A wish is usually made on a birthday. Therefore, we wish:
🎁 For Ukraine to win the Russian-Ukrainian war and destroy the occupiers
🎁 So that every defender returns to his family
🎁 For society to thank veterans and veterans both with words and real deeds Let’s continue to do what we do.
No matter how many veterans and families we support, we know that more will come next.
Thank you for this year to our team and everyone who trusts and supports the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation.
The Ukrainian Veterans Foundation of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine provides free legal consultations to veterans and their family memners. The project is implemented jointly with the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission (NAKO) with the support of the Office of the Special Adviser on Defense of Great Britain.
“The state is obliged to create conditions for a person to realize his fundamental rights and freedoms, to guarantee the right of compensation for damage, to ensure the inevitability of responsibility for violations of constitutional human rights. That is why professional lawyers and attorneys will help to figure them out. This may concern information about benefits for veterans and their family members, as well as other issues related to social statuses, guarantees, etc.,” says Ruslana Velychko-Trifonyuk, first deputy executive director of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation.
Consultations are free of charge. To receive professional help, leave your request using the link.
In this form, you must indicate personal information, contact phone number and briefly describe the essence of the appeal. Requests for assistance can be submitted at any day and at any hour. Consultations will be provided on working days from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. EET. If the problem requires additional clarification, experts will call you back.
“Lawyers process requests as soon as they are received, so most issues can be resolved on the same day. However, sometimes specialists need more time to prepare an answer. It can take up to several days,” explains Nataliya Kalmykova, executive director of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation.
Useful information for veterans, their family members, and active military personnel is also collected on the website of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation in the “Legal Consultations” section. You can learn more using the information at our website.
“It is especially important for NAKO to support veterans and their families. In particular, it is important for us to understand what legal problems and needs they have. Together with the UVF, we strive to examine these problems. And later, not only to help them, but also to offer systemic solutions,” emphasizes Olena Trygub, executive director of NAKO.
The project “NATO in the House” of heated talks, which we are creating together with the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission, Censor.NET and Maryna Danyliuk-Yarmolaeva, is ongoing.
In this project we talk about the problems of veterans, about the army and the war.
This time they spoke with Maria Berlinska, a military, public activist and the founder of the Air Intelligence Support Center.
Watch in the video:
“On February 24, none of the veterans stood on the Maidan with a sign saying ‘We told you.’ All of us were with backpacks near military recruiting offices or at prearranged assembly points,” says Maria Berlinska.
Maria Berlinska says that “Victory does not depend on HIMARS, not on F-16, nor on drones. Victory depends on how much we believe in each other and how much we are ready to go to the end one by one.“
Listen poignantly and honestly in this interview:
– about how people lived in two parallel realities when there was a conditional train “War-Kyiv”
– that we should not betray the memory of fallen heroes
– whether this year will be victorious or not depends on our awareness
Maria has been training UAV operators for the front for the 9th year, as well as supplying drones to the army. The video also talks about drones:
– what is wrong with drones in Ukraine?
– why are the “Mavics” still very necessary for the front?
– when will we start purchasing not only them?
Now the veteran business does not suspend its work during power outages, but continues to perform its tasks for the day.
The Ukrainian Veterans Fund returned the money for the goods within the framework of the “20 thousand” program. 122 veteran individual enterpreneurs and their families have already benefited from this program.
Who can receive the same state compensation:
veterans
their wives, husbands
parents, children of veterans
families of deceased defenders
What can be compensated for?
You can buy generators, batteries, laptops, coffee machines and other goods that match the KVEDs of your business activity.
🟦 How to use the program?
Read and apply at the link: https://veteranfund.com.ua/projects/20000-2/
The program is valid until the end of martial law.
We create opportunities for veterans and their families.
Ukrainians already understand that veterans are people who are young and of working age! How society’s attitude towards veterans has changed in half a year
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In August 2022, 30% of people believed that veterans are those who fought during the Second World War, now 21% believe that veterans are young people. Another 55% are convinced that veterans are middle-aged people. The level of those who considered veterans those who participated in the Second World War decreased to 7%.
This is evidenced by the data of the Rating Group’s sociological survey, conducted on the initiative of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation of the Ministry of Veterans in January.
