolaiv. Today, Serhii is an IDP living in Ivano-Frankivsk. In late April, Serhii offered his photographs for sale as NFTs. He donated all the proceeds to help Ukraine and the Ukrainians. By now, the artist’s donations exceed UAH 530,000.

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On June 18-19, “Courage to Rebuild Ukraine” volunteer initiative will help the residents of Irpin and Bucha affected by the russian invasion to clear the debris and make major repairs. All volunteers who take part in the communal work will be provided with tools, gloves and food.

By way of background information: according to Mayor of Irpin Oleksandr Markushin, more than 1,000 buildings were damaged and 115 were completely destroyed in the city due to the russian invasion.

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