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hryvnias. A total of UAH 1,505,000 was raised during the project by private and corporate donors from the Fund. Dev . _ Pro contributed UAH 26,500. Luxo contributed UAH 269,700 . N - ix contributed UAH 303,780 . SPScommerce contributed UAH 39,000 . Eleks contributed UAH 25,000 . Eleks contributed UAH 600,000 . Eleks company contributed 56,924 hryvnias. Charitable initiative of the Ukrainian Relief Fund, which aims to help doctors and medica...

The coronavirus is raging in Ukraine, as well as around the world. The country has introduced quarantine and strict security measures. Many people, in order to protect themselves from the virus, walk in masks. The effectiveness of this method is still being debated. However, without masks are not allowed in banks and other institutions that are not closed during the quarantine period. We tell you how to choose a good mask, and what to look ...

Self-isolation is the avoidance of contact with others to reduce the risk of infection. Self-isolation involves any situation where you are in close contact with other people (for example, close face-to-face contact at a distance of less than 2 meters). The only exception is seeking medical help (only after a telephone consultation). If you are not sure whether you need self-isolation or do not know who to contact, please call the hotline o...

People with chronic anxiety find themselves in it for no reason at all. You wake up and understand - here she is. Anxiety seems to have sunk its teeth into the spine and torments the nervous system. Whatever we do and wherever we go is an alarm with us. You can stay in this condition for a few days (if a few weeks, it is better to see a doctor). Given the situation around, many are now feeling anxious and panicking. Let’s try simple ways of...

On February 26, 2020, during a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers in Kyiv, a Resolution was adopted determining how much money each oblast will receive for the inclusive sphere and what it will spend it on, ie local governments will have more power to redistribute subventions. Therefore, in 2020 the government sent about UAH 504 million. for the development of inclusive education in vocational education institutions, schools and kindergart...

to track the spread of coronavirus in the country. It was launched by the Directorate for Regional Policy and Decentralization of the President’s Office. The service shows where laboratory-confirmed cases have been detected. The service also shows suspicions of possible infection and the location where the coronavirus has not been confirmed. The map also shows the medical institutions that can take the infected, and general statistics of t...

UNICEF recently published a report on the situation of children in the world, 2019. This report talks about how children eat. Yes, hDue to malnutrition, children face many difficulties and diseases - 149 million children under the age of 5 are still lagging behind in growth, and almost 50 million suffer from exhaustion. But at the same time the rates of overweight are growing rapidly. We have gathered the most interesting and important thin...

Today on the website of the Ministry of Health published an operational alert, with the publication of statistics and clinical guidelines for coronavirus infection COVID-19. As of the morning of March 14, 3 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID -19 were registered in Ukraine. In Chernivtsi region - two cases, in Zhytomyr - one that ended in death. In total, since the beginning of 2020, the Public Health Center has received 67 reports of suspe...

When all the worst is over, you can safely look back. For the Medvedyuk family from the village of Ratny in Volyn, one of the most difficult was probably the same operating day - November 1, 2019, when the Amosov Christina Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery surgically removed the heart defect. And although for the girl this operation was the second in a row, the heart of Oksana Vladimirovna’s mother that day excitedly beat beat by beat: Ho...

recently under the dome of the Verkhovna Rada ex-Minister of Health of Ukraine Zoryana Skaletska presented a draft National Strategy for Cancer Control until 2030. The main task of the strategy -reducing the incidence of cancer in Ukraine through prevention, early detection, quality treatment of cancer patients, improving the quality of life of patients and reducing mortality. For the first time in decades, cancer issues have been talked ab...

Conflicts, misunderstandings, bullying - unfortunately, this is faced by almost all children in everyday life. Thus, according to a report by the UNICEF Foundation in 2017, 24% of children in Ukraine were victims of bullying in schools. And 40% of victims did not tell anyone about it. In all, about 150 million children in the world are being bullied - every second student between the ages of 13 and 15. Children with special needs are often ...

’s This is not the first year that Ukraine has undergone medical reform. Unfortunately, things are not going as smoothly as we would like, but there are some changes. For example, a number of medical services will soon be free for patients. We tell you which services the state will pay for and which patients will have to pay for themselves. For which medical services you do not have to pay As early as April 1, 2020, the medical guarantee pr...

