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Visit to the UNHIDE Hub in Kyiv

A key stop on our project trip in October 2024 was the visit to the UNHIDE Hub in Kyiv to observe the progress of the renovation work. The top floor of the building is already ready for workshops, while the construction of the other floors and the shelter continues. On this day, another creative workshop took place, where 37 children and teenagers from various regions of Ukraine molded clay lanterns. These lanterns are meant to bring warmth and hope to them during the cold winter days. A particularly touching moment was the making of candles, where the children shaped wax figures – a simple but very relaxing and meditative activity that helped the children calm down and express themselves.

Curious? earn more about the project on our UNHIDE Ukraine project page.

First Workshop in the UNHIDE Pop-Hub – The Whale

On October 17, the UNHIDE Pop-Hub, affectionately called “The Whale” by the children, opened its doors in Irpin for its first workshop. Twenty-four children, including evacuees from Kharkiv and Kherson, created their own designs on bags and caps with the guidance of art therapists. One particularly touching moment was when a young girl made a bag for her mother, hoping to bring her a smile after experiencing great losses. In the coming months, “The Whale” will continue traveling across Ukraine, offering more children the opportunity to find hope and healing through art.

Curious? Learn more about the project on our UNHIDE Ukraine project page.

Ambulance in Action

We supported the purchase of a new ambulance, which was brought to Ukraine at the end of October 2024. It is now transporting children and young people in the western part of Ukraine between various specialized clinics.

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We, at Kultur.Konvoi, would like to express our heartfelt thanks to Saving an Angel for their generous donation of an ambulance. The donated ambulance transports injured children, young people, and adults to the most appropriate treatment centers, thus making an important contribution to saving lives and providing assistance to those in need. On average, the ambulance transports up to five people per day.
Through this support, Saving an Angel is helping to save lives and bring hope. Thank you for your tireless efforts in the name of humanity!
Your friends from Kultur.Konvoi

UNHIDE Kreativ-Workshop im UNHIDE Hub Ukraine

You’ve asked what’s happening at UNHIDE Ukraine

Here’s a look at our recent trip to Kyiv in June 2024: Together with the children and teenagers, we held creative workshops where we made large cushions and seating snakes for our UNHIDE Hub. The renovation of the UNHIDE Hub is also progressing rapidly, and our future team is undergoing intensive training to manage this place of hope and creativity.

Your support motivates us. Together, we are creating positive change, bringing creativity and hope to the children!

NEUBAU EINER KANTINE

Construction of a New Cafeteria

Thanks to your generous support, in June 2024 we were able to successfully complete the construction of a new cafeteria at one of our SAFE PLACES. Now, 220 children and teenagers can enjoy their meals together in a warm and safe environment.

We want to extend our heartfelt thanks to you! The children's joy over the new, spacious cafeteria is felt every day, and it's wonderful to see how this space has become an important gathering place for them. None of this would have been possible without your help.

UNHIDE Kreativ-Workshop im UNHIDE Hub Ukraine

Children Need Imaginary Worlds

Why is this so important? When children play and immerse themselves in imaginary worlds, crucial neural connections form in their brains that significantly support their development. Play is not just a pastime for children; it's an essential part of their growth and learning.
In March 2024, we once again embarked on a workshop trip to Kyiv. In the midst of a challenging environment, where the UNHIDE Hub will soon be opened, we worked with the children to create large light snakes. These glowing artworks not only bring color but also hope to a place surrounded by darkness and uncertainty.

"If everything around you seems dark, look again. You may be the light."

Saving an Angel und ARTHELPS Arztpraxis Ukraine

REOPENING MEDICAL PRACTICE

Around 1,000 evacuated children, young people and women live in our SAFE PLACE in Ukraine (the location is not named for security reasons).
With the help of your support and our local partners, a medical facility was able to be put back into operation in April 2023.
Thank you for your constant support!

Rea Garvey im Workshop mit Kinder für UNHIDE Ukraine in Bucha.

UNHIDE Workshop Bucha

With our partner ARTHELPS, we conducted a workshop with children and teenagers in Bucha at the end of September. On that day, they were able to discover their talents. In Ukraine, we will create places with UNHIDE, SAFE SPACES where children and young people can find peace, discover themselves, and their talents.

