THANK YOU ALL FOR VISITING, DONATING AND SHARING!
With your help, the help of Indiegogo and the help of our chapters and members we have been able to raise 9100$ for our campaign! This is more than we could ever have hoped for!
For those of you who requested perks... (100$ or more donations, and 300$ or more donations) we we will be getting them to you AS SOON AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.
These Children will be arriving at camp in the next few days, thanks to all of your help!
Again, THANK YOU ALL!
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Please help us send as may displaced children as possible to camp this summer!
Give the gift of summer camp to an Internally Displaced Child in Ukraine this summer!
Dear Friends,
While we have reached our minimum target for this campaign, we are sill quite a way from our goal committed by the Ukrainian Youth Association of Canada to ensure the success of this camp. With less than 20 hours left in our campaign and 6 days left until camp begins we ask that you continue to donate and share our campaign to help us reach and surpass this goal of $6000CAD mark so that the maximum number of children can attend this summer camp in August and so that we can cover the costs of our campaign!
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Each
summer The Ukrainian Youth Association runs summer camps across the globe for
youth and for all ages.
However
this summer is different. Ukraine is fighting a war in its’ Eastern
Regions and 100,000’s of children have lost their homes or have been relocated away from
their friends. Many have fathers and/or mothers on the front, and some have
lost parents or loved ones in this war. According to a recent UNICEF report, over 1.7 million children have been
affected by this war. It is for this reason that UYA has decided to run a camp
for these children in Ukraine.
The
camp will be held in the Chernihiv province of Ukraine, under the watchful eye
of volunteers from across the globe, traveling at their own expense to support
these children. Camp dates are from August 9 to 22.
The
adult to child ratio for the camp will be no more than 1 to 10 children to one
supervisor. It is our hope to be able to
fund camp attendance for 75 children from across Ukraine.
The
cost to send a single child to camp for 2 weeks is: 300CAD. This cost
includes 3 meals, and 2 snacks, travel costs for campers and any and all
activities planned for the camp. The Canadian Ukrainian Youth Association has committed to a minimum donation of 4000$ to ensure that the camp runs smoothly and as many possible children can attend. If we are able to raise more than this amount, we can add additional activities to the program!
Planned activities
at camp include:
Sports
activities, arts and crafts, health and wellness, singing, and an opportunity for these children to relax and make new and, hopefully, lifelong friends!
We ask you to visit the updates section of our campaign page as we will be posting additional information there as it becomes available.
Information
about the Ukrainian Youth Association, and about this camp can be found here. If you are unable to donate but wish to contribute in another way, please email us.
Should
you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Ukrainian Youth
Association of Canada at:
1.416.537.2007
Ky-canada@cym.org
or,
in Ukrainian only, The Ukrainian Youth Association in Ukraine at:
http://cym.org/ua/pro-sum-v-ukrayini/
Contact
information for other branches of the UYA can be found at here. Please choose the country
that interests you at the top right hand side of the page.
We
do ask you to note that tax receipts for these donations will not be available as
the funds collected are being used outside of Canada and our charitable status
does not apply for international donations.
