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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Maksym, call sign PANAMA
In 2024 I voluntarily joined the Defense Forces of Ukraine. During this time I participated in combat operations in the Donetsk and Sumy directions. On March 14, in the Pokrovsk direction, during a rotation, my three fellow soldiers and I came under attack from an enemy unmanned aerial vehicle. I have a severe injury to my left leg: lacerated wounds, fractures of the femur, and numerous fragments in both lower limbs. I survived, and now my fight continues in rehabilitation. My main task today is to restore the functioning of the knee joint and the leg as a whole. I am currently undergoing recovery at the "Western Rehabilitation and Sports Center" of the NCSPI. The first course has already been completed. In one month I was able to completely give up crutches. But much work still lies ahead to restore mobility to the leg. That is why the rehabilitation needs to continue. Unfortunately, I cannot manage on my own, so I am compelled to ask for help.
COLLECTING: UAH 90,000
Soldier history
Denys Denysov
I am the mother of Senior Lieutenant Denys Denysov. In 2020 Denys graduated from the Ivan Kozhedub Kharkiv National University of the Air Forces. That same year he signed a contract and began his service as a senior aviation technician as part of the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade, known as the "Ghost of Kyiv." From the first days of the full-scale invasion, my son carried out combat missions. On July 10, 2025, the enemy was conducting a massive combined missile attack on the airfield. While carrying out a combat mission, Denys together with a fellow soldier was in a shelter when an enemy "Shahed" struck it directly… My son sustained extremely severe combined injuries: flame burns of degree IIA–IIB covering 12% of the body surface, burns to both thighs and hands, to the upper and lower respiratory tract, acubarotrauma, damage to both eyes and to the cornea of the left eye. Due to carbon monoxide poisoning, cerebral edema developed. Denys was in a coma, connected to a mechanical ventilator. A tracheotomy was performed on him. Due to severe intoxication from combustion products, kidney problems began, followed by pneumonia and sinusitis. He received nutrition through intravenous drips, underwent surgeries, numerous surgical treatments, and autodermoplasty of the burn wounds. My son spent two months in intensive care… And my Denys survived…
Then came seven months of rehabilitation. Denys learned to sit, to correctly transfer from the bed to the wheelchair, to wash in the shower, to eat independently, to speak, to write. For a healthy person these are simple things that they never even think about. And for my son each of them became a great achievement, behind which lie incredible efforts. Today Denys is already speaking a little. The consequences of the wound remain very severe.But despite everything he has been through, my son has the desire to move forward. What Denys wants most of all is to become independent, to return to activity, to learn to work, to start a family, to be a support for his loved ones. For this he needs specialized long-term rehabilitation at the "AGAPE" rehabilitation center.
COLLECTED AND TRANSFERRED: UAH 78,500
Soldier history
Petro Slobodian, call sign FORSAZH
On April 12, 2022, I was mobilized into the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. I served in the 108th Kodatska Brigade. On December 27, 2025, returning from a combat mission, we came under a strike from an enemy "Lancet." There were three of us in the vehicle: the driver, myself, and one more serviceman. Our driver was killed. I survived.
As a result of the strike I sustained a severe traumatic brain injury with significant hemorrhage into the brain and numerous shrapnel wounds to the body… The doctors said that achieving significant recovery would be extraordinarily difficult, and that returning to the condition I was in before the wound would no longer be possible. My leg responds to me very poorly, there are problems with arm coordination. The consequences of the severe injury affected my emotional state and the functioning of my body, including the gastrointestinal tract. There was severe pain in the shoulder, thigh, and leg. I am not asking for my life to be returned to what it was before the wound. I want to do everything possible to regain as much independence as possible. Right now for this I need specialized rehabilitation at the "Western Rehabilitation and Sports Center" of the NCSPI. After such a severe wound, time and quality rehabilitation are of enormous importance.
COLLECTING: UAH 90,000
Soldier history
Serhii Sydorenko
My husband’s name is Serhii Sydorenko. He is a serviceman of military unit T0500 and has been defending Ukraine since June 2024. At that time he already had health problems. He had medical grounds on which he could have tried to avoid military service. But he he went to serve. During his service Serhii carried out combat missions in the Pokrovsk, Chernihiv, and Sumy directions. On June 19, 2026 my husband was in the Sumy direction, carrying out a combat mission. At around two in the morning he got up to get some water. His fellow soldiers found him already paralyzed in the “kitchen” area. Serhii had suffered a hemorrhagic stroke. After this, the fight for his life began. Serhii underwent craniotomy twice. There was a coma, mechanical ventilation, a feeding tube, and a tracheostomy. Unfortunately, the surgery did not produce the expected result, and a lengthy and extremely difficult fight for life and recovery lay ahead for Serhii. Today my husband is undergoing rehabilitation at “Feofaniia.” His path is very difficult, but we already have our first great victories. Not long ago at all, Serhii could not breathe, eat, or sit independently. Now he already breathes and eats on his own, sits, stands, and together with the rehabilitation specialist is taking his first steps. But one more extraordinarily important stage of treatment still lies ahead. Serhii needs cranioplasty — a surgery to install a plate/implant on the skull. After the craniotomies that were performed, a portion of the skull bone is absent, and so its integrity needs to be restored. It is precisely to purchase this plate/implant that I am today compelled to ask for help and open a fundraiser.
