The BGV Charity Fund, in collaboration with the German non-profit organization #WeAreAllUkrainians, is launching a regional humanitarian response project in Ukraine. The organizational support for the BGV Fund’s activities within this project is provided by the Secretariat of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights. Regional Ombudsman Office staff will assist families with registration and application submissions for the project.
A total of 1,200 backpacks will be distributed. Each backpack contains 35 items necessary for a child’s daily needs. To learn more about the contents of the backpack and all project conditions, please visit: BGV Charity Fund – Backpack for a First Grader
Assistance will be provided to internally displaced children who are entering the first grade and belong to socially vulnerable categories, including:
- Children with disabilities
- Children from large families
- Children from low-income families
- Orphans
- Children deprived of parental care
The project will be implemented in the following regions: Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, and Vinnytsia.
Ombudsman Office contact numbers for registration in the “Backpack for a First Grader” project:
- Odesa Region: +380 (48) 722 07 22, +380 (48) 722 05 22
- Mykolaiv Region: +380 (63) 405 76 97
- Poltava Region: +380 (50) 418 33 73, +380 (68) 994 45 75
- Zhytomyr Region: +380 (50) 967 95 41
- Vinnytsia Region: +380 (98) 037 97 56
- Rivne Region: +380 (68) 992 58 58
- Khmelnytskyi Region: +380 (68) 433 95 91, +380 (38) 270 45 00
- Kirovohrad Region: +380 (66) 929 15 97
- Cherkasy Region: +380 (98) 631 22 51
Please note the call schedule:
- Monday to Thursday: 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
- Friday: 9:00 AM to 4:45 PM
- Saturday and Sunday: Closed
Additionally, Ombudsman Office staff will work with pre-prepared lists of children who meet all project conditions.
