Na čo konkrétne budú peniaze z tejto kampane použité?

Priemerná výška získaných príspevkov za našich 12 úspešne ukončených fundraisingových kampaní je EUR 16.500,00/kampaň. Potreby armády na zdravotnícky a evakuačny materiál sú momentálne veľmi vysoké a preto sa v posledných mesiacoch zameriavame hlavne na ne. Aj drony sú však veľmi dôležité a potrebné. Aj oni pomáhajú udržiavať zdravotníkov a vojakov na fronte v bezpečí. Sú dôležité pre sledovanie pozícii ruských okupantov a pre komunikáciu v teréne. Vďaka nim sa už podarilo zachrániť veľa vojenského personálu ale aj civilistov.

Koncom augusta sa chystám opäť na Ukrajinu (pôjde o moju štvrtú návštevu v Kyive za posledný rok).  Ak sa mi podarí získať dostatok prostriedkov v priebehu mesiaca, dron by som chcela zobrať so sebou, aby sa na front dostal, čo najskôr. Následne bude odovzdaný jednej z jednotiek, ktoré podporujeme (ktorá to bude v danej chvíli najviac potrebovať). Ak by ste pravdaže chceli prispieť skôr na nákup zdravotníckeho alebo evakuačného materiálu, radosť mi spraví aj príspevok na našu aktuálnu fundraisingovú kampaň, detaily nájdete na našej internetovej stránke.

Každá pomoc je neoceniteľná, či už ide o príspevok alebo zdieľanie informácie o mojej kampani na dron alebo našej fundraisingovej kampani s rodinou alebo priateľmi. Vopred Vám zo srdca ďakujem! A aj za to, že ani po vyše roku Vám nie je osud našich ukrajinských susedov ľahostajný. Pomôžme im spolu prežiť a zvíťaziť. Slava Ukraini! Heroyam Slava!

Ďakujem,

Jana, člen tímu Protect Ukrainian Defenders

Who organizes the campaign?

My name is Jana Dancáková. At the beginning of September, I will celebrate my birthday, and on that occasion I decided to announce a fundraiser for a drone for the Ukrainian army (if my campaign is
successful, even 2 drones!!). I myself will give the first EUR 400 for this purpose.

https://drony.heureka.sk/dji-mavic-3-fly-more-combo-cp-ma-00000452_01/#prehlad/

On February 24, 2022, I watched with horror as Russian troops attacked our eastern neighbor and I could not just watch it passively. I started supporting various organizations and individuals who provided help to refugees at the border or bought supplies to help directly in Ukraine. In April 2022, I met the Protect Ukrainian Defenders team, a group of three Ukrainian volunteers. I admired their passion and transparency. My first contribution on 4/29/2022 in the amount of USD 150 meant the purchase of 5 high-quality tourniquets to stop bleeding and thus almost certainly save lives. The financial contributions were later joined by the support of campaigns and other activities, until I became an official member of
the team in September of last year.

Who are we and what do we do?

We are a group of volunteers who buy medical, evacuation and other
material for military medics and soldiers from several Ukrainian units. To date, we have supported several units of the Ukrainian army by purchasing supplies for over 200,000 EUR!
Specifically, these were: tourniquets (C-A-T tourniquet designed to stop bleeding in the upper and lower limbs and also SAM Junctional tourniquet to stop bleeding in places where a regular tourniquet is not sufficient, for example in the pelvic area), chest seal/cover with flap (Hyfin Chest Seal), emergency dressings, burn dressings, trauma dressings, sterile gauze covering, decompression needles, airway
tubes, tactical stretchers/litter, tactical eye shields, SAM splints, portable ultrasound device, emergency thermal insulation foils and blankets, IFAK army first-aid kits, medical scissors, professional backpacks for military medics, hearing protection headphones (for artillery), helmets and radio sets for communication, drones, portable generators, simulation sets for training medical personnel and others.

We are volunteers and everything we do, we do in our free time. Each of us has our own job and thus our own income, from which we contribute to our own fundraising campaigns, individual campaigns
(e.g. in May and June 2023 we bought 10 professional army medical backpacks from our own resources for military medics from the Azov Brigade of the National Guard) but also to cover all additional
expenses (e.g. maintenance of the car used for transporting supplies, purchase of fuel, postage costs,…). All contributions we receive from donors are used exclusively to purchase supplies going to the front.

Which Ukrainian units have we already helped?
• 93rd Motorized Brigade
• 72nd Motorized Brigade
• 25th Air Assault Brigade
• 8th regiment of Special Operations Forces (SOF)
• 59th Motorized Brigade
• 26th Special Artillery Brigade
• 28th Motorized Brigade
• 1st Tank Brigade
• 95th Brigade of the Air Force of Ukraine
• Azov brigade of the National Guard
• 54th Mechanized Brigade (K2 Battalion)

We have verified contacts in individual Ukrainian units with whom we communicate about current needs. They are usually military medics who save lives on the first or second line. Subsequently, on a monthly basis, we announce a fundraising campaign on our website (link below) and also on Twitter (links on our website). With the collected money, we will buy required supplies (in the USA, Holland,
Denmark, Poland, Ukraine,… It depends on availability, price and quality, while we emphasize quality that meets the standards of TCCC – Tactical Combat Casualty Care / Urgent medical care in combat conditions). Supplies are delivered to Kyiv at our expense, sometimes with the help of volunteers in other countries who kindly help us with logistics. From Kyiv, they are then delivered by two members of our team to the front line by our own transport and then personally handed over. In exceptional cases, small shipments are only sent by post, for cost efficiency.

If you want to learn more about our work, I recommend visiting our website (only in English) https://protectukrainiandefenders.org/ , where, among other things, you will learn more about our team, the ongoing fundraising campaign, records of income/Collection and purchases/Spending from June 2022, feedbacks of some donors and recipients of our aid, details and photos from previous
supplies deliveries.

The average amount of collected contributions for our 12 successfully completed fundraising campaigns is EUR 16,500.00/campaign. The army's needs for medical and evacuation supplies are currently very high, which is why we have been focusing on them in recent months. However, drones are also very
important and necessary. They, too, help keep medics and soldiers safe on the front lines. They are important for monitoring the position of the Russian occupiers and for communication in the field.
Thanks to them, many military personnel and civilians have already been saved.

At the end of August, I am going to Ukraine again (it will be my fourth visit to Kyiv in the last year). If I manage to raise enough funds within the month, I would like to take the drone with me so that it can
reach the front as soon as possible. It will then be handed over to one of the units we support (which will need it the most at the moment). If, of course, you would rather contribute to the purchase of medical or evacuation supplies, I would be happy as well if you contribute to our current fundraising campaign, details can be found on our website.

Any help is appreciated, whether it's a donation or sharing information about my drone campaign or our fundraising campaign with family or friends. Thank you in advance from the bottom of my heart! And also for the fact that even after more than a year you are not indifferent to the fate of our Ukrainian neighbors. Let's help them survive and win together.

Glory to Ukraine! Heroyam Slava!

Thank you,
Jana, member of the Protect Ukrainian Defenders team