Citizen Charity Foundation provides comprehensive assistance to seriously injured military personnel and their family members, offering state-of-the-art prosthetics, medical treatment, physical and psychological rehabilitation, and training.
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Soldier Andrii Petruk, call sign SILVER
Я офіцер 36-ї окремої бригади морської піхоти. З 2016 року я захищав Україну на Маріупольському напрямку. У березні 2022 року під час виконання бойового завдання під артилерійським обстрілом я отримав важке осколкове поранення лівої ноги з відкритим переломом великогомілкової кістки. 12 квітня 2022 року я потрапив у полон у Маріуполі. Я пережив теракт в Оленівці, потім було Камишинське СІЗО. Через поранення я не міг нормально ходити – увесь цей час пересувався, стрибаючи на одній нозі. Мене не зламали… Сьогодні я вдома. Я щиро вдячний кожному, хто зустрічав нас після повернення. Ці емоції неможливо забути. Зараз я проходжу лікування та передопераційну реабілітацію. У серпні 2026 року на мене чекає складна операція – коригуюча остеотомія великогомілкової кістки та артроскопія колінного суглоба. Після неї розпочнеться тривале відновлення. Лікарі прогнозують боротьбу із запаленням, набряком, болем та атрофією м’язів травмованої ноги. Крім того, значне навантаження припадатиме на здорову ногу та поперек. Саме тому вони рекомендують мені мати власний апарат електроміостимуляції. Для мене це не просто медичний прилад. Це можливість щодня підтримувати м’язи, зменшувати біль, пришвидшувати відновлення та пройти реабілітацію значно ефективніше.
COLLECTING: UAH 77,000
Soldier history
Soldier Volodymyr Kotsur, call sign MENT
On February 8, 2024, I entered service. My combat path went through Vovchansk, the Chornobyl zone, and the border of Volyn Oblast. Later our unit was transferred to the area of the Serebryansky Forests. Those were the most difficult positions.
At the positions we held out for fourteen days. Those exact fourteen days I do not remember. I do not remember the moment of the wounding either. My fellow soldiers told me it was a drop from a drone. The explosion threw my fellow soldier and me in different directions. I got the worst of it.
Everything that happened after that I know only from my wife’s words. She said: “The most difficult days began. The doctors said that the brain was barely responding. You were in a medically induced sleep. Then one evening I received a call saying that you were being transferred to the Kyiv Regional Hospital. I arrived there with fear, and the doctor came out of the intensive care unit and said: — Your husband is breathing on his own. The brain has begun to respond”.
On January 7 I was transferred to Lviv. My wife says that it was there that my new life began. The tracheostomy was gradually removed, they began to do away with catheters and medical equipment. The body began to fight. A few weeks later rehabilitation began. I relearned how to sit. I learned to maintain balance. I learned to control my body. Then came long months of rehabilitation at “Nezlamnykh,” at Next Step, and in Sianky. The doctors say that my traumatic brain injury is very severe, and every stage of recovery requires a great deal of time and effort. Today I am already able to dress myself, shave, and manage my daily needs independently. I go to my sessions on my own in an electric wheelchair. But I still cannot walk without outside assistance.
I need to undergo specialized rehabilitation at the “Western Rehabilitation and Sports Center” of the NCSPI. It is there that I have a chance to take one more step toward an independent life.
COLLECTING: UAH 120,000
Soldier history
Soldier Mykhailo Myna, call sign ELEKTRYK
I am a father of three children. In 2022 I tried twice to volunteer for the front. I was refused because I had three minor children. On February 16, 2023, I voluntarily signed the documents and joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. I was assigned to the engineering and sapper company of the 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade and became a senior sapper. I fought in the Zaporizhzhia direction — Mala Tokmachka, Robotyne. On October 17, 2023, during an assault I sustained my first severe wound. A 120-millimeter mortar shell exploded next to me. The explosion tore off part of my buttock. Then came the stabilization point, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Khmelnytskyi, the Military Medical Commission. And almost without rest back to the front line again. At the beginning of February 2024, our brigade was redeployed to Donetsk Oblast, near Kurakhove. On February 8 we entered the settlement of Pobeda. For three days we were continuously attacked by drones, aerial bombs, and artillery. We held the defense.
