WOF-UA has distributed 200 e-bicycles to healthcare workers, enabling 72,000 monthly visits to homebound patients. It provided care packages after the July 15th shelling that left hospitals short on supplies, and following the July 8th attack that damaged a children's cancer hospital, it committed $25,000 to its rebuilding. It continues to supply generators to schools, hospitals, and community centers and essential equipment to hospitals and maternity wards, including a CPAP system to Dnipro Clinical Hospital, saving the lives of 10 premature babies each month.

Priorities for 2025: Recently, we’ve seen a surge in requests for hygiene kits for pregnant women and new mothers, humanitarian packages for those injured by the war, generators to help women cope with Russian attacks on the Ukrainian power grid, and e-bicycles for Ukrainian nurses to ensure reliable healthcare access. We have vetted 15 additional communities and can expand further with more funding. Additionally, our program providing laptops, computer training, and staffing agency assistance has supported 113 women so far and has the capacity to support 1,000 women in gaining employment opportunities.

WOF-UA has conducted five rounds of mini-grants totaling $185,000, to support 105 small women-owned businesses in Ukraine. Through rigorous vetting, the data shows that 82% of recipients have become self-sufficient, and 90% have hired new employees. Our travel grant program, launched in May 2024, empowers women entrepreneurs from across Ukraine to participate in exhibitions, conferences, and business training, while accessing foreign markets for their products and services. Grants ranging from $500 to $1,500 cover transportation, accommodation, insurance, and registration fees for event participation.

Priorities for 2025: We have been building our team and are poised to significantly expand in the next rounds of mini-grants in Kyiv, Zhytomyr, and Chernihiv. With the knowledge learned from this grantmaking, WOF-UA has diversified from primarily geographic grantmaking and is now also focusing on grants to small agricultural producers (agriculture is the largest part of Ukraine’s economy), eco-friendly home gardening, and organic production, as well as women-owned craft businesses producing environmentally friendly, high-quality products. We have funding for about 150 grants in 2024-25 and, with additional funding, have the capacity to support 1,000. 

PKU strengthens Jewish life by helping individuals and families deepen their connection to Jewish heritage. PKU:

• Issued the print version of its Ukrainian-language Haggadah and mailed 50 copies to US Congressional representatives to highlight Ukraine's Jewish cultural ties.

• Welcomed a Torah back to Kyiv through its Torah Return Project, the first since the war's escalation, to be cherished by young Ukrainian Jews.

• Continues to host intergenerational leadership programs for Jewish mother-daughter pairs, as well as Jewish weekend retreats that explore Ukraine’s rich Jewish history and provide cultural access to non-Jews.

• Is addressing the decline in Jewish educators and volunteers in Ukraine caused by the February 2022 escalation of the war. Many leaders have relocated to Europe and Israel, weakening the pipeline of those able to teach and lead Jewish life.

• Is rebuilding a network of trained Jewish community leaders, emphasizing the importance of in-person gatherings.

• Is helping to restore Jewish programming and support systems for women as many infrastructures, including schools and social networks, have been destroyed by the war.