ACT 4 Ukraine constantly does charity work in Ukraine for the victims of the ongoing conflict. Twice this year, a team of volunteers went out to distribute food and supply other much-needed items.
On both occasions a lorry was sent over from the United Kingdom, totalling over 32 tonnes of food. A large part of this food was donated by Skanda Vale, consisting of basic staple foods, such as rice, pulses, salt, tea, sugar and tinned food.
We also received donations of adult diapers, for which we now have a routine delivery round of over 15 persons with severe disabilities.
To bring some festive cheer, on our winter delivery we distributed over 200 Christmas shoe boxes, made with so much care by school pupils and many other caring individuals. To see the love that was put into making these parcel boxes was absolutely a heart-melting experience and brought tears on many of the recipients’ faces. There were gift boxes for babies, young people and also adults and seniors and it was an absolute joy to hand over on behalf of those who offered them to ACT.
The food was delivered to a whole range of people, particularly those affected by the conflict situation. ACT4 Ukraine consistently offers family hamper bags to hundreds of displaced families. Also , it was around the tenth time that we visited poor elderly families in the Boyany area.
By carrying out home visits, we often come to realise other family needs. On various occasions we have supplied food blenders to support the carers of disabled persons who can only consume pureed foods.
Also we have found families to sit in the dark for long hours due to the frequent power cuts. To these families we supplied LED lights, bringing tremendous benefit, especially to a family which was struggling to spoon-feeding their disabled son in the pitch black darkness. Before, when power was back, they usually realised how many times the spoon had missed the boy’s mouth, resulting in food stains and wet clothes and much extra laundry for hand-washing. Clothing and blankets were also offered where needed.
On each visit to Ukraine, ACT returned to the Chernivtsi Disability Center, a very impressive governmental organisation which supports families with disabled young persons. We are only too glad we can contribute to their services by donating 15-kg hampers for all 170 families.
ACT4Ukraine delivered consistently in bulk too. We ensured that we cover a variety of institutions. Food donations of between 500 and 2000 kg each were delivered to general hospitals, children’s hospitals and psychiatry hospitals. Our food truck drove to orphanages and we delivered at both women’s and men’s psychiatry boarding institutions.
Street dogs were also fed. On our transit through Romania we visited and delivered food to a dog shelter were ACT4Animals has supported the upgrading of facilities.
The beauty of ACT4Ukraine is our consistency in delivering aid. Institutions know us as regulars and people are genuinely surprised we keep coming back. We deepen our connections and friendships, yet we broaden out each time too and visit new people and new places.
The home visits are so personal that we now find the doors always open for us and with gratitude we receive meals, fruit from their grape vines and walnuts from their walnut trees. True sharing from the heart, both ways!
ACT4UKRAINE has shown some core values of life:
Conviction that we can help;
Consistency by re-visiting regularly;
Connection to reach into the hearts.
ACT4Ukraine makes a real difference! Far beyond a food box to nurture the body, we share the goodness of humanity, to share and care, to exchange smiles, hold hands and face the hardship caused by the conflict together.
Due to the impact of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, many people are suffering terribly and refugees are pouring into neighbouring countries such as Hungary, Romania, Moldova and Poland.
Our Mohanji platforms, Mohanji International Foundation, ACT Foundation and ACT 4 Hunger, are reaching out a helping hand, supporting all people affected by the crisis, regardless of their nationality, religion, etc.
We are working on the following projects:
1. Medical Supplies for the children’s hospital in Ukraine – Mirče, our ACT Serbia volunteer of Romanian origin, is taking a lead in organizing medical aid for a children’s hospital across the border in Ukraine. Our ACT teams are buying medical supplies in Romania, transporting them to the border and working with hospital teams to collect and use the supplies.
2. Establishing a humanitarian hub in Romania. Setting up a location from which to provide food, medical aid, shelter and other urgent aid to refugees crossing the border.
3. Provision of food, medicines & Toiletries for refugees on the Moldova Border – an ACT UK Partnership with TEECH (UK registered charity) providing food, medicine and toiletries for refugees coming from Ukraine into Moldova.
Our ACT UK team is collecting food and supplies which will be transported to Moldova by our ACT/MF van on 24th March and distributed on the ground.
4. Food for Life in Ukraine (ACT Partnership with ISKCON)
ACT is working with Bhakta Vladimir Koshelev from ISKCON to organise food deliveries (lentil, rice etc) directly to thousands of Ukrainian people stuck in the underground shelters in various cities.
5. Helping the vulnerable in Odessa, Ukraine. ACT is contacting various people on the ground in Ukraine to support children, single mothers and the disabled by providing baby food, medicine, and diapers.
6. Supporting animals & shelters in Ukraine. We have also received information that animals are being abandoned. We are reaching out to individuals in Ukraine to provide food to animals such as dogs, cats etc.
More updates will be shared as these projects and initiatives come to life.
Supporting these projects
If you would like to support any of these activities either as a volunteer or financially please reach out to us by email to info@actfoundation.org
Donations may be sent to the Mohanji International Foundation using the following link:
DONATE
(for food donation alone for Ukraine, choose the “Act4Hunger” option.
For any type of donation for Ukraine, choose the “ACT 4 Ukraine” option).
Alternatively, you can reach out to the head of Mohanji Foundation or ACT Foundation in your respective country. 
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