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We are providing regular and continuous support for our Ukrainian sangha, their families and friends whose lives are changed forever. We keep checking with those who stay in Ukraine and those who need support as refugees. We are happy to help families with children, for medical expenses, transportation and school.
We are providing regular and continuous support for our Ukrainian sangha, their families and friends whose lives are changed forever. We keep checking with those who stay in Ukraine and those who need support as refugees. We are happy to help families with children, for medical expenses, transportation and school.
September and October 2025
We donated to many people in the Ukrainian sangha who needed support.
Through Andrij Kucherenko we donated for drones to the organization at this site: https://www.foundationtheta.com.ua/
We donated through Dartmouth to the foundation described below, below is their letter of thanks.
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
As we have started the fall term, we would like to share the report from our spring term fundraiser for the Patronage Foundation of the 93rd Brigade “Kholodnyi Yar” which provides aid for the families of fallen and missing Ukrainian soldiers. Thanks to you, we were able to raise $847.01 that helped cover transportation costs for the kids of soldiers who were killed in action, to travel to a summer camp in Prague this July.
Through Oksana Solovieva we donated to people in Kherson and provided food for soldiers.
Through Lena Samoilenko we donated to provide for people in Kherson and for soldier's surgeries.
Through Yana Wilder we provided for tourniquets, medicine for soldiers, diapers for kids and elderly, and for Starlink.
Through Iryna Vorobieva we donated for soldier's car repairs.
We donated for care of abandoned pets.
Through Kateryna's friend, we donated to buy sleeping bags for soldiers.
July and August 2025
Through Kateryna Khodorivska, we gave money for First Aid Kits and Starlink.
Through Yana Walder we provided help for single mothers
Also through Yana, we provided drones and a tactical vest.
Due to our donations the soldiers purchased three control devices to control remotely piloted drones that are used for intercepting drones that are coming toward civilian infrastructure. 3 ELRS controllers are used to control remotely operated aircraft.
Yana's friend, Zoya, is a drone operator. Her unit is fundraising for 1000 fiber optic FPV drones.
The tactical vest is shown in the photo.
We donated for drones (anti-aircraft FPV drones, to neutralize enemy reconnaissance UAVs) through the Sternenko Fund website
https://www.sternenkofund.org/en/fundraisings
We bought medicine for Oksana Solovieva
We sent money to Ukrainian sangha members who are struggling.
We made a donation to the organization: Voices of Children
We purchased a special chair for Alexander Scherban's mother, plus a Buddhist liturgy.
Update from Lena on her work with the army...
"In June, I joined the 210th Assault Regiment, 2nd Assault Battalion. I currently hold the rank of soldier according to my position and work in a unit focused on missing persons, wounded soldiers, those returning from captivity, and supporting their families. This includes social, medical, and documentation-related tasks.
...and her continuing support for people in Kherson
"As for Kherson — the work there hasn’t stopped. In the photo is my friend who helped me gather and send, in record time, a shipment of medicine for 50 families just two weeks ago."
May and June 2025
Support for Sangha members.
Through Lena Samoilenko: support for two people for dialysis treatment and medication in Kherson.
Through Irina Bondarenko, who volunteers for this group and knows personally many people in it: "Nosh Sokil (Our Falcon)" https://nash-sokil.com.ua/en/
Through Iryna: support to a soldier's widow and her child.
Continuing donations for drones to: https://www.sternenkofund.org/en
And see below for several additional support initiatives with photographs.
Continuous support group for traumatized women and families who have lost their children.
Letter of gratitude:
Good Day our dear friends,
Yesterday, thanks to your help a woman whose brother died in the war was able to receive psychological help. She was not able to attend our support group because she takes care of her mother who is in much worse shape. We will offer them our long term support by zoom. We appreciate your assistance. We will be in touch!"
Olga Ratynska (psychologist) and the woman who lost her brother.
Through Oksana Solovieva we provided an ECO FLOW Delta Power Station
Through Yana Walder we provided new tires for the military car.
Through Kateryna Khodorivska we helped with military car repair.
Night vision for cars - Soldiers in the Kherson region asked for help buying this so they don’t turn on the headlights when they drive at night
We provided help for farmers in the Donetsk area including:
Grain for the farm, food for animals, medicine for the elderly, food for people at the shelter and gasoline for transport.
March and April 2025 donations, Sangha for Ukraine
* We provided regular support for sangha members.
* We donated to Lena Samoilenko for her work in Kherson and other cities.