On February 14 we took shelter in a small basement. At that moment a tank shell struck the building. The concrete ceiling collapsed. At that very second I had risen slightly, and this saved my life. I heard my spine break…
In the night of February 18 we were pulled out from under the rubble… Kurakhove, the stabilization point, Dnipro, intensive care. On February 19, due to severe frostbite, doctors were forced to amputate both of my lower limbs. More than 30 surgeries. I spent six months in a lying position. A month and a half of rehabilitation in the hospital and I learned again to move independently in a wheelchair. A year and a half ago I could not feel my own body from my chest down to my toes. Today I can already feel cold and warmth down to my waist. I am alive. For further recovery I need specialized rehabilitation at the “AGAPE” center. It is there that I have a chance to continue my recovery, strengthen my body, improve motor functions, and take one more step toward a full life alongside my family. And here I cannot manage on my own, so I am compelled to ask for help.
COLLECTING: UAH 73,500
Soldier history
Soldier Duke
I am originally from Africa. I came to Ukraine in 2023. I did not consider it fair that Ukraine was attacked and that Ukrainians were forced to suffer simply because they wanted to decide for themselves how to live in their own country. During my service I participated in combat operations near Lyptsi and Kupyansk in Kharkiv Oblast, in Sumy Oblast, and in the Pokrovsk and Zaporizhzhia directions. In "Khartiya" I served as a group commander and senior mechanic. One day our medical position came under fire from Russian artillery. We received a call for the evacuation of the wounded. I got into the vehicle and set off to pick up the guys.
We found the wounded and took them. But on the way back the vehicle hit a mine. As a result of the explosion, I lost my right leg, my right arm, and part of the fingers on my left hand. In addition, I sustained multiple shrapnel wounds to the head, face, chest, and limbs, a traumatic brain injury, burns to the face and both eyes, and damage to the right eye. Today I am undergoing treatment and rehabilitation. I have already undergone surgeries to form the stumps of the amputated limbs, autodermoplasty (closure of the soft tissue defect) on the left hand, and ophthalmic surgical interventions. Ahead lies a lengthy recovery and preparation for prosthetics. Due to the high-level amputation of the right arm and the complete absence of all fingers of the left hand, I require outside assistance in daily life and everyday activities. Prosthetics of the fingers of the left hand will give me the ability to independently perform the most basic daily actions right now. It will also increase my chances in the future of properly mastering prostheses: putting them on independently, using them, and operating their functions. That is why the most important thing for me right now is a prosthesis for the fingers of the left hand. Without it I will not be able to begin the next stage learning to walk with a leg prosthesis.
The full cost of the prosthesis that suits me is 1,071,180.97 UAH. Taking into account the state payment of 171,459.00 UAH, the remaining cost amounts to 899,721.97 UAH. As of now, a portion of the amount has already been partially raised, and 551,837.83 UAH still needs to be collected. For me this amount is beyond my means, so I am compelled to ask for help.
COLLECTING: UAH 551,837
Soldier history
Soldier Vladyslav Shmalionov, call sign DZHONYK
I am the mother of Vladyslav Shmalionov, our DZHONYK. When the full-scale invasion began, Vlad voluntarily went to the military recruitment office. In May 2022, he was sent to defend Lyman. Then came the difficult front roads of Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk oblasts, including the Pokrovsk direction as part of the 68th Separate Jaeger Brigade. In August 2025, Vlad sustained a severe traumatic brain injury and numerous injuries to internal organs and limbs. The doctors gave minimal chances of survival. He underwent decompressive craniectomy, sustained severe lung damage, multiple rib fractures, bilateral pneumothorax, a ruptured spleen, and severe injuries to internal organs. The consequences of the injuries remain extremely severe today. He also has a non-united fracture of the left humerus, underwent numerous surgical interventions, and remained in critical condition for a prolonged period. Today Vlad needs to relearn how to maintain balance, to restore the use of his hands, to relearn how to think, speak, and perform actions that are ordinary for each of us. From May 25 to June 14, 2026, Vladyslav is scheduled to undergo specialized health and rehabilitation activities at the “AGAPE Ukraine” rehabilitation center. The program includes physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, as well as gym sessions. It is this rehabilitation that offers a chance for further recovery and the return of lost skills. But for our family, covering all the necessary costs on our own is very difficult.
