ONE MONTH, ONE MILLION,
SAVING COUNTLESS CHILDREN’S LIVES
We have just over 1 week left to reach our goal of $1 million for the Ohmatdyt Children’s Hospital!
We are incredibly grateful to everyone who has contributed so far to get us to almost $600 thousand, and we’re excited to announce another opportunity to double your impact.
ReliefAid, which has been delivering life-saving aid to Ukrainians since the start of the full-scale war in 2022, has pledged to match each donation made to us for Ohmatdyt up to $50,000 until Monday, August 5th. Every dollar donated to our Ohmatdyt fundraiser will be matched by ReliefAid and donated to the hospital, accelerating its timeline to rebuild and deliver much-needed pediatric medical care.
Ohmatdyt was once Ukraine’s leading centre for oncology and pediatric illnesses, and one of Europe’s largest children’s hospitals. Now, following Russia’s barbaric missile attack on July 8th, one wing of the hospital is destroyed with several others badly damaged, two doctors are dead, hundreds are injured, and many pediatric patients have been displaced to receive treatment from hospitals elsewhere.
Your continuous support, which will be doubled this week by ReliefAid, is critical to our mission to help give these young children another chance at life.
Background
CUF-UCC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal has been established jointly by the Canada-Ukraine Foundation (CUF) and the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) to formalize a coordinated approach in providing humanitarian assistance quickly and efficiently to those in need in Ukraine to address any further aggression by Russia. The main efforts of cooperation are to provide humanitarian assistance/relief in the areas of assistance to displaced persons, medical care, emergency shelter and food security.
ReliefAid is an independent, international humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflicts and natural disasters. They were founded in late 2014 by New Zealander Mike Seawright following a decade of experience in conflict affected countries such as South Sudan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and to Ukraine since the start of the war in 2022.