*We donated for drones at this website recommended by Oleg: https://x.com/wilendhornets
which describes some of these drones as designed to eliminate enemy aerial targets.
* Through Dali Kapandze we sent money for car renovations in her soldier friend’s unit.
* We donated for the repairs of a military ambulance.
And much more -- see donations with photos and letters of thanks below.
We donated to a support group for traumatized women.
Through Iryna Vorobieva we donated money for summer camp for children of soldiers.
We donated money to resume activities for the Youth Space, a place outside of school and home where counselors help to form the personality of a new Ukrainian.
Currently, they are teaching young people the basics of volunteering and conducting a " career navigator" - introducing them to different professions so that they can choose their future. They have also had -- and are planning -- courses on rhetoric, ethics and conflict, debate courses, historical lectures and excursions, financial literacy and business courses. They will also work with media literacy, tolerance and stereotypes.
We donated money for sheets of OSB, plaster and painting the wooden slats and to pay for labor.
Through Kateryna Khodorovska, we sent money for camouflage netting materials.
See her mother's letter of appreciation below.
Letter of appreciation from Kateryna's mother, Natalina Soupova, who is part of the volunteer team:
Did I tell you I had an awesome week? When the past meets the present and influences the future... My daughter's former design and dance teacher Katerina Khodorivska gave a lecture for the #Sangha_for_Ukraine. The listeners had a fruitful time, learned about the history and culture of our beautiful country and donated for our camouflage netting materials.
Wе are grateful to everyone who has been involved in the event and helped. We are ordering new spring colors of spunbond for our netting, because the colors behind the window change so quickly. Tomorrow Справа Громад Голосіївський Птах https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063996815614 are going to get some new materials from the New Post and net more square meters for Ukrainian defenders.
Thank you for standing with Ukraine!
The note on the picture says:
"Thank you, caring people, who helped the soldier after the hospital. Please help us all, don't stand aside for your own people and for strangers."
Through Yana Walder we provided:
1. Ballistic helmet with hearing protection
2. New uniform for the soldier who was in the hospital and lost everything to go back to fight.
This included:
Backpack
Boots
Body armor vest/cover
Uniform
Knife
Long sleeve shirt
Gloves
Additional side Body armor
Plates for body armor
Helmet + headphones + mounts
Diesel for transporting the wounded
We supported the Mykolaiv school library that was bombed. This library is a place where soldiers go while recovering.
Letter of gratitude:
“Thank you, dear volunteers, for the wonderful addition to our battalion's library. These wonderful publications in Ukrainian will help to psychologically relieve our fighters during moments of rest while preparing for future battles. Everything will be good in Ukraine.”
Through Oksana Solovieva we donated for tourniquets
Because of donations gathered during the February concert we donated to a few reliable websites:
Letter of gratitude from UNITED24:
Dear Sangha for Ukraine,
Thank you for your gracious donation to UNITED24 (Ukraine House DC Foundation).
Here is your receipt:
Organization: UNITED24 (Ukraine House DC Foundation)
Campaign: Timothy Snyder and Sławomir Sierakowski Are Raising Funds Towards an Armored Evacuation Vehicle
Donor Name: Sangha for Ukraine
Receipt #: 51842404
Keep updated on Ukraine’s fight for freedom — subscribe to UNITED24’s newsletter. This features additional information about our activities, and the opportunity to learn about UNITED24 special projects: https://u24.gov.ua/subscribe
Thank you,
UNITED24 (Ukraine House DC Foundation)
March 2025 donation by the Shambhala Trust
The Shambhala Trust donated $5000 to a Ukrainian organization called Voices of Children based on recommendations from our Sangha for Ukraine members Iryna and Ella. The Voices of Children Foundation has been helping children and families affected by war since 2015. For more about the work of the Voices of Children Foundation, and to read some of the children's stories:
The Shambhala Trust is an expression of enlightened society. It is a community that explores and cultivates the heartfelt practice of generosity. Their intention is to identify, mentor and fund innovative and strategic projects that advance the Shambhala vision of awakened society.
To learn more about the Shambhala Trust: https://shambhalatrust.org/about/
February 2025
Through Yana Walder,
we bought drones for night vision,
supported a library and ...
... sent money to buy tourniquets,
helped a mother with a new baby, who is struggling with finances.
...and bought grocery packages for elderly in Kharkiv.
Through Iryna, we bought rechargeable heated socks and bullet proof jackets.
Through a few friends we donated funds for 2 more drones.
