ONE MONTH, ONE MILLION,
SAVING COUNTLESS CHILDREN’S LIVES
We have only 4 days left to reach our goal of $1 million for the Ohmatdyt Children’s Hospital!
Last week, we announced another opportunity to double your impact on Ohmatdyt—ReliefAid, which has been delivering life-saving aid to Ukrainians since 2022, pledged to match each donation made to us for Ohmatdyt up to $50,000 until Monday, August 5th.
This week, we are incredibly pleased to announce that our generous donors surpassed the $50,000 goal and raised $78,640 in just five days! Every dollar donated to our Ohmatdyt fundraiser between August 1st and 5th, up to $50,000, is matched by ReliefAid and donated directly to the hospital, meaning that the hospital and its young patients receive $128,640 from these five days alone. In total, we’ve raised over $700,000 for our Ohmatdyt campaign, and with your generous support, we are getting closer to our goal of $1 million dollars.
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.
Thank you to each of our generous donors. Your continuous support, matched up to $50,000 this week by ReliefAid, is critical to our mission to help give these young children another chance to live.
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 specialising in delivering emergency humanitarian aid to families in conflict zones. They are currently delivering aid to families on the ground in Ukraine, Gaza, Syria and Afghanistan. ReliefAid, founded in late 2014 by kiwi Mike Seawright, has brought lifesaving aid to over 700,000 people caught in the crossfire of war. Their tag line ‘aid that cannot wait’ captures their DNA; they do whatever it takes to get aid where it’s most needed but least accessible.