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 Vitalii Ostash, call sign is SOKIL
On March 3, 2022, I voluntarily joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. I served in the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade in the position of mortar crew commander. I sustained a severe wound while carrying out a combat mission near the settlement of Orikhovo-Vasylivka in Bakhmut district of Donetsk Oblast. The traumatic brain injury caused left-sided hemiparesis, and I lost consciousness. First aid was provided to me by my fellow soldiers… Doctors performed a craniotomy. I remained in a coma for two weeks. I was subsequently directed to Lviv. There the first stage of my rehabilitation began and a protective plate was installed. Thanks to the treatment and persistent work, my condition improved significantly, but much effort still lies ahead.
Today my main goals are to improve my walking and restore mobility in my left arm. For this I need to undergo specialized rehabilitation at the “Western Rehabilitation and Sports Center” of the NCSPI. This is an opportunity to become more independent, regain control over my own body.
COLLECTING: UAH 90,000
Soldier history
Soldier Vladyslav Beloshytskyi
On April 14, 2022, I was conscripted into the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. I first served in Mykolaiv Oblast, and later found myself at the front line in Donetsk Oblast.
On May 5, while carrying out a combat mission in the village of Shandryholove, I sustained a severe injury — an extremely complex spinal trauma. After evacuation, a long fight for life began, several complex surgeries. I relearned how to live. I learned to move in a wheelchair, to take care of myself independently, underwent lengthy rehabilitation. After returning home and being discharged from service, I found myself in sport. I began training, participated in regional and all-Ukrainian competitions, and in 2025 represented Ukraine at the European Para Arm Wrestling Championship, where I won third place. But life had prepared yet another trial for me. Due to pressure sores I lost two lower limbs. This was yet another moment when everything had to be started from the beginning. Today I am once again going through a difficult path of recovery. In order to return to an active life, continue engaging in sport, be a support for my family, and remain strong, I need specialized rehabilitation at the “AGAPE UKRAINE” rehabilitation center. Unfortunately, the cost of such treatment is extremely high, and my family cannot manage these expenses on its own.
COLLECTED AND TRANSFERRED: UAH 64,000
Soldier history
Soldier Serhii Kulinets
I am a major of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a combat veteran. In 2019 I enrolled at the Petro Sahaidachnyi National Army Academy for officer leadership courses. In 2020 I received the initial officer rank of junior lieutenant and was assigned to a military unit as a mechanized platoon commander. I connected my entire future with military service. But in 2021 my life changed. Returning from an official business trip from Kyiv, I was involved in a road accident. The injuries sustained were so severe that doctors were forced to amputate both of my lower limbs… I had to relearn how to move, use prostheses, and live under new circumstances. But even after the loss of both legs I did not leave the service. I served for as long as my health allowed. On June 1, 2026, I was discharged from the Armed Forces of Ukraine on health grounds. Today I am beginning a new stage of life. But in order to remain independent, move around, study, and work, I need proper prosthetics. The prosthetics center agreed with me on the manufacture of prostheses in minimum configuration — without a foot, knee joint, and adapters. However, even with such a configuration, the amount provided by the state program is insufficient. My first education is in law. In the future I plan to become a lawyer. I want to use my knowledge, military and life experience to help people who need legal protection.
For this I need to be able to move confidently, work, and live independently.
COLLECTING: UAH 48,844
Soldier history
Soldier Serhii Obmaniuk
I am the wife of defender Serhii Obmaniuk.
My Serhii is a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. From January 2024 he served in military unit 4942 in the company for changing the directions of unmanned aerial vehicle movement and covering strategic and civilian objects. He worked throughout all of Ukraine, including in Kharkiv Oblast, where it was particularly dangerous. After one of his night combat duties, returning from service, Serhii was involved in a terrible road traffic accident. A severe traumatic brain injury. The doctors gave little chance of survival. Intensive care. Machines. Sleepless nights. Then came extremely complex surgeries, the installation of a large titanium plate, endless hospitals, rehabilitations, and a fight for every movement. We were told that there was almost no chance of independent movement… Today, after a year and a half of fighting, he has already restored his memory, regained his speech, and can move independently with the help of a cane. After the rehabilitation course at the “AGAPE UKRAINE” rehabilitation complex Serhii learned to walk short distances within an indoor space without additional devices, and longer distances — up to 800 meters — independently, using a single-point cane. He is also able to manage stairs, and has improved his endurance, balance, and walking speed. There is also important progress in speech. The wife of Serhii, Svitlana, approached the Citizen Charity Foundation with a request to help him undergo one more intensive rehabilitation course — a 14-day program at the “Western Rehabilitation and Sports Center” of the NCSPI. Despite the significant progress, Serhii still has a high risk of falling, limited mobility in daily life. The next course will be aimed at improving walking, speed, and endurance, strengthening the muscles of the lower limbs, developing coordination, and more actively engaging the arm in everyday activities.
COLLECTING: UAH 56,000
Soldier history
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.
COLLECTED AND TRANSFERRED: UAH 61,841
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
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Zakhydnyii Sports and Rehabilitation Center of the National Sports Committee for the Disabled of Ukraine today is one of best institutions for rehabilitation of Ukrainian war victims with the result of its work being the high level of social, psychological and physical rehabilitation. The center has developed special methods of rehabilitation including those for the psychological one. Working side by side with rehabilitologists, Ukrainian paralympian athletes are actively involved in rehabilitation processes as well. Rehabilitation through sports has a significant influence on patients' motivation and great positive effect on their return to full-fledged life.
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.
Leading prosthetics company, which manufactured and fitted its first prosthesis in 1992. Presently, the head of the company Oleksandr Stetsenko and his team manufacture upper and lower limb prostheses of any complexity for different degrees of amputation, using the most advanced technologies in the field of prosthetics.
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.
Viktor Marynchak
UKRAINE
Rector of the Church of John the Theologian of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (Kharkiv)
Vasyl Ryabko
UKRAINE
Frontman of the band PAPA CARLO, volunteer.
Vitalii Kyrychenko
UKRAINE
A soldier of the 130th battalion of the TrD (Territorial Defense), leader of the group No 482.
Andriy Zelinskyy
UKRAINE
Chief Chaplain of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Advisor to the Head of the UGCC on Communication Strategy. Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation under the Ministry of the Veterans' Affairs. Lecturer of the Ethics-Politics-Economics program at the Ukrainian Catholic University and the Institute of Leadership and Management of UCU. Co-founder and lecturer at the Ukrainian Leadership Academy, an author of books, publicist, and public figure.
Oleksandr Filonenko
UKRAINE
Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Theory of Culture and Philosophy of Science, Faculty of Philosophy V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University.