“We conducted the first sociological survey with the Rating group in August 2022. The most important issues and indicators were recorded in order to effectively develop veteran policies. For half a year, we conducted a number of campaigns and programs. We launched a campaign to create the image of a veteran “Yes, I am a veteran” to show that young people are fighting today. And already in the January survey, significant changes were seen. We are moving away from Soviet narratives,” says Ruslana Velychko-Trifonyuk, acting director. executive director of the Ukrainian Veterans Fund.
The overall percentage of confidence in veterans increased from 92% in August to 93% in January. At the same time, there are minor fluctuations with the “complete trust” indicator. The number of those who “rather trust” has increased. This is a positive dynamic that shows a gradual increase in trust.”
One of the important directions of the UVF’s work is the implementation of the program of the Ministry of Veterans for the financing of veteran businesses. Over the course of six months, the UVF conducted two macro-financing programs (Varto and Varto 2.0), under which veteran entrepreneurs, as well as families of fallen defenders, could receive from 500,000 to one million hryvnias for the development of their own business. A total of 53 contract winners should receive 49 million hryvnias of funding.
“According to the results of this year’s survey, we see that the number of Ukrainians who support the provision of benefits and business support for veterans has increased by 10%. Now 65% of respondents support such a veteran policy, against 55% in August. Working out mechanisms for supporting veteran business at the state level is important already today. Veterans create jobs and reserve places for their brothers in their projects. This is how we are already laying the groundwork for solving problems with the employment of military personnel who will return to civilian life,” says Nataliya Kalmykova, executive director of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation.
Survey dates: January 14-16, 2023. Sample population: 1000 respondents. Survey method: CATI. The error of representativeness of the study with a confidence probability of 0.95: no more than 3.1%.
Together with the artist Nikita Titov, we created an important art project about people who did not choose war, but it knocked on their doors. No, not even like that, the war had knocked them off their feet firstly in 2014, and then on February 24, 2022. There was no hesitation. They immediately left their cozy offices, their favorite jobs, their families and put on a “pixel”.
Our project was named #callsignUkraine, and its slogan was “Never thought I’ll wear this uniform, but this is my land!” Artists, teachers, IT specialists, cooks, stand-up comedians, journalists, together with the professional soldiers, are holding the line of defense and leading us to victory.Posters of the “Callsign Ukraine” project spread around the world.
They have appeared everywhere: from the Embassy of Ukraine in Japan to the Kyiv subway. The posters are designed not only to emphasize the contribution of these people to the struggle, but also to show society and to the world that the veteran community is growing rapidly and that these people will be among those who will determine the future of the country for decades to come. Future and present Ukrainian veterans have the potential to change Ukraine, and thanks to their experience in civilian life and to the skills gained in the war, they will shape the economy, politics, and cultural life.It’s important that, despite the horrors of the war, there is a lot of optimism about Ukraine’s prospects.
Titov’s posters, with their bright and colorful style, reflect our faith in the future, shaped by the generation who took up arms to defend their homeland. “Ukraine will win,” says Nikita Titov. “The new Ukraine will be a very strong state the whole world will be proud of.”
Thanks to AtlanticCouncil authors Aleksander Cwalina, Benton Coblentz for this great piece and believing in our work.
You can read the full text at this link: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/…/ukraines-growing…/
In June 2022, the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs launched a crisis assistance hotline for veterans and their family members. Since then, in six months of work, more than seven thousand calls have already been received. The project is planned to be scaled up in 2023.
12 experienced psychologists work on the hotline at 0 800 33 20 29. The work format is 24/7. Without weekends and holidays.
Sometimes just one phone call can provide relief, support and at least some confidence in tomorrow.
Psychologists say that appeals to the hotline are very different: guys call at night from the frontline just to “speak out” about their fear. Girls call when waiting and fear for a loved one eats unbearably from the inside. Parents who do not know how their relatives are in captivity and parents who lost sons or daughters in the war. People also call during massive shelling, when it is difficult to overcome panic and you need someone to be there, even if it is someone on the other side of the phone.
“There was a call from the wife of a soldier who is at the frontline. We talked with her and at the end she said something very important: “If I had known that it would get better for me, I would have called much earlier,” says Tetyana, a psychologist at the crisis support hotline of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation.
The services of the hotline are used by relatives and friends of defense veterans, relatives of the dead, military personnel undergoing rehabilitation.
“I really wanted to be useful to our common cause of defending our state and supporting people in a difficult moment of their lives, in the places where they are now, because we are approached from different parts of the front and from all over Ukraine, and this is very important,” she says. psychologist Olena.
