Break out from the west

In June 2020, the NGOs Gender Club Dnipro, Martin Club, League of Ukrainian Human Rights Defenders, Forpost, Alternative Movement, Positive Women Dnipro and Pomohayem Charity Foundation created a single platform, Ms Patroness, to help women and children who have suffered from violence. Our main goal is to create an emergency response system and provide comprehensive support to victims of domestic violence. We strive not only to provide temporary shelter and financial support, but most importantly, to provide social, legal and psychological support to women and children for as long as they need it.

In accordance with the agreement No. 21 on cooperation between the CO ICF ‘Ukrainian Philanthropic Marketplace’ and the Charity Operator ‘POMAGAYEM’ dated 31.08.2020 and the additional agreement No. 21.181 dated 15.07.2020, the project ‘Break Free from the Trap’ was posted on the website of the CO ICF ‘UMB’ - dobro.ua - to attract donations to pay for the services of project specialists.

Thanks to the dobro.ua platform, during the RunUkraine Autumn 2020 Marathon and our Run Against Violence campaign, we raised UAH 46,000.00 (forty-six thousand hryvnias and 00 kopecks), which we asked to transfer to our account to pay for the services of specialists. We received the funds on 10.12.2020 according to the letter №173 of 08.12.2020.

Subsequently, there was an urgent need to use part of the funds raised on the UBB website to pay for the work of specialists. According to the letter No. 40 of 07.04.12.2021, we received UAH 8,200.00 (eight thousand two hundred hryvnias and 00 kopecks) for the project.

This amount allowed us to pay for legal services from January to April 2021. During this period, 29 women received legal assistance (divorce, alimony, division of property, determination of children's place of residence, court injunction against approaching the victim, etc.)

At the beginning of the war, the project was suspended due to force majeure on the part of the responsible manager and the inability to replace the employee.

In February 2023, there was a need to use the funds raised on the dobro.ua website and resume the collection. Therefore, according to the letter No. 25 of 20.02.2023, we received UAH 21,421.80 (twenty-one thousand four hundred and twenty-one hryvnias, 80 kopecks) to the account of the Foundation and asked to continue the collection on the website of the Ukrainian Philanthropic Marketplace.

Patroness's network of organisations continues to work in Ukraine even during the war. Thus, in March 2023, the services of specialists were paid in the amount of UAH 20,800.00 (twenty thousand eight hundred hryvnias and 00 kopecks). The network members had to defend the whole family (a woman, a child of one and a half years old, the victim's mother and brother, who has a disability) from the aggressive intentions of the perpetrator in the city of Kamianske.

At the beginning of November 2023, the text of the project was changed to intensify the collection on the UBB website, dobro.ua, in accordance with letter No. 323 of 10.11.2023. 

In February of this year, according to letter No. 88 dated 21.02.2025, we appealed to our regular partners, the Ukrainian Philanthropic Marketplace, to close the collection, reduce the amount of the project on the UBB to the actual amount of UAH 85,350.00 (eighty-five thousand three hundred and fifty hryvnias and 00 kopecks), and transfer UAH 9,728.20. (nine thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight hryvnias, 20 kopecks) to the Foundation's account to pay for the services of project specialists.

          During January-February of this year, the specialists provided 15 individual legal consultations, both offline and online (legal representation in court proceedings, personal consultations, drafting written documents) for 10 beneficiaries in the amount of UAH 10,350 (ten thousand three hundred and fifty hryvnias and 00 kopecks). The consultations were tailored to the individual needs of the clients, with a discussion of all possible solutions to the problem.

            A total of 50 consultations were provided over the entire project cycle.

So far, all the funds transferred from the Ukrainian Philanthropic Marketplace have been spent on the project's needs.

We are grateful to the donors and partners of dobro.ua for their help and support!

Project documentation

Withdrawal and closing letter Project request letter Request letter for resumption of donations Letter from Operator of Help

Reports

Descriptive project report dated 31.03.2025 Financial report dated 31.03.2025 1 Services contract 1 Bank transfer receipt

1 act 2 Services contract 2 Invoice 2 Bank transfer receipt

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