We donated to help with a soldier's car repair
We supported Sonya Shegar, a sangha daughter, to go to the world dance championship in Spain. Sonya was one of the participants in our concert.
We helped sangha members with daily living expenses.
We sent a donation to help a soldiers' wives support group in Zhytomyr, Ukraine.
January 2025
We sent money to support Lena Samoilenko's trip to Kherson.
We sent money to support Lena Samoilenko's trip to Kherson.
Lena purchased, assembled, and delivered:
250 packages of evidence-based medicine
3 wheelchairs
10 pairs of walkers
15 blood pressure monitors
6 pairs of crutches
3 commode chairs
800 thermochemical heaters
40 packs of adult diapers
90 kg of pet food
Through Kateryna Khodorivska, we sent money for two initiatives:
Through Kateryna Khodorivska, we sent money for two initiatives:
For the advanced army units on the 0-line - scouts, snipers and others - camouflage covers for Starlink antennas (communication) and devices for dropping objects from the Mavik drone
For materials to weave camouflage nets for military equipment - actual rolls of netting and special spunbond tapes for braiding on the net. These are needed for volunteers who weave such nets for the military.
We sent money to Olena Ratynska, a psychologist and the leader of a support group for traumatized women. During shelling the door of the building was broken and we sent money to build another door.
Through Yana, we sent money for tourniquets for soldiers.
Through Yana, we sent money for tourniquets for soldiers.
Also through Yana, we sent money for therapy for widows.
Also through Yana, we sent money for therapy for widows.
Through Iryna and Dali we donated the battery for a drone that helps with wider radius and precision.
This is the same kind of battery that we sent earlier.
We sent money to help a refugee singer whose grandmother died in Kherson.
December 2024
Through Irina Bondarenko we supported:
Project "Svitanok" in Chernigiv
For repairs and furniture in the community hub for kids.
Notes from the director of the project, Olga Palkova-Svirchevska:
"We already started work yesterday: beating up the old plaster.
I wish you and your team peace and prosperity.
Due to you, young people have a chance to have their own place."
Through Kateryna Khodorivska we provided:
Through Kateryna Khodorivska we provided:
Disposable chemical shoe warmers for soldiers of two units in the Pokrovsk sector (east, where it is the hottest):
1 - scouts with drones, they have to stand in the field for 10 hours working with drones:
2 - a mechanized brigade - field armored vehicles and people who spend the night in trenches and dugouts.
These simple one-time chemical heating pads significantly increase the resilience of our defenders in the winter conditions in the east, where winters are harsh and frosty (and now is the coldest time).
Through Iryna Vorobyeva we helped to buy an evacuation car.
Letter from the soldier Ivan Kostenko:
"I sincerely thank you for your incredible support and assistance in purchasing a car for our fight. Your gesture is not only a financial aid, but also a show of solidarity.
Although Buddhism is often associated with non-violence, your actions show that true compassion can be manifested in any way, including supporting those who defend life, freedom and peace.
Your example is inspiring and reminds us that kindness and participation know no borders. Thank you for your faith in our work and for your willingness to support us in these difficult times."
Through Yana Walder we provided:
Money for mother with two kids whose husband is in front.
Also, evacuation car and minivan repairs
We donated a generator for a sangha member and his sick mother
The photo shows the generator, a hybrid invertor
We donated to Ana Kapanadze, who is part of the demonstrators in Tbilisi, Georgia, money to repair journalist's equipment for journalists who were beaten by police.
We donated Christmas gifts for sangha members and volunteers.
November 2024
Through Oleg Vernigorov, our news anchor, we sent money for a drone.
We helped sangha members who were sick and couldn't work. We also helped another sangha member to buy a cake and other treats for their birthday.
We sent Iryna money for evacuation car repairs for her soldier friend.
And a bullet proof jacket for the soldier.
Through Yana we sent money for single mothers. One family has 4 children including triplets.
Diapers for triplets and some small supplies
The family is very poor, transplants from Kherson
The triplets also got winter gear, boots, toys and food
AND Diapers for other single mothers' children
We provided money to buy books for the library Rainbow in Limansky District (Donetsk region)
We sent money to Antonina for homeless cats.
October 2024
We helped Lena to buy supplies to support people in Beryslav and Antonivka:
Medicine, walkers, wheelchairs, crutches, diapers, and bedsore products for 250 families.
Four boxes of medicines for 58 families and 40 kg of food for animals and also a refrigerator, lanterns, urological pads and toilet chairs to those who ordered them.
We raised funds to help Andriy to buy a car - no photo yet, will post when available.