COLLECTED AND TRANSFERRED: UAH 104,000
Soldier history
Oleksandr Honcharov, call sign HONCHAR
I began my service in July 2022 in the ranks of the 104th TDF Brigade. At first our unit was stationed on the border with the Republic of Belarus. But the time came when we were sent to the East. We were near Chasiv Yar. Later we were transferred to Kherson Oblast. After Kherson Oblast we moved to Kharkiv Oblast, to the Kupyansk direction. That is where I was wounded. On August 31, 2024, at approximately 17:00, our group of fellow soldiers came under fire. The first strike concussed and slightly cut with shrapnel almost everyone. I did not hear the second strike. I felt a terrible blow and plunged into darkness. As if I had died… Thanks to the electronic warfare unit that covered us from drones, the commanders who planned the evacuation, and above all those daredevils who rushed in on an ordinary pickup truck, all of us — both the living and the dead — were evacuated. After CT and X-ray, a great number of fragments were found in the face, around and in the eyes, in the neck, and in the upper part of the torso. There were complex fractures of the bones of the left forearm in several places and significant soft tissue damage to both arms. Surgeries began immediately. There were no longer any prospects for saving the vision of the right eye, so the doctors focused on saving the left arm: excision of necrotic tissue, skin grafting on the large affected areas, and suturing of the cleaned wounds. The external fixation device was dismantled. Then the bones that had not healed were assembled and fixed with internal plates. That was how my path of recovery began. From February 2025 I underwent rehabilitation. I worked extensively with an occupational therapist, because I wanted to restore the functions of the arm to the maximum extent. Thanks to the specialists of the center, a great deal was achieved. The arm became stronger. New movements appeared. From the new year, due to personal circumstances, I did not undergo rehabilitation. To the extent possible I occupied myself with household matters.
But eventually this progress stopped…
Today my arm does not bend and extend fully at the elbow. Movements of the forearm that allow turning the palm upward and downward — are practically absent. The wrist extensor muscles are very weak, so under load the wrist bends inward. Due to finger contracture the grip remains incomplete.
But I already know that rehabilitation works.
In order to rise to a new level in recovery, I need an intensive specialized rehabilitation course at the “Western Rehabilitation and Sports Center” of the NCSPI. The rehabilitation is paid for. That is why today I am compelled to ask for help.
COLLECTED AND TRANSFERRED: UAH 90,000
Soldier history
Ihor Holoida, call sign CHELENTANO
When the full-scale war began, I was in Spain. In 2022 I returned to Ukraine to defend my Homeland. Since then there have been many roads and various front directions. The Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, and Kursk directions. Combat missions, constant physical strain, heavy equipment, kilometers on foot. Over time my knee began to make itself known more and more frequently. The great and constant physical strain took its toll. But the situation finally worsened after one of the combat sorties. We were driving to a mission when an FPV drone struck our vehicle. The car flipped over and caught fire. We miraculously managed to get out and survive.
At that point I severely injured my knee…
The examination revealed necrosis of degree III. The doctors explained that at this stage conservative treatment will no longer resolve the problem. The only option is endoprosthetic replacement of the knee joint. The destruction of the joint is progressing, the pain is intensifying, and mobility is becoming increasingly limited. The longer one waits, the more difficult the subsequent recovery may be. The surgery itself will be performed free of charge. But a high-quality implant needs to be purchased. One that will give me the ability to move normally and will serve not just a few years, but many decades. That is why today I am compelled to ask for help.
COLLECTING: UAH 110,000
Soldier history
The program of free psychological and physical rehabilitation and sports by the Citizen Charitable Foundation.
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The State Non-Profit Enterprise HALYCHYNA Rehabilitation Centre has twenty years of experience in providing comprehensive rehabilitation services to people with disabilities. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the rehabilitation centre has been accommodating a large number of wounded soldiers from all over Ukraine. About 80% of the patients at HALYCHYNA have lost limbs of varying severity. They are sent from hospitals and clinics where they received immediate treatment after being wounded and need further rehabilitation.
Kyiv Institute of Rehabilitation is an outpatient rehabilitation facility aimed at providing a range of rehabilitation measures aimed at restoring a person's resources and returning him or her to a normal lifestyle, taking into account his or her personal potential. The clinic's activities are implemented through the involvement of a multidisciplinary team working in the following areas: orthopaedics, traumatology, neurology, cardiology, psychological assistance. Since May 2022, the clinic has been actively implementing rehabilitation of war victims.
Help Army is one of Ukraine's largest and most visible volunteer aid organisations supporting the Ukrainian military. It provides technical, material, medical and other assistance to soldiers, as well as support for the demobilised, children of demobilised parents and residents of affected communities. It operates in co-operation with the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. Through the charitable foundation "Kharkiv with You" established by Help Army, the latter carries out various humanitarian projects. In particular, the Help Army's Music Battalion has been active since 2014 and it has held about 1,000 concerts on the front line. Help Army was awarded the non-governmental Order "People's Hero of Ukraine" (2015), and members of the organisation were awarded state and non-governmental awards.
Andriy Kozinchuk
UKRAINE
Ukrainian military psychologist. Armed Forces officer. ATO veteran. Blogger of YoyTube channel "IN MY HEAD"
Vitalii Kyrychenko
UKRAINE
A soldier of the 130th battalion of the TrD (Territorial Defense), leader of the group No 482.
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.
Natalka Marynchak
UKRAINE
Poet, translator, social activist, volunteer.
Anatolii Zhumik
UKRAINE
Veteran. Member of the national Paralympic team of Ukraine in crosss-country skiing and biathlon. Participant of the Paralympic Games, World Cups, and World Championships. Champion of Ukraine in paracanoeing in his class.
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.
