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The Voice of Peace
Formation21 September 2014; 10 years ago (2014-09-21)
TypePrivate humanitarian organization
PurposeCharitable marathon-auction
HeadquartersKyiv, Ukraine
FieldsHumanitarianism
President
Eugenia Tymoshenko
Websitemriy.org/en/

The Voice of Peace is a charitable fundraising organization in Ukraine that is dedicated to helping volunteer battalions and refugees.[1][2][3]

Aim

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The charitable marathon-auction The Voice of Peace was organized to support Ukrainian defenders and raise funds to help volunteer battalions participating in the military operation in the East of Ukraine and families of refugees.[4][5][6]

History

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The Voice of Peace started on 21 September 2014 in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region.[7] The organisers include the charitable foundation "Resistance Movement",[8] the association of NGOs "Social protection",[9] the international NGO "Follow Your Dream",[10] Art Hundred "The Voice of Peace".[11]

The group also holds an auction where the belongings of famous people are put up for sale. The first item auctioned was a T-shirt from the band The Gadiukiny Brothers member Braty Hadyukiny, which was bought for $US300.[12] The most expensive item auctioned was an edition of Kobzar from the family library of Julia and Eugenia Tymoshenko, sold for $65,000.[13]

Activities

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  • 21 September 2014: a charitable concert for the soldiers of 34th ("Motherland") and 42nd ("Resistance Movement") volunteer battalions and self-defense battalion in Kramatorsk[14][15]
  • 23 October 2014: the Art Hundred and organizers of "The Voice of Peace" visited Sloviansk with the charitable mission, where the 95th Airmobile Brigade (Ukraine) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is situated, to provide humanitarian aid, and organise a concert for the soldiers[16][17]
  • 11 November 2014: a charitable concert was held in Lviv Military Hospital for 600 soldiers wounded in the area of ATO. The organizers of the marathon brought humanitarian aid, medical equipment and medicines.[18][19][20]
  • 12 December 2014: the charitable marathon visited Starobilsk (Luhansk region). The Art Hundred and the organizers visited Starobilsk cemetery and commemorated 37 fallen fighters from the 80th airmobile brigade and soldiers of "Aydar" battalion. They gave a charity concert and brought humanitarian aid, blankets, boilers, insoles, building materials for shower cabins, medicines, foods, sweets, children's drawings and letters of support.[21][22]
  • 29–30 December 2014: the organizers of "The Voice of Peace" delivered Christmas gifts to soldiers of ATO in Starobilsk, Polovinkyne, Shchastia and the Luhansk TPP (thermal power station).[23]
  • 28 January 2015: volunteers of "The Voice of Peace" bought and delivered an ambulance car to the area of ATO.[24][25]

References

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  1. ^ "The Voice of Peace".
  2. ^ "The Voice of Peace charity marathon". ukrlife.tv. 6 October 2014.
  3. ^ "VOICE Charity Auction PEACE". vremya.eu. 19 October 2014.
  4. ^ Founders
  5. ^ "UKRAINIAN BALLET sang, police battalions "resistance movement" (PHOTOS)". intvua. 1 October 2014.
  6. ^ "«Voice of peace" supported Defenders Ukraine". 2 October 2014.
  7. ^ (in Ukrainian) Charity concert The Voice of Peace in Kramatorsk, vremya.eu (17 October 2014)
  8. ^ (in Ukrainian) Resistance Movement, ruhoporu.org (2014)
  9. ^ (in Ukrainian) The association of NGOs "Social protection, facebook.com
  10. ^ (in Ukrainian) The international NGO "Follow Your Dream, mriy.org
  11. ^ "In Kramatorsk made "Voice of Peace in Kramatorsk"". Kramatorsk News. 22 September 2014.
  12. ^ (in Ukrainian) "Tymoshenko exhibited at a charity auction rare editions 'KOBZAR'", intvua.com
  13. ^ (in Ukrainian) Tymoshenko sold its "Kobzar" for 65 thousand hryvnia, kp.ua (6 November 2014)
  14. ^ "Golos Kramatorsk Eng Titles". YouTube.
  15. ^ "Kramatorske in a concert for the soldiers volunteer battalions". obs.in.ua. 1 October 2014. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015.
  16. ^ (in Ukrainian) The Voice of Peace with the charitable mission of Sloviansk, youtube.com
  17. ^ (in Ukrainian) The Voice of Peace sounded in Sloviansk, mriy.org (24 October 2014)
  18. ^ (in Ukrainian) In Lviv The Voice of Peace gave a concert for wounded soldiers. VIDEO, uainfo.org (11 November 2014)
  19. ^ (in Ukrainian) The Voice of Peace visited Lviv (photos, video), dyvys.info (12 November 2014)
  20. ^ "«Voice of Peace": Lviv artists will give a concert for wounded soldiers "". Zik.ua. 11 November 2014.
  21. ^ (in Ukrainian) The Voice of Peace with charitable mission visited the city of Lugansk, mriy.org (13 December 2014)
  22. ^ (in Ukrainian) The city Starobilsk held a charity marathon the Voice of Peace, gazetavv.com (13 December 2014)
  23. ^ (in Ukrainian) The soldiers battalion "Aydar" welcomed with New Year (photos) Archived 16 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine, dyvys.info (31 December 2014)
  24. ^ (in Ukrainian) Charity Under «A hail», mriy.org (6 February 2015)
  25. ^ ""hail": the day before the assault volunteers brought happiness reamobil". vnews.agency. 5 February 2015. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015.
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