We supported a sangha member who is ill, and his bedridden mother.
We provided additional help -- see below for pictures with details -- including donations provided through Iryna, Dali and Yana.
Spare parts for car repair for a soldier
through Iryna Vorobieva
Sleeping bag for a soldier
through Iryna Vorobieva
Through Dali Kapanadze we helped to buy an electronic protective measure, electromagnetic spectrum (EM spectrum), a machine for destroying enemy drones
We helped with funding for a car for the safe execution of combat tasks that saves lives of personnel. For a soldier, a friend's brother.
Through Yana we bought 20 tourniquets, helped a single mother and bought books for soldiers including books on History of Ukraine. (photos below)
September 2024
Eco-flow for aerial reconnaissance.
Donated through Iryna Vorobieva
Bought lithium batteries for drones
Bought lithium batteries for drones
Through Iryna's friend we helped to buy a drone.
We helped to buy a drone and car spare parts for a sangha member's daughter's husband, a soldier.
We sent money to support Lena's next trip to Kherson. Pictures are forthcoming.
We bought groceries for a sangha friend
Through Yana Walder we donated for:
42 Tourniquets.
Support for two single mothers
August 2024
Sent money for drones
Sent money for drones
Sent money to feed abandoned and sick cats
Sent money to feed abandoned and sick cats
Sent money to help single mothers with children, through Yana.
Sent money to help single mothers with children, through Yana.
(Photos posted with permission.)
Sent money to support sangha in Ukraine
Sent money to support sangha in Ukraine
July 2024
We provided funds for a generator for a sangha member and his elder mother in Kiev.
We provided funds for a generator for a sangha member and his elder mother in Kiev.
Ecoflow portable delta 2 power station
We sent money through Yana for:
We sent money through Yana for:
a book project in the library,
support for a single mother,
drone repair parts and masking net for soldiers.
We sent money towards purchasing spare parts for drones through the daughter of another sangha member.
We sent money towards purchasing spare parts for drones through the daughter of another sangha member.
Below is her letter:
Below is her letter:
"Hello dear friends! My name is Natalia. Earlier I asked for your help for my military husband, and now I’ll ask for my classmate Dmytro, a good friend, and loving father of a 1-year-old son.
Dmytro has been serving in the 5th separate assault brigade since 2023. Before the mobilization of his own free will, he was a volunteer and helped the boys from the first days, and now he needs help himself.
At the moment, his brigade needs funds for spare parts for fpv drones, which they assemble themselves. So we’ll be glad if you can contribute to the financial assistance and we’ll be very grateful for your contribution to the victory of Ukraine."
June 2024
Through Yana we provided help for single mothers, drone repairs and masking nets for soldiers.
Through Yana we provided help for single mothers, drone repairs and masking nets for soldiers.
We donated money for the publishing of a monograph:
We donated money for the publishing of a monograph:
ALLA HORSKA- Ukrainian Artist
ALLA HORSKA- Ukrainian Artist
This Saturday Артфундація ДУКАТ and publishing house Rodovid present long awaited monograph with 200+ reproductions of Alla Gorska works at the Mystetskyi Arsenal.
Thank you Julie Gershunskaya, Vlad Beresovsky, Ella Reznikova, Iryna Vorobiova, UNWLA, Branch 50, Ann Arbor, MI, UNWLA Br. 111 - Los Angeles, California Est. 1991, UNWLA Br. 96, Detroit Branch of Shevchenko Scientific Society, Sangha for Ukraine, Roman Hryciw, Solomia Soroka, Oksana Malanchuk, Myroslava Stefaniuk, Eugene Surdutovich, and Marie Zarycky for your generous support.
Through Iryna Vorobieva we sent money for car repairs for soldiers
Through Iryna Vorobieva we sent money for car repairs for soldiers
We sent money to Lena Samoilenko to support her next trip to Kherson, on June 22nd.
We sent money to Lena Samoilenko to support her next trip to Kherson, on June 22nd.
On this trip she will provide help to 300 families with disabilities, limited mobility, and elder populations who require walkers, diapers, urological pads, ointments for bedsores, wounds and medication.
Sonoma/Kaniv Ambulance Fund
Sonoma/Kaniv Ambulance Fund
Per Tarney's request, we donated to a project to send an ambulance full of medical equipment to Kaniv, Ukraine, through the Sonoma Sister Cities Association.
A MESSAGE FROM SONOMA SISTER CITIES:
Thank you for helping to give this lifesaving ambulance wings. Your contribution is greatly appreciated!