The hardest thing was when people told about the horrors they experienced – Azovstal, Mariupol, Kharkiv. How they ran away, how they survived this experience. I talked to my psychotherapist. Because it is, by the way, very difficult to listen to,” Tetyana, a psychologist at the UVF hotline, shares her work experience.
“My slogan is: “A person needs a person“. I see the great value of our line in this, that a person can get support anywhere in Ukraine, wherever he is, just a phone call away,” explains psychologist Nadiya.
The project is implemented with the assistance of the “Ukrainian Rapid Response Fund” program, implemented by IREX with the support of the US State Department.
About 175,000 square kilometers of potentially dangerous mined territories remain in Ukraine. This is 30% of the total area of the state. This was reported by the State Emergency Service in November 2022.
With awareness of mine safety, today we are fighting the consequences of the war unleashed by russia. After all, before the retreat, russians leave insidious mine traps in children’s toys, household items, in the grass, etc.
Abandoned mines, ammunition, unexploded and exploded shells are dangerous. From injuries, tragic events and discrimination in society to psychological pressure. Because the residents of the community live in fear of running into a mine trap.
The most important advice from Mr. Vitaly is not to approach or touch unfamiliar objects. It is better to call the emergency services immediately. Everyone should take this as a rule.
By the way, Vitaly Kucherenko is the founder of the company for humanitarian demining of de-occupied territories. He is one of the winners of the UVF competition program #VARTO. With the winnings, Vitaliy will purchase modern means of searching for explosive objects, personal protection, navigation and office equipment with software, which in turn will ensure high-quality survey and demining of territories.
It is predicted that demining of Ukraine after the war will last 150 years. Perhaps, thanks to the owners of such companies as Vitaly, it will be possible to shorten the period of cleaning the country from the consequences of russia’s stay.
In any case, be careful and remember mine safety.
In the capital of Kyiv, you can still see the UVF social advertisement “No matter who you were in civilian life, we are here to support you.”
Perhaps this defender in the Kyiv subway looks at the banner and recalls her civilian life. She recalls her work and the moment when she decided to change everything.
Perhaps this decision came on February 24 or in 2014. And military affairs and defense of Ukraine is a dream job.
There are many people in the Ukrainian army who have left their civilian lives. They were project managers, pharmacists, trainers, students, etc. But their priorities changed when the enemy crossed the border of our state.
We are grateful to every Ukrainian for their bravery. We do everything so that the whole world knows about their deed.
This photo was submitted by our subscriber Chris Biliakovska. On it, the defender of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine examines the information campaign of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation for the Day of Defenders of Ukraine in the Kyiv metro. The basis is Nikita Titov’s illustrations, in which he depicted Ukrainians of civilian professions who chose to wear uniforms and go to defend the country.
No matter who you were in your civilian life, we are here to support you.
The Ukrainian Veterans Foundation of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs summarizes the results of powerful campaigns launched during 2022.
In particular, two competitive macro-financing programs were held: Varto, Varto 2.0. Under these programs, veterans, as well as families of fallen defenders, could receive from 500,000 to one million hryvnias for the development of their own business.
The Varto+GO macro-financing program was also held, under which public organizations that provide services to veterans and their families could receive from 500,000 to one million hryvnias for their own development.
“A difficult year is coming to an end. This year was a year of challenges for the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation. And I am proud of how our team overcame them. Every day we remembered what and for whom we work. Because the most important thing today and tomorrow is to save those who make it possible for us to live. And to create such conditions for them, so that they, veterans, feel worthy. Next year will not be easier. But now we already know how, we see where to improve. We see new prospects,” says Nataliya Kalmykova, executive director of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation.
However, it would not be possible to implement all funding programs without a transparent tender commission. Thanks to professional selection by experts, the best 53 veteran business projects and 8 veteran NGOs were able to receive funds.
“At the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation, we distributed more than 2 million hryvnias under the microfinancing program for veteran entrepreneurs and members of their families, families of the dead. Since the beginning of September, we have conducted three programs and supported 162 projects. The first interim reports of the Varto macro-financing programs were adopted. And they started funding for all three programs. UAH 21,025,652 have already been financed,” says Ruslana Velychko, first deputy executive director of the Ukrainian Veterans’ Fund.
How the selection took place at all stages: from experts to recipients of funding – see in our report: https://veteranfund.com.ua/zvit-2022/.
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