Gnosis Project in Ukraine

 
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Support for the People of Ukraine

Gnosis Project has been active in Ukraine since October 2022, where we have been providing humanitarian support for people affected by the war and helping preserve, provide a record of, and bear witness to the destruction of that nation’s historic sites and museums. While many larger charitable organizations will not operate in an active warzone and have a presence only in surrounding countries, we understand the importance of actually being on the ground in Ukraine.

Things we have thus far accomplished or are currently working on include:

  • Distributing winter coats and food, primarily to children, at multiple locations in Ukraine (e.g., Lviv, Kharkiv);

  • Creating a series of dual-language, dual-system blood type patches, primarily for use by foreign volunteers, so that medics trained in either the West or the East can readily identify kind of blood needed by wounded individuals (these are available for sale as a fundraiser in our Gift Shop);

  • Helping to develop, in cooperation with our friends at Skirmisher Publishing, a children’s activity book that focuses on identifying and avoiding landmines and unexploded ordinance (this is still in the works but you can support our efforts by purchasing a copy of its cover image in our Gift Shop);

  • Helping Skirmisher Publishing to translate into Ukrainian its bestselling TSRPG (Travel-Sized RPG), which it distributes for free in Ukraine, and which it allows us to sell in our Gift Shop as a fundraiser.

  • Photographing historical markers and exhibit placards that are written only in Ukrainian and arranging to have them translated into English in order to preserve and share the information on them (and contracting refugees to perform such translations);

  • Reaching out to representatives of museums and historic sites throughout Ukraine to offer our services and assess how we can most effectively assist them;

  • Performing any appropriate volunteer services that individuals or organizations we meet with might need (e.g., delivering medical equipment to people unable to transport it to their homes).

One of our ongoing goals is to demonstrate that there are people in the West who stand by and have not forgotten the people of Ukraine and who are not intimidated by totalitarianism or Russian aggression, and to help contribute to a record of Ukrainian cultural elements that might otherwise be destroyed in the course of the ongoing Russian presence in the country (e.g., historical features that cannot be temporarily removed to safe areas).