COLLECTED AND TRANSFERRED: UAH 78,500
Soldier history
Soldier Oleksii Stetsenko, call sign is MALYI
I am 22 years old. I am a machine gunner of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade “Kholodnyi Yar”. On May 15, 2025, I signed a contract and stood up to defend Ukraine. I served in Donetsk Oblast. I received my first wound while carrying out a combat mission near Selydove. An enemy FPV drone struck our vehicle. I sustained shrapnel wounds to my arm and leg. Some of the shrapnel remained in my body. After treatment and passing the Military Medical Commission, I returned to the ranks. On February 8, 2026, while carrying out a reconnaissance mission near Stepanivka in Kramatorsk district, our group was conducting a clearing operation of a trench line. During the withdrawal from the position, I was wounded. I did not cry out. I simply fell, applied a tourniquet to myself, grabbed the machine gun, and continued to fire at the enemy. A few dozen meters later, a 120-millimeter mortar shell exploded nearby. The fragments severely damaged the left side of my torso and my leg… The doctors of Kramatorsk fought for my leg. An external fixation device was installed on me. Then came Kyiv, Lviv, Chernivtsi, numerous surgeries, complications... I could not get up from the bed. Then came the wheelchair, crutches, and the first steps, which came with incredible difficulty. Today I continue to learn to walk. Every day I fight with pain, weakness, and the consequences of severe limb injuries.
I need specialized rehabilitation at the “Markiv Rehab” medical center. It is there that I have a chance to restore the functions of the damaged limbs, return to a full life, and continue my path.
COLLECTING: UAH 35,700
Soldier history
The program of free psychological and physical rehabilitation and sports by the Citizen Charitable Foundation.
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The company's employees have over 30 years of experience in the field of prosthetics and orthotics. During this long period of time, invaluable knowledge has been gained, and extensive practice in prosthetics and rehabilitation has been acquired on the basis of leading foreign and domestic orthopaedic enterprises. SIGMA-ORTO specialists use the most advanced technologies, components and materials. The staff is a strong team of like-minded people who are passionate about their work and have been dedicated to it for many years. Every year, hundreds of people return to full life, positive changes and grateful patients.
In a course of many years the Prosthetics Support Project in Ukraine has been helping Ukrainian prosthetists and rehabilitation specialists to develop and grow. This is an unbiased, non-profit project, the purpose of which is to develop the domestic industry of prosthetics and rehabilitation. The project brought new knowledge to Ukraine and Ukrainian specialists know how to work with components of different manufacturers and how to provide the patient with such a product that will allow him/her to return to the most natural way of life they used to have. Continuous consulting assistance is provided to both specialists and patients who need prosthetics; the Project specialists directly participate in trainings on the latest technologies; components for patients are selected taking into account the recommendations of foreign specialists with extensive experience.
The goal of the UNBROKEN center is to help Ukrainians remain UNBROKEN and get all the necessary help here, in their own country, near their families. The center provides physical, psychological and social rehabilitation. Each person receives not only a prosthesis, but also returns to a full life.
Serhii Zhadan
UKRAINE
Writer, translator, social activist, frontman of the bands "Zhadan and Dogs" and "Mannerheim Line".
Vasyl Ryabko
UKRAINE
Frontman of the band PAPA CARLO, volunteer.
Natalka Marynchak
UKRAINE
Poet, translator, social activist, volunteer.
Vitalii Kyrychenko
UKRAINE
A soldier of the 130th battalion of the TrD (Territorial Defense), leader of the group No 482.
Yurii Kozlovskyi
UKRAINE
Veteran, adaptive athlete, marathon runner, participant and prizewinner of CrossFit competitions, public figure.
Vadym Svyrydenko
UKRAINE
Commissioner of the President on Rehabilitation of Combatants. Military paramedic, serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, participant of the Russian-Ukrainian war, social activist. Participant in the "Marine Corps Marathon" in Washington for 10 km, where he won in his category.
