Every day since the very beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, the Surkis Brothers Fund has been helping the Armed Forces of Ukraine, medical institutions, internally displaced persons (IDPs), orphanages, various organizations, and funds, and continues to do so. Almost every week, assistance is sent to all corners of our country, to frontline regions, to areas liberated from occupation, and to the front lines.
Photo: fcdynamo.comAssistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The Surkis Brothers Fund purchased, delivered, prepared, and handed over 14 SUVs for the needs of the military. All vehicles underwent proper technical inspection and repair before being handed over to our defenders.
In addition, the Fund provided 20 tons of fuel to the defenders, purchased 6 vehicles for military units, and ensured mobile communication for 500 military personnel on the front line until the end of the war.
The Fund also provided assistance in the form of several batches totaling over 20,000 drone stands and automatic chargers for magazines. These items will be useful for supporting the safety and convenience of drone use, as well as supporting innovations in unmanned systems.
The Surkis Brothers Fund delivered over 3,000 fire extinguishers and several dozen tons of camouflage nets (10 trucks), financed the purchase of reconnaissance drones (3 units), and Starlink systems (80 units), which are so needed at the front for communication, as well as 10 Ecoflow charging devices.
120 tons of long-term supplies and 40 sets of winter tires for vehicles were delivered to the zone of active hostilities.
Special Equipment
The Fund transferred special equipment—a cargo crane-manipulator and two high-mobility vehicles.
Communication systems, charging stations, and medical direction
In November, FC "Dynamo" (Kyiv) and the Surkis Brothers Fund, together with the Czech-Ukrainian Post Bellum Fund, with the assistance of the Czech Embassy in Ukraine, organized the transfer of four ambulances, several SUVs, one cargo truck, and other vehicles, as well as 40 fuel generators and heaters to our brave defenders at the front.
Regarding the medical direction, the Surkis Brothers Fund is putting a lot of effort and resources into rebuilding hospitals, outpatient clinics, and medical centers. In particular, through joint efforts, the endoscopic diagnostic department of the cancer institute was repaired. The recovery of the lobby of the same department is also in the final stages. A total of 6 million hryvnias was allocated for these activities.
Also, we remind that FC "Dynamo" (Kyiv) and the Surkis Brothers Fund are rebuilding and restoring the Center for Orphan Diseases and Gene Therapy for children at the Kyiv Okhmatdyt Hospital, which was damaged during the Russian missile attack in the summer. A memorandum for funding was signed between the parties in July in this regard.
The Fund is also financing other hospitals that assist the wounded during military operations.
Rehabilitation of Soldiers
No less important is the assistance in recovery and rehabilitation of our soldiers after injuries. In particular, the Surkis Brothers Fund and our club organized the prosthetics for soldiers (30 soldiers who have amputations and are already provided by the state with regular, everyday prostheses have also received sports ones to engage in sports), as well as delivered medical equipment, 15 dialysis machines, rehabilitation tools, mobile refrigerators, and more to hospitals and military hospitals.
Representatives of the Fund, together with the Ukrainian community in Norway, organized the delivery of valuable cargo with rehabilitation equipment to the capital of Ukraine, which was sent to the Main Military Medical Clinical Center of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
For the comfortable rehabilitation of our warriors, the relevant facilities have been supplemented with about 200 specialized medical beds, equipped with mattresses along with tables and bedside cabinets, which were received by the military hospital of the State Border Guard Service, the main personnel training center of the State Border Guard Service, and other structures and military units where our defenders serve. Two trucks with wheelchairs, 1 ton of enteral nutrition and diapers, and more than 2 tons of medical kits and medications were also sent to medical institutions.
In November, along with "Sport Life," for the support of servicemen in the Ground Forces of Ukraine to maintain their physical fitness and combat spirit, modern equipment from premium fitness clubs was provided: brand-new fitness machines (treadmills, exercise bikes, ellipticals, weights, football, volleyball, and basketball balls, etc.).
Assistance to Charitable Foundations
The Surkis Brothers Fund delivered children's bed linen and mattress covers to a charitable foundation. For the foundations dealing with issues of displaced persons, over 30 tons of children's food from "Humana" and more than 20 tons of medical supplies, children's clothing, and means of mobility for people with disabilities and during rehabilitation after serious surgeries and injuries were provided.
The assistance to the foundations also included crutches, walkers, wheelchairs, stretchers, chairs, tables, bedside cabinets, carts, sets of children's bed linen, and more.
For temporary displaced persons who had to leave their homes and move to other cities, as well as for vulnerable segments of the population, the delivery of food products, more than 40 tons of personal hygiene products, and essential items was organized. Large batches of baby formulas, cereals, and purees for toddlers were sent to needy families in frontline cities, hospitals, and orphanages.
Additionally, through the efforts of our club and the Surkis Brothers Fund, 3 tons of animal feed were purchased for the animal shelter.
Other Assistance
Our military units have also received more than 400,000 energy bars, over 500 tons of drinking water, several trucks of mineral and sweet water, more than 15,000 energy drinks, as well as dairy products.
Over 200 tons of various food products—cereals, vermicelli, etc.—were sent to our defenders.
Thanks to cooperation with Lithuanian partners, various units and branches of the military received a large shipment of vitamins. In total, our soldiers were provided with 42,000 portions of vitamins and tea to improve their health.
Unfortunately, the war continues, and the Surkis Brothers Fund, together with FC "Dynamo" (Kyiv), continues to provide timely assistance to those in need and does everything possible for the main common goal—to bring closer the long-awaited peace—and will not stop until the end of the war.