Fitbit fitness tracker data has allowed U.S. researchers at the Scripps Institute to refine the forecast for flu epidemics at the state level. The results of the study are published in The Lancet Digital Health. The authors analyzed data from 200,000 users of Fitbit trackers, which measure the main indicators of health - heart rate, sleep quality - from March 2016 to March 2018. 47 thousand individuals, whose data in an impersonal form were...

Self-love is a human skeleton. November, January, February ... Only three months have passed since the operation to install a metal spine implant - and Alina Kovaldeteriorated right in front of my eyes! But is this a girl who has suffered from the most severe scoliosis of the chest for five years? When the doctors straightened the girl’s back, she grew seven centimeters, and now jokingly says that she feels very tall, and from the height of...

According to official statistics, there are more than 3 million people with disabilities in Ukraine, and only 10% of them are employed. In fact, experts say the situation is even worse. Despite the legislative quota on the employment of people with disabilities, all this is often only fictitious. Earlier, we launched a series of materials on how large Ukrainian companies employ people with disabilities and we talk about this in detail. Toda...

About 13% of all detected cancers in the world developed due to infections and viruses. These findings are contained in a new study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, published in the Lancet Global Health . Researchers led by Dr. Catherine de Martel analyzed the GLOBOCAN 2018 database and identified 2.2 million diagnosed cancer cases that developed due to infectious diseases. This is 13% of all cancer diagnoses in the world...

We have repeatedly touched upon the topic of the transplant system in Ukraine, but mostly in terms of plans for the future. And finally, in the realities of today, we can observe not just encouraging news in this field of medicine, but truly viable. We can already see that the transplant system is not easy to be unambiguous, it already exists, and it is already taking at least the first, but surprisingly confident steps. How can this be see...

Optical biosensor, created by scientists from the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne, can detect sepsis in minutes, according to Science Daily . Sepsis - a rapid systemic response of the body to a bacterial infection - is one of the leading causes of death in hospitals and one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Until now, there were no means to quickly diagnose sepsis: the fastest tests now take from half an hour to three days. M...

More and more young people are convinced that the era of "classical" education with an interval of 4-5 years is not something that can provide a good job with a decent salary. And employers have long been "not chasing" bachelors or masters, preferring practitioners after special courses than theorists after universities. Global trends are even more radical - the vast majority of today’s professions will disappear in the next 10 years. As Ab...

Employment of people with disabilities remains a serious problem in Ukraine. Yes, there is a legal quota that obliges companies with more than 25 employees to hire at least 4% of people with disabilities. However, in practice it is not so rosy, and business representatives complain that the state has put all this on their shoulders and does not want to help. However, there are positive examples in the country. We have previously talked abou...

If you have ever caught yourself thinking that you would like to become a donor for someone - this is definitely a sign. We have collected 5 stories from people whose actions can inspire you to finally do it. Spoiler - it does not hurt and is even addictive! And remember to help others and save lives for everyone. Ivan, 32 years old, Kyiv . He works in the Kyiv Patrol Police Department and is interested in fishing. I first donated blood aft...

Researchers from Cardiff University (UK) have identified a previously unknown type of T lymphocytes. Unlike already known T lymphocytes, it is able to detect and destroy various types of cancer. The study is published in the journal Nature Immunology. The discovery was made by accident: a new type of T-lymphocytes - cells responsible for the body’s immunity - scientists have discovered in search of cells capable of fighting bacteria. The ne...

Last year, 95% of children with irreversible hearing impairments who were registered in the queue for surgery and underwent all the preparatory medical procedures received appropriate care. This became possible due to the fact that in 2019 the State Budget of Ukraine allocated UAH 450 million for the purchase of 500 cochlear implants and 224 language processors. As of January 1, 2019, 367 children were in line for cochlear implants, 348 of ...

As we have already said, according to Ukrainian law, if the company employs more than 25 people, then 4% of employees must be persons with disabilities. In that case, if companies do not comply with this rule, they must pay fines. But there are still problems with the employment of people with disabilities in the country. Experts note that there are only a few people who are not fictitiously employed. Very often they are paid only 50% of sa...

Ukrainian society today is just learning to understand what inclusiveness and tolerance for people with special needs is. And these terms themselves have recently entered the vocabulary and use of our citizens. We inherited the habit of "burying" people with disabilities from the Soviet government. All those who did not meet the criteria of the norm were "closed" in institutions somewhere out of sight. The worst and most painful thing is th...

