The Voice of Peace (marathon)
The Voice of Peace is a charitable marathon in Ukraine that unites media, business, artists and public figures in volunteer movement helping volunteer battalions and refugees.
Aim
The charitable marathon-auction The Voice of Peace was organized to support Ukrainian defenders and raise funds to help volunteer battalions participating in the military operation in the East of Ukraine and families of refugees.
History
The Voice of Peace" started on September 21, 2014 in Kramatorsk (Donetsk region). The organisers include the charitable foundation "Resistance Movement", the association of NGOs "Social protection", the international NGO "Follow Your Dream", Art Hundred "The Voice of Peace".
The group also holds an action where the belongings of famous people are put up for auction (https://www.facebook.com/golos.miry?ref=hl). The first item auctioned was a T-shirt from the band "The Gadiukiny Brothers" «Braty Hadyukiny», which was bought by a fan for $US300. The most expensive item auctioned was a rare edition of “Kobzar” from the family library of Julia and Eugenia Tymoshenko, sold for $65,000.
Activities
- September 21, 2014: a charitable concert for the soldiers of 34th ("Motherland") and 42nd ("Resistance Movement") volunteer battalions and self-defense battalion in Kramatorsk
- October 23, 2014: the Art Hundred and organizers of “The Voice of Peace” visited Sloviansk with the charitable mission, where the 95th Airmobile Brigade (Ukraine) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is situated, to provided humanitarian aid, and organise a concert for the soldiers
- November 11, 2014: a charitable concert was held in Lviv Military Hospital for 600 soldiers wounded in the area of ATO. The organizers of the marathon brought humanitarian aid, medical equipment and medicines.
- December 12, 2014: the charitable marathon visited Starobilsk (Luhansk region). The Art Hundred and the organizers visited Starobilsk cemetery and commemorated 37 fallen fighters from the 80th airmobile brigade and soldiers of "Aydar" battalion. They gave a charity concert and brought humanitarian aid, blankets, boilers, insoles, building materials for shower cabins, medicines, foods, sweets, children's drawings and letters of support.
- December 29–30, 2014: the organizers of "The Voice of Peace" delivered Christmas gifts to soldiers of ATO in Starobilsk, Polovinkyne, Shchastia and the Luhansk TPP (thermal power station).
- January 28, 2015: volunteers of "The Voice of Peace" bought and delivered an ambulance car to the area of ATO.
Sponsors
- Charitable foundation "Resistance Movement"
- Eugenia Tymoshenko – the President of the Association of NGOs "Social protection"
- Participants of the marathon-auction "The Voice of Peace" in Facebook
Media Partners
- The largest radio station in the Western Ukraine "Galicia",
- Information Agency "Dyvys. Info"
- TV channels OTV, INTV, UKRLIFETV
See also
- Site NGO “Follow Your Dream 3
- Foundation Resistance Movement 4
- Page Voice of Peace in Facebook: 5
- YouTube: 6
- Voice of Peace in Slovyansk. 7
- Voice of Peace in Slovyansk, Andrew Luchanko
- Voice of Peace Benefit Concert in Kramatorsk
- Voice of Peace Defenders supported Ukraine in Kramatorsk
- Marathon Charity Auctions 11
- Voice of Peace visited Lviv Military Hospital
- Voice of Peace in Starobilsk 13
- Art hundreds of votes PEACE paid tribute to fallen heroes
- Voice of Peace in Schastya (Luhansk TPP)