The mission of the Museum is to collect, file, categorize and share the stories of Ukraine’s civilians for better understanding of life amid the war in the name of a better future
To be the world’s largest archive of Stories told by Civilians who suffered from hostilities in Ukraine
To create a reliable source of information about the life of Civilians amid the war told in the first person
To become a unique psychotherapeutic project that will be contributing to the psychological well-being and mental health of Ukrainians traumatized by the war through sharing of their stories
The Foundation became a holder of thousands of stories from Donbass civilians and put them together as a unique online museum. Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the Museum has become a chronicle of tragedies of all the Ukrainian people.
From the first days of the war in 2014, the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation deployed its Humanitarian Center Here to Help in order to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in Donbass. Thanks to its activities, the Center helped to save three and a half million people. Many of those people shared their stories with the Foundation.
All the stories posted in the Museum of Civilian Voices were told by their authors in the first person and reflect the opinion and experience of a specific narrator. They were collected and published with the permission of their authors. By publishing the stories, the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation Charitable Organization is not responsible for the accuracy and/or reliability of the content of the stories and individual judgments expressed by their authors. All rights reserved.
Preserving the past and the present for a better future.
The Rinat Akhmetov Foundation is Ukraine's biggest private charity. Today, the Foundation implements three large-scale programmes: Rinat Akhmetov - Saving Lives, Rinat Akhmetov – Here to Help, and Rinat Akhmetov for Children.
On the initiative of Rinat Akhmetov, the Foundation had earlier implemented a project, 200 Ambulances for Ukraine, as part of its Rinat Akhmetov – Saving Lives programme. Over a record time of just six months, the organisation provided 200 off-road ambulances with the cutting-edge equipment to public hospitals across Ukraine. Of these, 22 vehicles were equipped with neonatal incubators and ventilators.This is the biggest donation of one philanthropist to the Ukrainian healthcare system over the entire period of independence.
The Rinat Akhmetov for Children programme brings under its umbrella a dozens of projects ranging from the rehabilitation of injured children to the fight against orphanhood and its implications. These include medical assistance, surgery, special medical equipment, innovative implants, physical/psychological rehabilitation, medical examination, and adoption assistance. The project has helped almost 10,000 children find families!
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