Many people remember records cut from magazines, bought in the store of the company "Melody" and sent by mail to the catalog, as well as a player with a cracking needle. And this special sound is the sound of childhood. Each fairy tale is a whole theatrical musical act with actors. If the plates could remain in the saw cabinet, the player is a rarity. But now, fairy tales for children and adults who want to remember childhood - are availabl...

The Ukrainian Relief Fund (UFUND) congratulates you on the coming New Year and Christmas, and sincerely thanks you for your help and support in 2019! A lot has been done and we can summarize the past year. Thanks to the participation of each of you, more than 50 children were treated in the best Ukrainian and foreign medical, rehabilitation centers and clinics, received modern equipment for treatment and operations. In 2019, we started lau...

How people with disabilities work in Ukraine: Auchan talks about his experience. Ukrainian law states that if the company employs more than 25 people, 4% of employees must be disabled. In that case, if companies do not comply with this rule, they must pay fines . According to various estimates, only one in four able-bodied people with disabilities has a job. Volodymyr Petrovskyi, head of the All-Ukrainian Parliament for the Disabled, recent...

2019 was rich for Ukraine in various events: from the presidential election to the return of prisoners from Russia. But, apart from such high-profile processes, small changes are taking place in the country every day, to which we often do not pay attention. We summarize the past year and tell what happened in 2019 with inclusion , medicine and education. Benefits for people with disabilities In Ukraine, the amount of benefits for people wit...

Ufond’s New Year’s campaign for companies and individuals starts. We offer to join the annual initiative - Charity instead of New Year’s souvenirs. And to help the wards of the Foundation by making the most important gift for them - a healthy future! The idea of ​​the action is simple: traditionally at many enterprises on the eve of the New Year it is customary to exchange cute trinkets, sweets, calendars or other souvenirs with colleagues ...

This autumn was very warm and without significant precipitation, but the approach of winter is felt and forecasters are already predicting cold snaps, subzero temperatures and snow. Winter is a very difficult time for those people who do not have a roof over their heads. According to UN reports, in 2017 there were more than 150 million homeless people worldwide - about 2% of the total population. There are currently no accurate official sta...

) has been known for more than several millennia, but still in modern avant-garde society there is no consensus on how to perceive this phenomenon and how to react to it in emotional and psychological terms. In ancient times, tattoos served as a sign of tribe, clan, totem, endowed with a magical-sacred connotation, served as an exotic ornament, indicated social affiliation. Then there was the trend that tattoos were strikingly beautiful. Fo...

We continue to cover and reveal the topic of the transplant system in Ukraine and are currently working on how to form an adequate public opinion about transplantation and donation in general, and how to convey to people that this is a dying person’s chance for a second, full life. It has already happened that in Ukrainian society the topic of transplantology is under a strange taboo and for the average citizen it either does not say anythi...

Despite the fact that neither the infrastructure nor the society in Ukraine is particularly adapted for people with disabilities, there are successful and vivid examples of inclusion in the country. We just talked about them. Today we decided to continue the theme and collect five more cool inclusive initiatives and developments: from a special font for people with dyslexia and ending with a comic for the blind. Font for people with dyslexi...

Recently, the national information space is simply oversaturated with medical topics, including vaccination culture, children’s diseases and adults, the difference between vaccines and sera, and outbreaks of infections that seem to have forgotten the whole civilized world… But, As you know, there is no smoke without fire, so let’s understand. Vaccination: for whom? The fund has already covered the topic of vaccinations in general, but given...

Covers from plastic bottles, old clothes, garbage bags - all this can benefit not only the environment but also charitable foundations. The Fund has studied how and to whom garbage helps and how to use their opportunities for peaceful purposes: to buy medicine or wheelchairs. Who becomes the initiator. Civic initiative One of the first to collect plastic lids began in Turkey in 2011. A student of the Faculty of Dentistry of the Aegean Unive...

On Monday, October 21, the Ukrainian Relief Fund (UFO) celebrates its ninth birthday. In October 2010, the Foundation opened its doors, its first pages, to those in need. During this time, Ufond, for many, many has become a place of not only material but also moral support, not only a good helper but also a faithful friend. In all the time that has passed since the Foundation and its projects were established, we have realized that good de...