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UNHIDE is intended to disarm. The children should be given a break in the workshops. In our UNHIDE workshops you are in a room with other children creating something new with your own creativity. It's a hard time and so important to create positive things so you don't give up hope. Our job is to help them live those dreams and keep that hope alive. Children's laughter must not be lost.

God Bless
Rea

Skizze UNHIDE Hub Ukraine

The UNHIDE Project 

In September 2022, we were back in Ukraine. We partnered with our project collaborators, visited children, inspected properties, and solidified our plan. In 2023, we will establish a UNHIDE HUB in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. We will create the necessary infrastructure, equip spaces, hire and train our staff. Ultimately, inviting children and youth to our UNHIDE HUB. It will be an exciting time!

Ukrainische Kinder beim UNHIDE Kreativworkshop - UNHIDE Ukraine Workshop in Stuttgart

UNHIDE HOME in Stuttgart

Since July 2022, daily special creative workshops have been held for refugee Ukrainian children and teenagers at our UNHIDE HOME in Stuttgart. In 2022, a total of 127 workshops were conducted, reaching over 1,000 Ukrainian children and teenagers. In these imaginative workshops, the children and teenagers were given a platform and inspiration to discover and unleash their artistic potential. They had the freedom, far from violence, fear, and hopelessness, to simply be children, to dream, and to laugh.

Zahlen und Fakten UNHIDE UKRAINE.

NUMBERS THAT COUNT

We are so grateful for all your help, all the volunteers who have tirelessly supported us in Ukrainian aid over the past few months! It wouldn't have been possible without you. THANK YOU.

DThanks to valuable donations, Saving an Angel was able to provide medical supplies, food, and hygiene items to 400,000 people in Ukraine.
We continue to give it our all!

Call to Action UNHIDE UKRAINE.

Aid supplies for Ukraine

Thanks to countless volunteers and a great willingness to donate, we have been able to evacuate more than 70,000 people in recent weeks with UNHIDE Ukraine and deliver more than 900 tons of relief supplies to over 80 locations: food, clothing and medicine.
Thanks to our contacts and our network, the supplies are getting to where they are needed.
We would like to thank you, our partners, especially ArtHelps!

Please don't let us get tired and keep going!
We will continue to collect donations, transport relief supplies and buy supplies locally. We continue to evacuate people and this is only possible with your valuable help!

Rea Garvey und UNHIDE Team in der Ukraine.

UNHIDE Ukraine emergency aid

SAVING AN ANGEL and ARTHELPS were in Ukraine in early March 2022 to deliver urgently needed supplies to the country and to bring people safely to Germany.

The yellow in the Ukrainian flag is like the golden wheat fields, and the blue is like the blue sky. I believe everyone can identify with that; we all know it. We must stand with the people. I pray that this war ends soon, that reason returns, and we can help the Ukrainian people rebuild this beautiful country.

God Bless
Rea

Fotocredit: ArtHelps

Rea Garvey erhält den Nachhaltigkeitspreis 2019 für Sasha überreicht.

The Sustainability Award 2019

It was a great honour to receive this prize from the Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis and even a greater honour to receive it from my brother Sasha!
Our sucess is the work of so many each one knowing what his role is and then just doing it! I believe everything is possible in the strength and resolve of the human race. We started off as the few now we are the many!

God Bless
Rea

Fotocredit: Ralf Rühmeier

Kinder KunstWorkshop in Ecuador

With ARTHELPS in Ecuador

After having previously supported the wonderful work of ARTHELPS, we embarked on a new adventure with a unique and exciting creative workshop with the team led by Thomas Lupo of ARTHELPS in the jungles of Ecuador some time ago. We can't reveal much yet, but the photos from the trip definitely promise a colorful experience.

We will keep you up to date...

Rea Garvey wird der Senkenbergpreis überreicht.

The Senckenberg Prize

On January 28, 2017, in Frankfurt, the Senckenberg Prize for exceptional personal commitment to the protection of our environment was awarded for the third time. The 2016 Nature Engagement Award went to Rea Garvey for the ClearWater project in the Amazon region, and it carries a prize of €10,000.

Bethlehem

Rea in Bethlehem

At the beginning of December, Rea spent a few days in Israel, to be more precise, in Bethlehem, where he spontaneously recorded a few songs at this unique location. All donors who contribute an amount of their choice by December 17, 2016, and provide their mailing address in the 'Donation Receipt' section will receive a CD with the songs sent to them.

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