Humanitarian Aid: April Summary
A report on aid delivered to nine families in Vinnytsia region facing difficult life circumstances. Thanks to the quick response of our volunteers and the support of Bit Spilka's donors, families received food, hygiene products, and household essentials.
How can I help youSometimes a foundation's most important work isn't the kind that goes viral — it's the kind that happens quietly, at the right moment. That was the case in Vinnytsia region this past April.
The Vinnytsia Regional Children's Services reached out to our volunteers. Together with the police, social workers had inspected several households and discovered that some families with young children had been left without the essentials. A few children were, quite literally, on the verge of going hungry.
Our volunteers traveled there themselves — to see firsthand what each family truly needed, and to hand over the aid in person.
Who received support
We reached 9 families in total, including two family-style children's homes — more than 40 children altogether:
– 13 orphans;
– two children evacuated from occupied territory, raised by a single father;
– and other children from families facing difficult life circumstances.
What was delivered
We put together aid packages designed to cover each family's basic needs for the immediate future: grains and pantry staples, meat products, fruit, dairy products, treats for the kids, hygiene and personal care items, and household cleaning supplies.
Our thanks
We managed to get this help out quickly thanks to the generous response and support of our international donor and the team at Bit Media Labs. Within days, donations had turned into the food and supplies these children needed. We're grateful to our donors for their trust - it's exactly that trust that lets us move fast when it matters most.
"Right now, a lot of fundraising and attention — rightly so — is focused on supporting the military. For our own foundation, that's about 80% of what we do. But it's important not to lose sight of those who are vulnerable on the home front — and because of the war, unfortunately, there are more of them, not fewer. That's why it matters to us to keep helping and be useful wherever we can."
Olena Kozerema, foundation volunteer