True Russia concludes its two years of programme work

Dear friends and supporters of True Russia,

We would like to thank all of you for your kind support of our humanitarian initiatives!

Since the early days of the full-scale invasion, we have worked alongside you to provide aid to the victims of this horrific war and to draw the world’s attention to the atrocities taking place in Ukraine due to Putin's regime’s aggression against this country. Together, we’ve raised funds for humanitarian programs supporting Ukrainian refugees, published a series of anti-war features and interviews with anti-war campaigners in our journal, and created an information ‘Help and Advice’ online hub, which shared news about charitable campaigns, cultural events, and anti-war initiatives organised by Russians in support of Ukraine.

When we founded our organisation in March 2022, our initial goal was to raise at least $500,000. However, your generous contributions have allowed us to triple that amount. Over the past two years, with your help, we’ve provided more than $1,500,000 in humanitarian aid. In collaboration with 15 international NGOs, these projects have helped thousands of Ukrainian refugees to start rebuilding their lives both within and beyond Ukraine’s borders, offering them the opportunity to live and work in the country’s western regions. Thanks to your support, we have been able to:

1. Provide medical and psychological rehabilitation to children evacuated from Mariupol, which was destroyed and occupied by the Russian army;
2. Offer psychological support to children who lost their parents during the conflict;
3. Build temporary housing for refugees from the flooded area near the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant;
4. Supply water purification systems to those remaining in the flooded zone;
5. Help tens of thousands of Ukrainians displaced by Russian aggression settle into new homes;
6. Cover prosthetics costs for Ukrainian civilians who lost limbs due to landmines placed by Russian forces;
7. Purchase essential equipment for mobile medical units in regions of Ukraine where hospitals have been destroyed.

This is just a partial list of how your donations have helped save and improve the lives of Ukrainian civilians affected by Putin's aggression. We are proud of your support and deeply grateful for your generosity and compassion.

This month, we funded the last of the grant requests we received and have decided to temporarily pause the acceptance of donations until we receive new requests and develop a new strategy for our humanitarian work. If you wish to continue supporting the organisations that have previously received grants from True Russia, we have included a list below, and you can help them directly.

We remain committed to opposing the war and Putin’s regime, and we will keep you informed as soon as new fundraising initiatives are launched.

We are deeply thankful for all you have done and look forward to achieving even more together.

True Russia founders.

Rubikus — a volunteer team, created as a joint project of the Rubikus e.V. and Kvitok HelpUA, helping Ukrainian refugees make it safely into Europe.

Leo States  — a charitable initiative launched by Ukrainian Friends Foundation. The largest private modular shelter for internally displaced people in Ukraine.

Tbilisi Volunteers – Georgia-based charity, running a range of support programmes for Ukrainian refugees, including a Humanitarian aid point, providing Ukrainians with food, hygiene items and basic medicines; Temporary housing; an information and advice Hotline 24/7; and Help with adaptation, work, documents, tickets, medical care, and whatever else is needed.

I’Mariupol — a charitable foundation, uniting international and local partners to help internally displaced people from Mariupol and the Mariupol district within Ukraine.

Children of Heroes — a charitable foundation, supporting children who lost one or both parents in the large-scale war, as well as their carers.

Disasters Emergency Committee — The DEC brings together 15 leading UK aid charities to raise funds quickly and efficiently at times of humanitarian crisis overseas. DEC charities and their local partners have provided food, clean water, shelter, cash payments, healthcare, mental health support and much more to Ukrainian refugees in the first months of the large-scale invasion.

Pristanište – Montenegro-based foundation, uniting citizens of different countries to help refugees of the war in Ukraine.

OGOGO — a charity project launched by Estonian children’s centre, providing leausre and educational activities for Ukrainian refugees in Tallinn 

Herzensgut — a charity providing essential equipment for mobile medical units to treat people in Ukraine, predominantly in the liberated areas in the east and south of the country.

United people of the planet charitable foundation — True Russia’s grant financed the purchase of a desalinating water units in Mykolaiv.

Protez Foundation — the US-based foundation, helping Ukrainians who have lost limbs as a result of the war to receive high quality prosthetics in the US. True Russia’s grant supported children’s prosthetics.

WEDA — the Polish private cultural foundation undertook the support of children from the Odessa’s Social and Psychological Rehabilitation Centre, who were evacuated from Ukraine to Poland together with pupils from other social institutions in the Odessa region. The grant provided purchase of school equipment and stationary needed by the children to continue their education.

WeHelpUkrainians — True Russia’s grant supported the project providing essentials for the children in shelters of Zaporizhzhia. The refugees families received toys, arts & crafts kits, trampolines, food sets and essential medication.