Nand the question "How are you?" 99 times out of 100 children answer "Normal". You might think that things are really fine with them, but it turns out you need to formulate questions differently. Below are 100 questions that your child will be interested in answering, which will give parents a lot of new information about children and will keep everyone busy for a long time. 1. Unnecessary questions instead of "How was your day?" • What was...

Charity is a huge field of activity, where there is a place for everyone. Thousands of people around the world are helping those in need. Some bring clothes or help with food, others give money or buy the necessary medicines, some work as volunteers and help directly on the spot. Nowadays, business representatives are increasingly joining charity. Large companies in different countries are raising huge sums of money to save cancer patients,...

A new draft budget for 2020 was recently registered in the Verkhovna Rada. However, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Oleksiy Honcharuk noted that this is the first project and its final version may differ greatly. However, we can already see what expenditures the Ukrainian government has planned for next year. In particular, let’s find out how much money is invested in health care. Total expenditures For 2020, the draft budget includes UAH 108...

It has become commonplace that so-called big data will soon revolutionize medical science. After all, a lot of medical information about many people: the results of CT-MRI, genetic and other tests, electronic medical records, data on work, lifestyle, favorite foods - can not help but find the causes of disease and treatment. The question is when this long-awaited breakthrough will take place. We’ve picked up a few examples of what big data ...

At the beginning of September this year, the newly elected head of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine Zoryana Skaletska made the first press conference in this position, where she clearly outlined the main and priority activities of the ministry officially entrusted to her. Among them, the key focus is on launching the transplant system by the end of this year. According to official statistics, 9 patients die every day in Ukraine who have no...

When a phone with Internet access is not fun at all. About a useful application based on mutual assistance and trust. Find something to eat in the fridge, check the expiration date of the product, buy the right thing - all this will not be difficult, but only when ... your eyes see! When you have poor eyesight or no vision at all, even small household chores can become a big problem. It turns out that it can be solved through the applicatio...

In Ukraine, the number of people with disabilities is now about 6% of the total population, which is about 2.6 million. According to data for 2017, there were 240 thousand people with disabilities of the 1st group, 900 thousand people with disabilities of the 2nd group and more than 1.3 million people with disabilities of the 3rd group. But there were more than 156 thousand children with disabilities. However, the relevant organizations not...

What do volunteers who are going to meet children in an orphanage need to know? REMEMBER: THESE CHILDREN GROW UP WITHOUT PARENTS, AND THEY HAVE FEATURES THAT THEIR PEOPLE WHO GROW UP IN FAMILIES DO NOT HAVE. Every child in the first years of life develops an attachment - to mom, dad, close relatives. Then this commitment helps her build relationships with other people and thus prepares her for adulthood. The peculiarity of orphans is that t...

Ufund has joined the platform for ROZETKA charitable foundations! Thanks to the platform, charitable foundations and organizations from all over the country can buy goods to meet their immediate needs and the needs of their wards, on the Rozetka website at a special price. Funds that operate transparently and have been authorized can join and use the platform. You can learn more about the platform and join it by following the link . ...

Vaccination of children is always a very serious and ambiguous issue. Nowadays, there are many different opinions and beliefs about vaccinations, and parents do not always know what decision to make. In today’s article we will explain why vaccination of children in Ukraine is necessary. The WHO has officially recognized the refusal of vaccination as a global threat to humanity. According to research by this organization, vaccination against...

Прогресивне людство постійно перебуває у пошуках шляхів вирішення проблем, які впливають на наше життя, зокрема здоров’я. Сьогодні у світовій практиці персоналізована медицина стає одним з провідних напрямів у системі охорони здоров’я та передбачає створення для кожного окремого пацієнта свого генетичного паспорта. Онкологія, психіатрія, гематологія - основні галузі, в яких персоналізований підхід зараз використовується найчастіше. Проте й ...

Back in the fall of 2018, a law came into force in Ukraine that regulates some issues of access of children with special needs to education in kindergarten, school, out-of-school institutions and vocational or technical education institutions. We tell you how the system of inclusive education works in our country and what you need to know about it. How things are now with inclusive education in Ukraine Previously, Ukrainian legislation did ...

"If you need a helping hand, know - you have it - your own. As you get older, you will realize that you have two hands: one to help yourself, the other to help others. ”© Audrey Hepburn As every month, we have gathered in our regular column the three most interesting and dissimilar people. Journalist and media expert Svitlana Kolyada, President of the Charitable Foundation Oleksiy Romanets, popular singer and TV presenter Nikita Lomakin. Th...

