Cleveland Maidan Association

We are eagerly preparing for our second surgical mission to Lviv, Ukraine for June 3-10th, where we will provide life-saving reconstructive and oncologic care. We urgently need your support to help us purchase essential surgical equipment. Your generous donations will be used to acquire critical tools such as urethroplasty trays, catheters, sutures, sterile equipment, cystoscopy equipment, bowel staplers, and abdominal and perineal retractors. Every contribution you make plays a pivotal role in our mission and directly enhances our capacity to save lives. Please consider donating today and become a vital part of our effort. Your support is not just a donation—it's a lifeline.

On February 24th, 2022, the sovereign nation of Ukraine was attacked, and its people are fighting back. Because of the huge sacrifice being experienced by the people of Ukraine, humanitarian aid is needed. Keeping in constant contact with the individuals at the center of the war, the biggest request that has been communicated is the need for medical supplies. As the war continues to intensify, the need for medical supplies will only grow.
 
Cleveland Maidan Association is working to deliver humanitarian aid by providing vital medical supplies to those in need. Your donation will help the purchase and transport of medical supplies to hospitals, front-line medical services, and civilians in hard-hit areas throughout Ukraine.

We are two American doctors born and raised in Ukraine and successful business owners. While we have been living the American dream, our families in Ukraine were living peacefully, building their own dream at home. This was until February 24, 2022 when their peace has been shattered forever.

Within a month of the Russian aggression millions of Ukrainian women, children and elderly become refugees. Thousands have been killed and wounded while civilian infrastructure of many Ukrainian cities and town laid in ruins.

With this unimaginable tragedy unfolding in front of our eyes, we cannot sit idle.  Ukrainians suffer while defending what we, Americans, cherish the most: democratic rights, freedom, independence.

This fundraising campaign will deposit collected funds with the Cleveland Maidan Association that is providing humanitarian aid to hospitals, front line medical services and Ukrainian families of fallen and wounded veterans in Ukraine.

We will help the association direct the collected funds to Ukrainians in Ukraine who need them most. By making a donation, no amount is too small to elevate suffering.

Thank you in advance for your contribution to this cause!  And thank you for standing with Ukraine in times of need!

The destruction of Mariupol children's hospital. REUTERS 

We are collecting donations through John Carroll University for the Cleveland Maidan Association. This organization donates 100% of donations to humanitarian aid in Ukraine to help those whose lives are being affected by Russia's brutal war on them. Aid is sent to hospitals, front-line medical services, and the families of soldiers wounded or killed in action. Private donors cover transfer and any extra costs, so all donations received are sent in the full amount. 

Official Site for the Cleveland Maidan Association:  https://www.clevelandmaidan.info

* The Cleveland Maidan Association is a certified 501(c)(3) charitable organization
* On the website, you can navigate towards the About us page, to see everything this organization has done and what they do

How will this money be sent over and received by the Association? 

Any donations received here will be directly sent to the Cleveland Maidan's official appall 501 (c)(3) charitable organization account. 
 

Background information on the invasion of Ukraine:

 

More than half a million Ukrainian civilians have fled their home country for safety, leaving behind houses, cars, food, and most items, only taking a couple of pieces of clothing.

 

Russia continues to bomb and invade Ukraine, killing or severely injuring Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.

 

Seven children were killed, and a child was born in a bomb shelter during the bombing of Kyiv (Ukrainian Capital).

 

Belarus is an ally of Russia and is being used as a launch point for Russian troops into Ukraine. Kyiv's intelligence suggests Belarus is prepared to join the Russian invasion.

 

Air raid sirens sounded in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on Thursday morning, 24 February, as Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine, attacking several cities with missiles and dispatching troops to the country. People are currently hiding in basements and subway tunnels to protect themselves from missiles and other bombings.


How are we helping? 

 

Currently, protests are happening in the United States and many other countries, in regards to ending the war and for Russia to stop invading Ukraine. 

Money is being donated, and sent over to people that need it the most, during this dangerous and fearful time. 

General meetings are held by the Cleveland Maidan Association 2-3 times a week to discuss further steps and ideas on how to provide the most help as possible.

Items such as clothes, food, blankets, and many necessary items have been collected by churches around Ohio, and waiting to be sent over to Ukraine to help people who had to abandon their homes for safety. Currently there are many issues with flights and sending over packages as the war stopped any planes from entering the Ukraine, so sending over money currently is the best option of helping people who are in suffrage. 

 

Image of Ukrainian civilians hiding in subway tunnels, to avoid missiles and explosions:

Protests all around the country to support Ukraine:

 

Explosions happening currently in Ukraine:

Vitaly Skakun Volodymyrovych was a Ukrainian Soldier who was deployed to the Henichesk bridge when the Russian tanks entered the area. The brave engineer had volunteered to rig the bridge with mines. As the Russian forces raced towards him, the soldier realised he did not have enough time to set the fuse and get to safety. So, he blew himself up and destroyed the bridge significantly slowing down the advance of the enemy: 


13 soldiers were stationed on an island called Snake Island. They were surrounded by Russian warships and and told they would be bombed if they did not surrender. After a couple seconds, they responded to the Russian warships saying, "Russian warships, go f*** yourself". After, Russian warships opened fire with shootings and bombings. State Border Guard Service of Ukraine said in a statement that the guards may be alive, after Russian media reported that they were taken as prisoners from their base on Snake Island in the Black Sea to Sevastopol, a port city that Russia controls on the Crimean Peninsula, but it is still unclear if that is true: 

News and videos of what has happened and is happening in Ukraine currently: 

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/russia-will-soon-try-to-storm-kyiv-ukrainian-president-says/
https://youtu.be/si5XmDcB7DQ

https://youtu.be/hSnwBSnD7HE
*warning: some of this content is very sensitive and disturbing. 


This has been a a fearful, stressful, shocking and horrifying couple days for me and my family, as we are proud Ukrainians, who have family that lives in Ukraine. After reading the first news headline saying, "Russia invaded Ukraine, and is firing missiles at the capital", we stood next to the tv with tears, and disbelief that this is happening. In my church, Pokrova, my family as well as almost every family that is a member of our church have donated a large sum of money in support of Ukraine and its' fallen soldiers, families, children, medical personnel and anyone in need of help during this hard time. As your classmate, I encourage you too donate how ever much you can, or think is necessary, because those couple dollars you donated, could be a child's blanket, that he/she covers with at night, when sleeping in bomb shelters, waiting for this war to stop . Thank you everyone who donates and supports Ukraine throughout this fearful and devastating time.

Thank you everyone, 
Vladimir Tchepak

If you have any questions please email me at [email redacted]