Current Emergency Response
The Missing Puzzle Piece: Svitlana Blinova and the Power of Local Leadership
It feels almost surreal to sit across from Svitlana Blinova in the
February 20, 2026
Razom Relief was launched in 2022 in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion to support civilians directly affected by the war. Since then, we have reached more than 1,000,000 people by providing access to food, shelter, clean water, psychological support, winter supplies, and safe spaces for children to learn and connect.
We partner with more than 200 local and grassroots organizations that understand their communities’ needs firsthand. Rather than replacing local leadership, Razom strengthens it. Through grants, organizational capacity building, and opportunities for collaboration, we help local initiatives lead humanitarian response and early recovery in their own regions.
In 2026, Razom Relief focuses on strengthening community resilience in frontline and war-affected regions. Our work supports locally driven recovery, invests in small and under-resourced communities, and helps people not only survive the war but rebuild with dignity, stability, and greater self-reliance.
ImpactUA is a U.S.–Ukraine internship program connecting Ukrainian and American students with Ukrainian NGOs through hands-on, project-based placements. Led by Brave Generation and Razom for Ukraine, the program is designed to build long-term engagement with Ukraine by combining meaningful professional experience, cross-cultural collaboration, and civic contribution.
ImpactUA moves beyond short-term exposure. The program is built on the belief that sustained, practical involvement with Ukrainian NGOs strengthens future leaders, professionals, and advocates who remain connected to Ukraine well beyond the internship period.
Dignity
Since march 2022 Razom Relief is helping to improve the lives of people in need by delivering humanitarian aid to front line communities, helping to prepare for winter, installing water filtering systems and providing power sources.
We aim at providing people with necessary help and ensuring that even in harsh conditions they can continue to live with dignity.
Renewal
The areas of Ukraine that were under occupation have suffered significant damage. A lot of the area is mined, houses destroyed, communication lines are disrupted. Our team works with our partner organizations to make sure people can restore their lives. Our projects include repairing houses, shelters and bomb shelters, providing medicine and renewing private farming.
Future
By supporting camps and centers for kids and teenagers, we aim to provide more than just education, skills, and safety in high-risk areas. Our goal is also to prevent young people from losing their sense of direction. Supporting these kids today means contributing to the future stability and reconstruction of the country.
Community
We also provide psychological assistance, particularly through innovative methods like family retreats, tourist retreats, art therapy, crafts, and community-building activities, aims to promote healing and development within communities.
Jobs
Employment stands as a crucial factor for the integration process, facilitating the integration of individuals who have been compelled to relocate and those undergoing hardship.
Ticket
Razom Ticket is an initiative with a mission to increase engagement in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines among Ukrainian children. We strive to provide a head start for kids to the world of professional science, IT and entrepreneurship.
ToyDrive
The children of the fallen defenders in Ukraine are under constant stress. They are in dire need of help. As grown ups must understand that we owe them an unpaid debt as we could not save them from the horrors of war. The “RAZOM TOY DRIVE” team will do everything to wrap little children’s hearts with our warmth and love.
Razom Stronger
In cooperation with ‘Philanthropy in Ukraine’ we launched the program of organizational grants and mentoring support for our grantees. The program was open for existing grantees in good standing. The grants were targeted at increasing the organizational capacity of NGOs in various areas, such as fundraising, strategic planning and financial management.
Anna Solovei
Program Director
Martyn Kostyk
Legal and operational associate
Oksana Hoshovska
Grant Manager
Marichka Pohorilko
Grant Manager
Karina Vartapetian
Business analyst
Oksana Lytvyn
Head of the “Toy Drive” program in the USA
Vasyl Ivanchenko
“Toy Drive” project coordinator
Liudmyla Kravtsova
“Toy Drive” volunteer
Tetyana Dzhula
“Razom Ticket” project Manager
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