Every year, the Ukrainian budget allocates a lot of money for health care. For example, in 2019, the state budget allocated 95.08 billion hryvnias for health care, which is 10% more than in 2018. With the beginning of the health care reform, most of the money in the budget goes to the transformation of the medical system and its improvement. Thus, the website of the Ministry of Health notes that the money is used to increase the salaries of...

At the heart of any reform is change. If this is a reform at the state level, then these changes must take place within the legal field, ie constitutional law. And this seemingly obvious axiom is aimed not only at regulating legal / illegal actions, but first and foremost at ensuring the rights and freedoms of citizens guaranteed by the Constitution of their country. In the Ukrainian media, the topic of medical law is a static-regular story...

On July 24, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine finally adopted the Resolution "On the introduction of a pilot project on labeling with control (identification) signs and monitoring the circulation of medicines," the press service of the Ministry of Health said . The main goal of the project is to combat counterfeit drugs. Unfortunately, many Ukrainians are familiar with the situation when buying a drug at the pharmacy, you get a cat in a b...

From January to June 2019 thanks to readers, partners and friends of the Fund, managed to save 26 children worth 3,504 30 games. 15 young patients from the Amosov Institute and the Heart Institute were assisted in the treatment of congenital heart defects. For 10-year-old Andriy Gomon, we paid for two courses of chemotherapy at a Turkish hospital. Also, under the Ufond.Hearing program, cochlear implantation in little Patrick Zhukov was paid...

that is, about 2.7 million people, although many say that in reality these figures are much higher. Unfortunately, people with disabilities in our country have to deal with a lot of everyday problems, because our infrastructure is almost not adapted for less mobile groups, so for a person in a wheelchair to go down to the same subway or move to the other side of the road, in some cases almost impossible. We do not have many places where ram...

"Give someone back his life - for this you can suffer pain" In the United States, a 44-year-old donor, Derrick Nelson, fell into a coma during a bone marrow donation procedure. This is an extremely rare case for world medical practice. That is why he has attracted the attention of doctors and journalists, again raising a wave of questions about the safety of potential donors. According to research conducted by the World Association of Bone ...

With the help of simulators, a healthy person can experience for themselves what autism, dementia and other disorders are. Virtual immersion in the disease is a relatively new thing, but very significant. Virtual reality (VR) technologies are still more often used for training doctors, for rehabilitation. Trying to become deaf, blind, and living for hours in true dementia is sometimes more important than reading a mountain of medical books....

Every day more and more people join charity. Some help seriously ill children, others - migrants, others - stray animals. In any case, everyone is looking for what he likes and directs his money and energy to it. Most Ukrainians have donated money to charity at least once. According to a poll conducted by the Ukrainian Forum of Philanthropists in 2017, 70% of Ukrainians participated in charity in one way or another. But, despite the fact th...

Institute of Otolaryngology named after prof. O. Kolomiychenko National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine began to conduct operations on children with hearing impairments, who are registered in the queue for cochlear implantation and replacement of speech processors. In this regard, the Institute informs parents (official guardians) about the need to quickly come with their children to the medical institution for treatment. To date , a...

Probably, for each parent, children become the number one priority and the most important men in their lives. For their sake, adults are ready for anything to be good for kids. That is why the greatest fear for every father and mother is the death of a child. Such a tragedy can drive anyone crazy, but you have to be strong to live on. Live for yourself, for your family and loved ones who are alive. Richard and Jen Pringle’s family suffered ...

For more than three months - since January - the new law on social services has been waiting for the signature of the President of Ukraine. However, this period is much shorter than the years of waiting for changes to take place in this area. What exactly are social services? Why is social service reform so important? I will explain in detail. SERVICE, NOT SUBSIDY Undoubtedly, the reform of the social services system is the most important i...

The essence of the project is as follows: Ukrainians sell their extra things, and donate the proceeds to charity. You can participate in the online sale both as a seller and as a buyer. Participants’ ads will appear on Izi.zone marked "Create good" and on social networks under the hashtag #creategoodizi. "We are convinced that doing good is easy. And online sales are another way to do that, says Andriy Zdor, head of IZI’s ad service . - Th...

