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Relief supplies to Ukraine

In February 2025, Dave drives his van full of relief supplies to Ukraine for the seventh time. Dave personally delivers the relief goods to foundations, care homes and hospitals in Ukraine.

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Dave van den Hout

Founder of Tanya Foundation.

Since 1 January 2023, the Tanya Foundation has been registered by the tax authorities as a Public Benefit Organisation (ANBI). As a foundation, we are extremely proud to have achieved ANBI status for our humanitarian work in Ukraine.

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Saturday 21 January 2023 Dave and his father (1948) drove to Ukraine for the second time that month to deliver relief supplies collected in the Netherlands. A 7-day journey (4400 km) with air alerts, power cuts, curfews and under threat of rocket attacks.

Founding www.smolinministries.org from Ternopil once again received part of the relief supplies. They run a care home for the elderly in Zhukiv, Ternopil region, which we visited on our first trip. In the care home, we encountered elderly people, refugees from eastern Ukraine, who need 24-hour care.

The conditions in the care home touched us deeply. Thanks to a home care organisation in the Netherlands, we were able to donate a large quantity of incontinence materials. This directly improves the well-being of the elderly.

In Bucha, the Tanya Foundation purchased 400 euros worth of relief goods. The foundation deliberately chooses to spend the donations received in Ukraine so that the money flows directly into the Ukrainian economy.

In Kyiv, Dave and his father visited the Do Mrii Foundation (after the dream) www.domrii.com.ua/en. Tanya Foundation is building its network and here personal contact is very important. The Do Mrii Foundation came into being right after the start of the war. Volunteers who, in addition to their jobs, organise aid for the affected areas in the east and south of their country. They process received relief goods into aid packages which they deliver personally to the frontline.

The Tanya Foundation left relief goods from the Netherlands here, as well as the relief goods purchased in Bucha.

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Dave in the annual overview 2022 of Omroep Brabant

Watch video from 10:03 to 12:42

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On Monday 2 January 2023, Dave left with his father (1948) for the first trip to Ukraine. The fundraising campaign in December 2022 was a great success. In more than 30 places in the Netherlands, a total of 22 m³ of relief goods were collected and collected by the Tanya Foundation.

The relief goods were checked, sorted and prepared for transport. On Wednesday 4 January 2023, they were personally delivered by them to Open Door Foundation in Ternopil, Ukraine. www.smolinministries.org

From Ternopil, relief supplies go to besieged towns like Cherson and Bachmoet.

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During our first trip, we delivered relief supplies to a care home in Zhukiv, Ternopil region. A shelter in Lviv received the collected pet food from us.

We donated the remainder of the relief goods to Movu-Moldova Foundation (www.movu-moldova.nl). They will take this to Europe's poorest country, Moldova.

Fuel and accommodation costs are paid from donations. Food and drinks are paid for personally.

People who work for the Tanya Foundation do not receive any compensation or salary.

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