Razom Inc

RAZOM, WHICH MEANS "TOGETHER" IN UKRAINIAN, WAS FORMED IN 2014 TO SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN UKRAINE AND THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE THROUGH PROGRAMS IN HUMANITARIAN AID, EDUCATION, CULTURE, AND CIVIC SOCIETY. RAZOM MAINTAINS A RELENTLESS FOCUS ON THE NEEDS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE AND ON THE OPPORTUNITIES TO AMPLIFY VOICES FROM UKRAINE IN CONVERSATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.

IN FEBRUARY 2022, THE ORGANIZATION RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY TO THE FULL-SCALE INVASION OF UKRAINE WITH LARGE-SCALE EFFORTS TO PROVIDE DISASTER RELIEF. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DONATED TO RAZOM BECAUSE OF ITS TRACK RECORD, ITS DEEP ROOTS IN UKRAINE, AND ITS ABILITY TO DETERMINE NEED AND MATCH IT WITH RELIEF. OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, RAZOM HAS RAISED $139+ MILLION, DEPLOYED $116+ MILLION AND HAS A PERMANENT PRESENCE IN THE U.S. AND IN UKRAINE. AS DECEMBER 31, 2023, RAZOM HAD MORE THAN 220,000 DONORS AND SUBSCRIBERS AND SOME 100,000 SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS.IN 2023, RAZOM TRANSFORMED ITSELF FROM A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION TO A PROFESSIONAL NON-PROFIT WITH A BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT DELIVERS COMPLEX PROGRAMS AND ASSISTANCE IN UKRAINE WHILE ABIDING BY ALL U.S. LAWS. ORGANIZATIONAL OVERSIGHT IS MANAGED BY A FIDUCIARY GOVERNING BOARD ALONG WITH AN EXECUTIVE TEAM.WE DELIVER ON OUR MISSION THROUGH FIVE PROGRAM AREAS: RAZOM HEROES IS DELIVERING LIFE-SAVING AID SUPPLIES AND TRAINING TO FIRST RESPONDERS AND FRONTLINE MEDICS. RAZOM HEALTH IS STRENGTHENING A MODERN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM TO SERVE UKRAINIANS NOW AND AFTER VICTORY. RAZOM RELIEF IS SUPPORTING UKRAINIAN GRASSROOTS NGOS THAT SUPPLY HUMANITARIAN AID TO VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. RAZOM ADVOCACY IS SUPPORTING LEGISLATION AND POLICY FOR UKRAINIAN VICTORY. RAZOM CONNECT CELEBRATES AND PROMOTES THE VIBRANCY OF UKRAINIAN VOICES THROUGH EDUCATION, VOLUNTEERING, AND THE ARTS.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS OF RAZOM'S PROGRAMS INCLUDE: RAZOM HEROES - PROVIDING LIFESAVING SUPPORT TO THOSE DOING THE VALIANT WORK OF SAFEGUARDING LIVES ACROSS UKRAINE. WE ARE FOCUSED ON DELIVERING MEDICAL SUPPLIES, DISASTER RELIEF SUPPLIES LIKE RADIOS AND GENERATORS, AND VEHICLES EQUIPPED FOR MEDICAL EVACUATIONS. WORKING WITH ON-THE-GROUND PARTNERS, RAZOM HEROES ENABLES COMPREHENSIVE MEDIC TRAINING BASED ON INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES. THIS IS SUPPORTED BY BEST-IN-CLASS FIRST-AID EQUIPMENT. IN 2023, RAZOM PROVIDED 40,000 FULLY-EQUIPPED IFAKS (INDIVIDUAL FIRST AID KITS) AND 1,250 MEDIC BACKPACKS, AS WELL AS TENS OF THOUSANDS IN RESUPPLIES OF TOURNIQUETS, GAUZE, CHEST SEALS AND RELATED GEAR. WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE GRANT FROM THE US EMBASSY IN UKRAINE, RAZOM FOR UKRAINE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE BASIC LIFE SUPPORT, CPR AND WOUND TREATMENT TRAINING TO OVER 2,000 PEOPLE IN UKRAINE, INCLUDING EDUCATORS, MEDICAL STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. RAZOM HEALTH - SUPPORTING UKRAINE'S HEALTHCARE WITH THE EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES AND NECESSARY SKILLS TRAINING TO SERVE UKRAINIANS NOW AND AFTER VICTORY. THE ORGANIZATION DELIVERED PATIENT CENTERED SURGICAL, MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT (MHPSS) CARE, DISTRIBUTED CRITICAL MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND SUPPORTED MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING INITIATIVES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON DELIVERING FAVORABLE PATIENT OUTCOMES. DURING THIS TIME, 308 MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS PRIMARILY IN THE CITIES OF KHARKIV, DNIPRO, MYKOLAIV, IVANO FRANKIVSK AND LVIV, RECEIVED MUCH NEEDED MEDICAL SUPPLIES. IN ADDITION, OVER 110 ESSENTIAL HEATERS AND GENERATORS, THE LIFELINE OF ANY MEDICAL FACILITY FACING HARSH WEATHER AND THE RIGORS OF WAR, WERE DISPATCHED AND INSTALLED ACROSS 25 UKRAINIAN HOSPITALS. UNDER THE RAZOM HEALTH POCUS (POINT OF CARE ULTRASOUND) INITIATIVE, THE ORGANIZATION PROCURED 400 BUTTERFLY DEVICES AND TABLETS AND TRAINED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN THE USE OF THESE DEVICES WHICH ARE CRITICAL FOR THE RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF CONDITIONS SUCH AS INTERNAL HEMORRHAGE, PNEUMOTHORAX AND PERICARDIAL EFFUSION, AND DELIVERING ESSENTIAL CARE OUTSIDE OF TRADITIONAL MEDICAL FACILITIES. UNDER THE RAZOM Z TOBOYU (RAZOM WITH YOU) PROGRAM , THE ORGANIZATION OPERATED SIX MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS IN UKRAINE, WHICH DELIVERED FREE THERAPY IN 9,738 INDIVIDUAL AND 700 GROUP SESSIONS TO POPULATIONS SUCH AS WOMEN, CHILDREN, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE (IDPS) AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO SUFFERED THE LOSS OF LOVED ONES DURING THE WAR. THE CO-PILOT PROJECT WHICH ADDRESSES THE NEED FOR HIGH QUALITY NEUROSURGICAL, ORTHOPEDIC AND FACIAL RECONSTRUCTIVE TRAINING AND CARE IN UKRAINE, LED 14 MEDICAL TRIPS, FACILITATED 7 OBSERVERSHIPS AND DEPLOYED 112 INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CARE PROVIDERS TO DELIVER SURGERIES, TREATMENTS AND TRAINING THAT ARE OTHERWISE UNAVAILABLE IN UKRAINE, IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH UKRAINIAN MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS. RAZOM RELIEF - HELPING CIVILIANS REBUILD AND CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN CIVIL SOCIETY BY INVESTING IN TRUSTED, VETTED GRASS-ROOTS NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN UKRAINE THAT SUPPLY HUMANITARIAN AID TO VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. THE ORGANIZATION AWARDED APPROXIMATELY $3.1 MILLION IN GRANTS TO A NETWORK OF 85 ORGANIZATIONS IN UKRAINE THAT HELP LOCAL COMMUNITIES. THESE ORGANIZATIONS DELIVERED AID TO OVER 150,000 PEOPLE IN 189 TOWNS AND VILLAGES IN LIBERATED AND FRONTLINE AREAS. THE FOCUS OF RAZOM RELIEF IS ALSO TO SUPPORT UKRAINIAN CHILDREN AT THE TIME OF WAR BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO CHILDREN'S CENTERS, SUMMER CAMPS, PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES. OUR RAZOM TOY DRIVE INITIATIVE FOCUSED ON CHILDREN OF FALLEN AND INJURED DEFENDERS, DELIVERED BIRTHDAY PRESENTS TO 1,000 CHILDREN AND PREPARED 720 KIDS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR BY PROVIDING SCHOOLS SUPPLIES, AND DELIVERED 1,000 PRESENTS FOR ST. NICHOLAS HOLIDAY. THROUGH RAZOM TICKET WE ASSISTED THE UKRAINIAN TEAM REPRESENTING THEIR COUNTRY AT THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIAD IN GREECE AND IN MOOT COURTS IN AUSTRIA, THE US AND SWITZERLAND. IN UKRAINE, WE SUPPORTED MATH AND SCIENCE CAMPS FOR GIFTED STUDENTS, PROVIDED ASSISTANCE WITH EQUIPMENT AND TUITION, ENGAGING NEARLY 400 PARTICIPANTS IN OUR EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.RAZOM ADVOCACY - WORKING TO ADVOCATE FOR UKRAINIAN VICTORY ALONG TWO LINES OF EFFORT. OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM WORKS WITHIN CONGRESS, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND OTHER HALLS OF POWER TO ADVANCE POLICY TO STRENGTHEN UKRAINE, ENSURE ITS VICTORY, AND BRING PRO-UKRAINIAN VOICES TO THE FOREFRONT OF THE POLICY DISCUSSION. OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TEAM MOBILIZES CONSTITUENTS AND GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE U.S., CONNECTING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE PRESS TO MARSHAL SUPPORT FOR PRO-UKRAINE POLICY AND LEGISLATION. RAZOM ADVOCACY RECEIVED A GRANT SUPPORTING A SIX-MONTH PROJECT TITLED CHAMPIONING FREEDOM. ITS PURPOSE WAS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MOTIVATES AMERICANS TO SUPPORT PRO-DEMOCRACY CAUSES AND FAVOR GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM OUTSIDE THE U.S., LIKE IN UKRAINE. AS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN COALITION FOR UKRAINE, RAZOM HELPED ORGANIZE TWO UKRAINE ACTION SUMMITS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. DURING THE YEAR. BOTH EVENTS IN APRIL AND OCTOBER DREW FROM 300 TO MORE THAN 450 PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO THE U.S. CAPITOL, TO MEET WITH THEIR REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS. DURING A TRIP TO UKRAINE IN JUNE 2023, THE ADVOCACY TEAM MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF UCCRO, AN ECUMENICAL ORGANIZATION WHOSE MEMBERS COLLECTIVELY REPRESENT 95% OF UKRAINE'S FAITHFUL. FROM THIS MEETING CAME A FORMAL INVITATION FROM RAZOM TO BRING UCCRO REPRESENTATIVES TO THE U.S. TO ENGAGE WITH POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, AND MEDIA STAKEHOLDERS IN PURSUIT OF IMPROVED DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE NATIONS' RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES.RAZOM CONNECT IS A COHORT OF INITIATIVES LIKE RAZOM CULTURE, RAZOM CINEMA, RAZOM LITERATURE, UKRAINE ON CAMPUS AND MORE, PROVIDING PLATFORMS FOR THAT WHICH UKRAINE HAS TO OFFER TO THE WORLD. AS PART OF CONNECT PROGRAMMING, WE LAUNCHED AN INAUGURAL UKRAINIAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK CITY, SHOWCASING UKRAINIAN LITERATURE, MUSIC AND CINEMA. THE FESTIVAL WAS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF RENOWNED UKRAINIAN WRITER VICTORIA AMELINA, WHO TRAGICALLY LOST HER LIFE IN JUNE 2023 WHEN KRAMATORSK WAS ATTACKED. THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL, ORGANIZERS RAISED FUNDS FOR AMELINA'S BELOVED NEW YORK LITERARY FESTIVAL BASED IN DONETSK, UKRAINE. AS PART OF CINEMA, RAZOM PROVIDED $40K TRAVEL GRANTS TO VARIOUS PRODUCTION TEAMS TO COME TO THE U.S. TO AMPLIFY UKRAINIAN MOVIES AT FESTIVALS SUCH AS SUNDANCE, TRIBECA, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FILM FESTIVAL, AND CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. IN ADDITION, RAZOM HELPED SUPPORT U.S. THEATRICAL RELEASES OF A NUMBER OF EDUCATIONAL FILMS ABOUT UKRAINE, INCLUDING THE OSCAR-WINNING DOCUMENTARY 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL. RAZOM PILOTED THE UKRAINE ON CAMPUS INITIATIVE IN 2023, WHICH HAS A DATABASE OF 50+ UKRAINIAN STUDENT GROUPS ACROSS U.S. UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES. IT IS FOCUSED ON CONNECTING STUDENTS INTERESTED IN CHAMPIONING UKRAINE AND MOBILIZING THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO ACTIVATE THEIR CAMPUSES IN SUPPORT OF A UKRAINIAN VICTORY.