On the first day of summer, June 1, the International Children’s Day is traditionally celebrated, which is one of the oldest holidays based on the international level. Probably for good reason, we celebrate such a wonderful and bright holiday as Children’s Day on the first day of summer. After all, this is the best time of the year - when everything around blooms, blooms and literally breathes life. The sun warms with its warmth, and the li...

Today, more than a billion people in the world live with some form of disability (approximately one in seven). Between 110 million (2.2%) and 190 million (3.8%) people (aged 15 and over) have significant difficulty functioning. It is estimated that 65 million people worldwide could benefit from wheelchair use. However, approximately 20 million people cannot afford it. Among wheelchairs used in highly developed parts of the world, almost 70%...

“Learn to find something good in your life and be grateful for it every day. Your focus will soon change, and so will your life. ”© Oprah Winfrey Friends, and we return to our column,“ What is charity? ”Where each of our characters shares what he puts into it. It has already happened that our today’s heroes are those who take care of the problems of those who are still completely defenseless, namely children. For example: Lilia Kuznetsova -...

64,200 Today the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine published the Order "On approval of a standard list of special means of correction of psychophysical development of children with special educational needs studying in inclusive and special groups of preschool institutions education ". In order to provide children with special educational needs with special means of correction of psychophysical development, which allow the child ...

Advice from psychologist Olga Sorina. When we ask for money, we ask for help from a person. Not in the target audience, but in the person. In this article, I wanted to fantasize about my face: how I would like to be asked for money. How to build a dialogue so that the applicant evokes respect, not pity and contempt. Everything written below is my personal opinion and is not a fundraising guide. This text is about respectful and equal relati...

Despite the large number of charitable foundations and organizations currently existing in Ukraine, our society is still learning to help. And for the most part, this help only applies to children. And how to be an adult? Who to contact? This question was asked by a young woman from Kyiv and an enterprising girl Victoria Dubrovska, when in the spring of 2017 her father was diagnosed with stage 4 oncology. - It was very scary, and after the ...

Natalia Pogodaeva, head of the endocrinology department of NDSL "Okhmatdyt". Natalia, please tell us what the parents will face after the child is diagnosed with diabetes? Which doctor should be consulted and what treatment can be prescribed? After the child’s sugar has risen, it must be examined by an endocrinologist. The endocrinologist decides whether to examine the child on an outpatient basis or send him to a specialized hospital for a...

Have you ever wondered how people with eye diseases see the world? Sensor-Tech Laboratoryhas released a mobile application See My World, which allows you to find out how people with different visual pathologies see the world. We decided to learn more about the system of virtual simulation of eye diseases. The application is free and available for download on Android and iOS . At startup, you must select one of two modes. To see the differen...

According to the latest data for 2018, about 9,000 children with diabetes were registered in Ukraine. Statistics are not comforting and the thought that our children are also at risk, causes us anxiety and fear. But what if your child has already been diagnosed? Two experts Zoya Bova, who is the founder of the public organization "DiaLifeAct" and part-time mother of a child with diabetes, and Natalia Pogodaeva will help us to understand thi...

Today, April 5, the order of the Ministry of Education and Science, Ministry of Health of 14.02.2019 № 194/331 "On amendments to the order of the Ministry of Education and Science, Ministry of Health of 29.08.2016 № 1027/900", registered in the Ministry of Justice on 11.03.2019 for № 237/33208. This order introduced the EIT for visually impaired people who used Braille in the learning process. In particular, providing certification work wit...

Traditionally, on April 2, the whole world celebrates Autism Awareness Day. Its purpose is to draw public attention to the problem of early diagnosis of autism in children, because the earlier the feature is detected (the first signs appear in six months to a year), the easier the process of adaptation and integration of rain people in society; and disseminating adequate information about who the autistic people really are.Not so long ago, ...

"When you do something for others from the heart, without expecting gratitude, someone writes it in the book of destinies and sends happiness that you never dreamed of." © Angelina Jolie Each time in this topic, we ask our interviewers about the place of charity in their lives and hearts. In their answers, some of us are looking for motivation, some are looking for a hero with similar thoughts and attitudes, and some are just interested in ...

