annual report for an NGO helping the homeless and poor in Kiev, Ukraine

1. Public Association
Spilnota narodna dopomoha
Annual Report
2014

2. We are in Kiev since 2005, organized as an independent association of people interested to
help those in need out of poverty and homelessness.
Regardless the difficult economic, social & political situations and crises in our country, we
continue our activities in pursuing our mission, in solidarity with those most vulnerable of
us.
In 2014 our activities focused on the following:
• STREET WORK including social patrolling with a car, delivery of hot meals, distribution
of clothes & items of hygiene in the streets of Kiev.
• Professional/vocational integration & meaningful occupation :
– a CANDLE WORKSHOP with its education on candle-making & candles production;
– a STREET PAPER to give a voice to the homelessness.
• Education and leisure time for the ORPHANS & CHILDREN from the vulnerable families.

3. STREET WORK
1446 people
we support in the streets
of kiev

4. 2287 Meals for the homeless
1275 People got clothing and
hygiene items
STREET WORK 2014

5. Vocational integration
for the long-term unemployed:
a candle workshop
620 candles produced at social workshop
260 master-classes on candle-making
Find more at
facebook.com/candleOK

6. Candles production and selling
Participation at the 4 international fairs in Kiev
1 sell-off in Lublin, Poland

7. All costs from the candles sales are used for
the meals for the homeless people in Kiev

8. Street Paper
a voice for
the poor and
the homeless

9. Street Paper
an alternative media
An international issue
ONE BLOOD
supported by the Russian
partner street paper,
released during the period
of the beginning of the war
relations between our
countries

12. Statistics summary 2014
• homeless individuals we support 1446
• meals delivered for the homeless persons 2287
• homeless people who received hygiene items 1275
• candles produced at social workshop 620
• people trained in candle-making 260
• solidarity action events, days 16
2013
766
2304
622
590
142
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13. Finances 2014

14. Our friends and supporters in 2014
• Emmaus Haarzuilens (Netherlands) supported us in fundraising for street
work and materials for the candle workshop, accepted us as guests in their
community helping us to learn and motivating us to create a community
for the homeless in Ukraine.
• Clifford Chance, Kiev office volunteered in many ways for organizing fun
and leisure time for orphan kids, raised donations for street work meals &
warm clothes for the homeless in winter.
• Internet flower shop florium.ua donated over 500 flower bulbs for
planting together with kids at the orphanage .
• NGO Narodna Dopomoha Lviv were always happy to share their
experience & were lovely hosts for us in Lviv.
• Self-help community Oselya (Vynnyky) represented us at the Emmaus
collectives for Ukraine.
Thank you!

15. See more info at our web pages at
facebook.com/gazetand
facebook.com/candleOK
facebook.com/ndukraine