May 2024
(See photos below)
Through Iryna Vorobieva:
We funded car repairs for soldiers.
We sent money to help organize a family camp for 70 children. 17 are children of soldiers who are fighting in the front and two of the children have lost their fathers. The camp will happen in the Carpathian mountains in a remote village without sirens.
Through Yana we provided for bullet proof vest covers.
We donated money to help with kidney transplant surgery for a family member of a Ukrainian friend.
We supported three sangha members.
We provided money for cat food.
Family camp for children
Family camp for children
We are providing money to organize a family camp for 70 children, through Iryna Vorobieva.
17 are children of soldiers who are fighting in the front
2 of the children have lost their fathers.
The camp will happen in the Carpathian mountains in a remote village without sirens.
Car repairs for soldiers
through Iryna Vorobieva
Through Yana we provided money for bullet proof vest covers, for men and women.
This included lighter weight vests which are more suitable for women.
We sent money for cat food.
April 2024
Through Yana, we supported:
Diapers for older people and kids.
Tourniquets, medicine and uniforms for soldiers:
Books for a library that was shelled.
(Photos below)
We sponsored a sangha member to take retreat, and another sangha member to help pay for utilities.
We sent money to support the reconstruction of the Kyiv State Academy of Decorative and Applied Arts and Design that was shelled recently.
Tourniquets and uniforms
Diapers for adults and children
Books for a library that was shelled.
We sent money to feed cats.
March 2024
We supported two Ukrainian sangha members to attend retreats.
We assisted sangha members to pay utility bills.
We helped Antonina to buy food for homeless cats.
And, we supported our volunteers with the Daughters of Ukraine fundraiser, see below.
Successful Fundraising for Daughters of Ukraine in March.
Successful Fundraising for Daughters of Ukraine in March.
We raised $5K and our Sangha for Ukraine fund matched with $5K.
You can find more about the volunteers and what they presented on March 10 at this link (which is also the last tab on our website):
February 2024
We donated money through Iryna Vorobiova towards purchasing two cars for soldiers. Iryna is personally familiar with these soldiers.
My husband and the unit he serves in are currently in one of the hot spots.
My husband and the unit he serves in are currently in one of the hot spots.
Despite all the inconveniences and dangers that may befall them there, there are things that remain the same. And these are very bad roads. And when I say "very", I mean "VERY".
Fast movement and logistics are one of the keys to quality performance of tasks. And I really want guys to be able to close that basic need.
Therefore, I am opening a collection for an SUV for the 3rd OShBr unit, in which my Sasha serves.
For a year already in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, my brothers and I have been fighting the aggressors of a neighboring country. Now we need your help - we need to buy a four-wheel drive bus in order to perform a wider range of tasks.
We donated money through Irina Bondarenko to support an exhibition in Kiev
The importance of the exhibition of Alla Horska organized in Kyiv at this hour is difficult to overestimate. By honoring the artist whose unbreakable spirit became a symbol of resistance, it shows our support to Ukrainians who continue to live, work, and create despite bombardments, and educates people around the world about Ukrainian art and history. I think the sponsorship of Alla Horska will show support for Ukraine and serve educational purposes as well.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alla_Horska
We support Antonina Drana, who keeps finding abandoned and sick cats, treating them and finding them a good family.
We support Antonina Drana, who keeps finding abandoned and sick cats, treating them and finding them a good family.
From Antonina
From Antonina
I express my gratitude for the overwhelming help from Sangha for Ukraine in compensating for the purchase of food for cats.
Thank you infinitely! Together with the wards, we now have a supply for two weeks, something to please the tailed ones.
We sent money to a member of the Ukrainian sangha who has financial challenges.
"I bought honey, food, pills, paid for the phone, paid for the utility bill, and bought the chain saw. Thank you!"
January 2024
Through Yana Walder we sent money for oxygen tanks for ambulance, tourniquets, and support for single mothers.
Oxygen tanks for ambulance
Tourniquets
Single mothers
Single mothers
Through Lena Samoilenko we supported providing medication for people in Kherson.
Also we supported Lena to enroll in drivers license school:
https://autocityschool.com/avtoshkola-avto-siti-m-brovary-vul-yaroslava-mudroho
We sent money to support the parents of Maksym Kryvtsov, the Ukrainian poet and soldier who died at war
https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-war-poet-maksym-kryvtsov-death/32769907.html
We continued our support to Sangha members.
We sent money to the cat mother, Antonina Drana. Many of her cats need medical assistance.
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