With the implementation of the Primary Care Reform, many hoped for the best, especially doctors. They believed that now they would finally have a decent pay for their titanic work. But whether this is really the case, and whether their hopes came true, Kateryna Stebelska wondered. The monthly salary of physicians consists of two components: salary (fixed tariff grid, years of service, category, etc.) and advertised allowance for each signed...

on March 12 at 17-00 on the basis of DKB №2, Povitroflotsky Avenue 9, there will be a round table. It will be held in QA format , participants will be able to receive a free consultation and examination from leading doctors (endocrinologist, gynecologist, dermato-venereologist). Every third person under the age of 50 already has certain health problems. Most often, these are hormonal disorders, difficulty conceiving (both men and women), h...

Hooray, friends, we are finally waiting for spring! Although the windows are still gloomy days and frosty nights, but in the air everything has changed: there is an incredible aroma of freshness, warmth and change. After all, spring is a time of everything new. A time when a new page in everyone’s life begins. We offer to find out what to do in March to be inspired by new achievements. 1. Go or go to the river, watch the ice drift, look Snu...

Last year, several good series were released on topics that were not previously raised in cinema - incurable diseases, death, disability, violence. This is not about documentaries, but about viewers with bright characters. We decided to tell you about some of them in our selection. 1. "Call DiCaprio" Director: Zhora Kryzhovnikov Starring: Alexander Petrov, Andrei Burkovsky, Julia Alexandrova "Call DiCaprio" critics called the best Russian s...

Every year in early March, International Hearing Day is celebrated. Hearing loss is a common problem not only in Ukraine. The World Health Organization estimates that deafness and various hearing impairments affect more than 300 million people, and by 2050 that number could rise to 900 million. At the same time, doctors say that in 60% of cases, hearing loss can be prevented if diagnosed in time. Our world is getting too loud! "Many people ...

Every year in Ukraine about 2,000 people need transplants, a quarter receive help, and more than half of them - abroad. While the donor potential of the country is about 5 thousand donors annually. And this topic has been the subject of heated debate for some time. In May last year, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed a bill "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Health Care and Transplantation of Organs and Other Anatomi...

We are often asked: "How else, in addition to financial assistance, you can help the fund?". At Ufund we call it non-financial resources of philanthropy. And to understand this and answer this question, we have prepared a column with the five main non-financial instruments of NGOs and ways to work effectively with them. Pro bono One of the first non-financial instruments in NGOs can be called pro bono services, and they can be provided both...

Ukrainian companies have a good opportunity to develop their social responsibility through cooperation with charitable foundations. Such cooperation is beneficial for both parties: the fund can help its wards through additional funds, and the company can easily improve its reputation and directly help those who really need it. The Fund for Helping Sick Children constantly cooperates with businesses of various sizes and types. Here are some ...

What should be done to make a child feel like a child, even in a hospital bed? The girl plays the drum at the University of Missouri Medical Center. Photo: University of Missouri Health Care The fund often helps children who have to spend long weeks and months in hospitals. All this time the child is surrounded by doctors, nurses and parents, but no one thinks about how to make the child feel not only a patient. How to make her have a child...

Current grants in the field of civil society development. Areas of grant support - from media to socio-cultural projects. MEET UP! German-Ukrainian youth meetings The purpose of the program "MEET UP! German-Ukrainian Youth Meetings "is to intensify relations withUkraine , to support young people from Germany and Ukraine , with an active position for democratic values ​​and to support understanding between peoples . Deadline - February 15, 2...

January 4 is World Cancer Day. We have prepared material on the most common factors that can cause disease. Today, February 4, is World Cancer Day. The aim of this international day is to raise awareness about cancer as one of the most terrible diseases of today, as well as to draw attention to the prevention, detection and treatment of this disease. The most common types of cancer among men and women differ from each other: Five main facto...

The team of the Ukrainian Relief Fund has been replenished with 12 content angels . In December last year, we made an open search for all those who want to help the foundation in preparing content. Thanks to this announcement, we have been joined by 12 professionals who can write texts, take photos and record videos. Volunteers from different regions of Ukraine will prepare stories about the wards of the foundation and useful materials rela...

"I do philanthropy not out of guilt or the need to build a good reputation. I do philanthropy because I believe in what I do. ”© George Soros. Different views, different destinies, completely different environment and preferences. Sometimes, looking at our interviewers, you don’t realize what can unite so many different people. For all their individuality, each of them has such a common character trait as indifference and desire to help. It...

… And in this semantic game, everyone chooses where to put someone. One of Ufond’s missions is an honorable and responsible mission to promote civil society. As you know, the most characteristic function of such a society is the search for and implementation of means of socialization, which reduces the alienation of people and focuses them on socially useful causes. And what could be more socially useful than knowledge of saving human life?...

