BGV Charity Fund receives award from Ukraine’s Ombudsman

On December 20, the BGV Charity Fund team was honored by the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, for their consistent and systematic support in facilitating the return of Ukrainian children unlawfully taken to Russia and evacuating children from territories temporarily occupied by Russia.

Specifically, the BGV Charity Fund purchased and donated two minibusses to transport young Ukrainians and has provided monthly financial support for their repatriation efforts.

The Ombudsman's Office and the BGV Charity Fund have collaborated on several projects, fostering cooperation between the organizations.

During the second wave of the BGV's project assisting families with newborns, the fund distributed 1,500 aid kits in collaboration with the Ombudsman's Office. The team of the regional representatives of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights and the Ministry of Social Protection compiled a list of families with children in need, including newborns in large and economically challenged families, as well as internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Kharkiv, Odesa, and Dnipropetrovsk regions. Afterward, these families registered for the program through the Ombudsman's Office representatives.

The Secretariat of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights also provided organizational support for the BGV Fund's initiative to distribute 5,000 tablets to vulnerable children for online education. Regional representatives of the Ombudsman's Office facilitated communication with families and children meeting the project criteria and in need of such assistance. Employees from regional branches of the Ombudsman's Office helped families register to participate in the project.