Free People
FREE PEOPLE Organization was created in the first hours of the Ukrainian war. The mission is to help the Ukrainian people in their fight for Freedom against the Russian invasion.
Life can change so quickly...
2022, February 24th, 05:00, without any warning or even having been provoked, Russia launches a large-scale military attack against Ukraine. This was followed by intense and sustained bombing deliberately targeting heavily populated residential areas.
The Ukrainians, in astonishment, were left homeless. Terrified, they organized an underground life in the subway and the cellars to protect themselves and resist. Many women, children, and elders have been forced to flee their country.
In shock, and worried for our families and friends, we created the FREE PEOPLE Organization to help them as much as we could.
With a group of friends, we launched requests for help and coordinated them with simple messages that were relayed on social networks by all. We managed to collect more than 500 kg of equipment, medical supplies, non-perishable food, energy bars, and products for children and early childhood.
2022, February 29th, 10:00 pm, our first convoy was on its way to urgently deliver this humanitarian aid to Ukrainians. On our way back, our minibus was not empty: we repatriated the first group of Ukrainian refugees to their host families in Coublevie, France.
Common people make extraordinary things.
Let us introduce ourselves: Ganna and Mariya, we are twin sisters and founders of FREE PEOPLE Organization.
Our hearts were crying, impossible to remain inactive!
The need for help was so urgent that we founded the FREE PEOPLE Organization.
Ganna is living in France for more than 12 years and Mariya in Ukraine.
Although Ganna offers to take refuge in France from the first day of the war, Mariaya decided to stay in her country to defend her freedom.
Ukraine, land of bravery
In France, Ganna had to choose between crying or acting. She chose the second one. With her friends, they activated their networks to ask for help. She organized the collection and transportation of humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
On her side, Mariya, who remained in Ukraine, organized the reception of humanitarian aid, and the routing and distribution to people in conflict zones.
At the same time, Ganna developed the Ukrainian refugees hosting program in her region in France. With the support of local communities, the program ensures safe access to the territory, safe stay and social integration in host families and accommodation, French lessons, schooling for children, and assistance with administrative procedures (obtaining papers, social security).
Then, FREE PEOPLE Organization was contacted by USA organizations who collected tons of food ready to send to Ukrania.
Mariya organized the reception of this aid and followed the distribution to people in need. This donation was followed by some medical supplies Marya had to take charge of. In a very short time, she organized the first humanitarian aid of medicine from the “Baranova 27” Foundation in the USA.
Great people are everywhere
Today, our network continues to grow with confident volunteers, partners, and donors.
Our projects today:
We help civilians in difficult situations and those who joined the Ukrainian army.
We receive dozens of tons of humanitarian aid every month and organize the distribution.
We work on integration projects for refugees and the development of synergies between like-minded people.
In the first 3 months, we organized evacuation and hosting of more than 120 persons.
La plus petite refugiée
4. We are developing the psychological support project with Mr. François Martin-Vallas.
Here is a questionnaire to help refugees consider their need for psychological help: https://forms.gle/drSsdHyukADwdonB8
5. We are developing a multitude of entertainment projects in the sports and cultural world to color the life of refugees in France and to introduce the French to Ukrainian culture. It is very important for the development of synergy between these two great countries.
From the beginning, we have put a lot of our energy and our resources into this movement. Today we need you to continue our activities.
Join us in our actions or by participating financially.
The synergy between like-minded people is already created!
Let's continue to develop it and change the world for the better together!
For the financial contribution, you can use the most comfortable way for you:
To join our association, you can request a registration form by mail at anna@freeppl.org or do it on-line:
The registration cost is 10 euros.
MEDIA materials about our actions:
France Bleu : https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x88i8pz
France Bleu : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x2qVi2x1OPo
Actu Grenoble : https://actu.fr/societe/anna-et-oleg-sont-partis-d-isere-pour-la-frontiere-ukrainienne-on-n-a-pas-peur_49094092.htm