Physical vulnerability is not an obstacle to the firmness of the parents’ spirit - an example for a child. It would seem that this golden rule of pedagogy is known and familiar to all. But in it, as it happens in life, there are exceptions - sometimes it can be the other way around. Sometimes children by their example can teach us adults a lot. And this story is about a little teacher and his great students. The doctors were preparing the B...

"The best gift is a hug: it fits everyone and no one objects if you return it." Ralph Waldo Emerson It would seem that after mid-January, all the holidays are celebrated, gifts are given and accepted, stocks of mandarins are eaten, the magical mood went somewhere and the whole thing with Christmas toys, and fluffy Christmas trees are removed. But among the weekdays of the calendar are still, like Christmas tree-pine needles in March under t...

What are matching campaigns? It is one of the tools of fundraising, especially popular in corporate philanthropy in the West, especially in the United States and Canada. Matching programs, ie co-financing programs, exist in more than 20 large companies around the world. Among the largest participants - General Electric , BP , Microsoft , Soros Foundation, S oca - Cola and others. During these promotions, the company increases donations made...

Спасибо, дякую, dziakuju, dziekuje, thank you, danke, merci, toda, dank, grazie, arigato, xie xie, obrigado (a), gracias, tack, tesekkür ederim,… - no matter how this word of thanks sounds in different languages peace, but, to be honest, it will certainly give the recipient a single, understandable sense of joy. The tradition and peculiarity of the holiday We all lack these real feelings of gratitude and joy today, so it is not surprising t...

Friends, as always, we have an incredibly interesting selection of books for you. But, this time we made an unusual selection, it will be about inclusive literature. Inclusive literature is already a familiar term for some, for some it has already made a certain contribution to the consciousness and understanding with others, and for others it is still a completely new and unknown direction in literature. Inclusive literature focuses on bui...

Traditionally, we summarize the outgoing year. For the eighth year in a row , we are summing up the next results. The results, to say the least, are good. Thank you very much, dear friends, readers and partners! During this time we managed to raise over 31 million hryvnias and provide comprehensive assistance to 1,184 children. In 2018, with the help of our readers, we raised 6,428,017 hryvnias, which means that the amount of fees exceeded ...

Charities do not always need money to help their wards. For example, we often need to take quality photos or describe the stories of children who need financial support. That is why we are looking for content angels in different regions of Ukraine who are ready to give a little of their time for good deeds. We invite photographers, journalists and everyone who loves and knows how to prepare content. Key tasks: to describe stories, take phot...

How technically advanced have NGOs been in the world? According to many experts, in terms of technology, the past year was marked by machine learning and neural networks. How technically advanced have NGOs been in their work in this world, aimed at creating a full-fledged artificial intelligence. On the one hand, it would seem that there were no breakthroughs. On the other hand, in the non-profit sector they talked about a fundamentally new...

While writing this article, I have repeatedly asked the question, which of the terms will be the most ethical and correct? " People with special needs", "people with disabilities " , or just "special people"? I have never thought about this before, and I do not remember being taught it by at least one teacher from an educational institution, or someone from my family explaining to me the difference between these terms. Perhaps, if the topic...

As you know, on January 1, 2018, Medical Reform started in Ukraine. And since then, probably, only the lazy did not discuss this topic. But to discuss is a simple matter, and in order to understand in detail… This is where the difficulties arise: first, to get to the bottom of it, you need to have a good amount of quality information, and with the acting It is difficult for the Minister of Health Suprun to do this (if it is unrealistic: you...

Three more weeks before the holidays, but I want a New Year’s mood now. By the way, it is different: you can tremble in anticipation of good miracles, laugh until you fall in a circle of friends, and you can wait for dangerous adventures and tremble with anticipation, as in childhood. Here is a list of 10 books that will help you prepare for miracles: 1. Terry Pratchett - "Santa Hryakus" In the Flat World, too, the Passion is celebrated, an...

Traditionally, on the second Sunday of December, Ukraine celebrates Charity Day. In other words, it is a day when you can and should officially do good, do good and be someone who is able not only to accept but also to give. It seems to me that this day in December is not accidental. After all, December is an incredibly amazing month! First of all, at least because it is the last month of the year, the 31st day when you can remember beautif...