We Believe - Everything Will Be Ukraine!

We believe in victory. We believe in the Armed Forces.

We united to be stronger, people who need the help. Ukrainians are supported all over the world!

But we will always remember…

After February 24...

The date 24.02.22 changed all Ukrainians. We have become more mature as a nation/

How It Began

So, one woman from France did an extraordinary thing, being at 9 months of pregnancy, Ella Pratsyovyta raised the attention of Clermont-Ferrand city by going to the square in support of Ukraine. And already in 2 weeks, all the local volunteers who were in the vicinity of this district joined to the woman. The woman founded the “Association “Agir ensemble pour l’Ukraine” Fund, and thanks to the support of the Pharmacien Humanitaires d’Auvergne and the caring people of France, they collected the first truckload of medicines.

After that, the question arose of safe delivery of the corresponding medicines from France to Zhytomyr city. Here, Ella appeal to us as a trusted organization in Ukraine.

Our volunteers in Zhytomyr city took the initiative. We saw and believed the fact that Ukrainians are compared to bees. Perhaps the bee is our totem! Because the self-organization of volunteer assistants is incredible! Someone is unloading and sowing, someone is sorting, someone is on delivery, everyone has taken up their work. Many thanks to the teachers and staff of the Zhytomyr College of Pharmacy.

his Is How Two Teams From France And Ukraine United

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Our Team Is Our Strength

Everyone came to our volunteer headquarters in their own way. The war did not leave anyone behind… To the simple question “Why did you become a volunteer?” everyone has the same answer: I CAN’T STAND ASIDE, I HAVE TO HELP SOMETHING”

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How My Volunteering Started?

So, how started the “war-fear-misunderstanding”?! A simple clear awareness that you cannot be left alone! That ‘s how it started…
And the work of the volunteer headquarter appeared like a bolt from the blue, when in the course of helping the logistics headquarter of Zhytomyr Regional State Administration and the military, I was approached by an organization that wanted to transfer the cargo to verified beneficiaries, the “Help Ukraine Together” Association from France and asked for help with delivery of humanitarian cargo…

Marharyta Siranchuk

Head of volunteer headquarter “Diya.Razom”, Acting Director of “Zhytomyr Regional Development Agency”

Our team

Since the beginning of the war, tens of thousands of people in Ukraine partially or completely changed professions and became volunteers in order to be able to defend the country. After all, we hold the rear! Apparently, as with most volunteer organizations at the beginning of March, all our work was based on common personal contacts and was quite chaotic. We asked our team: “How did you become a volunteer?”

Denys Ostrovsky

The horror and fear of the first days passed, I cried like black cloud for the first time in many years, sending my child and wife to Poland, my father and brother to the army, my best friend - to unemployment, myself and two cats - to an empty, long-forgotten apartment on the outskirts of Zhytomyr city. Into obscurity. Everyone I know. After sleeping and eating well, I finally got the adrenaline response from my body: I have to act. I have to work together with the whole country for victory. I learned how to weave camouflage webs like a predatory spider, make Molotov cocktails so that they burn smoky and hot, I know how to properly equip firing points and road posts with sandbags, choped many-many firewood for heating the military, counted, collected, dragged and handed over tons of medicines, food, and uniforms for our soldiers. And I continue. I, and millions like me, changed work for myself to work for victory. I, and millions like me, keep a reliable rear. I, and millions like me, give all our efforts so that those who give their lives are fed, equiped, know that they are waiting for them at home, and everyone at home will be under the care of those who care. I am a volunteer.

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Olha Ivanyuk

In general, there is not such an interesting story. Since the beginning of March, I often saw posts in Telegram channels where volunteers helped people with resettlement, distribution of food, clothes, and so on. And, of course, I also had a desire to benefit people in such a difficult time. In one of these channels of Zhytomyr region, there was a link to a questionnaire for those willing to become volunteers who will help displaced people. I really wanted to apply, but it didn't work out. A few days later, in the evening, a fellow group member wrote to me asking if I was in Zhytomyr, because she needed help in sorting humanitarian aid. Of course, I didn’t think long, I agreed, and invited one more person, and from the very next day joined our wonderful team to help. Student. Polissia National University.

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Julia Shmaliuk

Until February 24, I actually wasn’t a volunteer. In the first terrible days of the war, I as a mother of two children, was primarily worried about their safety. Many acquaintances left, but I could not leave my relatives and close people. A certain time came, and I realized that I can't just sit at home, I need to do something to help our people. I started monitoring. Then I learned from my colleagues that they are engaged in volunteering, analyzing medicines and medical devices. At that moment, I understood that where you feel "like a fish in water" you can contribute some part of help. Yes, I got to the Volunteer Headquarters "Diya.Razom" where there is an incredible atmosphere, everyone works for victory here. My family and I gave many things, toys to those people who need it more than us. We teach our children by example. Generaly, the very desire to be useful to at least one person motivates even more to help, at least with something. Each of us contributes a small part, and this brings us closer to victory. Zhytomyr Basic Pharmaceutical College

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Anna Riaboy

I personally joined the volunteer headquarter in the second month of the war. There are many stereotypes about volunteering in Ukraine, but when I met Marharyta, I had no doubt that this is the place that brought together well-known and proactive people. From that time, I started 24/7 consulting and registering people for monetary assistance from UNICEF. For me, this is a unique opportunity to feel that I take part in creation of changes in my society, and I give the most precious thing for this - my time.

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Aliona Balabukh

In my opinion, volunteering is a soul call, it is an eternal desire to help, to be useful, it is the upbringing of parents who taught us always help others, it is the impossibility of being with folded hands when these hands can do something useful, it is the joy to see happy eyes of the people for whom I has helped ones, I believe that volunteers do not become volunteers in one moment, they are brought up by the family, the community. This is how I have been an volunteer since childhood.

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Halyna Kostrykina

She joined the volunteer movement from the very first day of the war. They raked out debris, mixed Molotov cocktails, delivered something, got it, bought it, sent it... Once I saw message in one of the volunteer chats: people are needed to help sort out the medicines. I had a few free hours, so I went right away. And I stayed for a month or a half. Because there were not a box or two of medicines, but many, many pallets. And there were not many people. Already later, students, pharmacists and other caring people joined in helping, so I was able to switch to other directions. I remember my work at the headquarter with warmth and positivity. Such an atmosphere of acceptance, mutual help and openness is rare to find (Marharyta, this is to your great merit, you are cool!) And I also improved the skills of packing boxes and knowledge in the field of varieties of paracetamol and plasters to the level of "God")) And the most vivid memory - loud alarm sirens in complete darkness, and the three of us are in the hospital yard 10 minutes before curfew hours).

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Nataliia Luta

Starting from February 24, 2022, I as a Ukrainian woman, could not remain away from the events taking place in my native land. At first, my husband and I bought bread, tea, coffee, cookies, and medicines for those who were at the checkpoints, then we wove military nets with my daughter, sorted humanitarian aid, and took medicine to hospitals. But all the time there was a feeling that this was not enough, that I did not use all the opportunities. So, after subscribing to volunteer groups in Telegram, I joined the volunteer team "Diya.Razom" the main goal of which was: "If you have a desire, you can do anything." "Together" we really "ACTED", we supported each other and those we helped. "Diya.Razom" - we are strength.

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