Our mission: is to cover all expenses and provide medical, psychological and legal help for people who have survived sexual violence since the start of the full scale invasion, on 24 February 2022.
“I want all men, women, teenagers and kids, who have survived sexual violence, to feel strong, no matter what. [They] should know that we’re not going to give up on them. They’re not guilty and they don’t owe anyone anything.” – Yaryna Vyshenska, co-founder of ‘Sylni’ foundation
“People are much stronger than they think. Our goal is to help people with getting this strength back.” – Nadiia Volchenska, co-founder of “Sylni” foundation
Areas of work
financing and providing free and confidential medical, legal, and psychological help to people who have survived sexual violence;
educational campaign to destigmatize sexual violence
distribution of informational materials and contact information about the foundation across Ukraine.
In 2022, “Sylni” foundation has received and processed 216 enquiries; 62 survivors of sexual violence have agreed to get help. The youngest person to receive help from the foundation is 12-year-old, the oldest is 47.
3 criminal investigations have already been opened and 2 more are underway.
Charitable Donations
Our total income in 2022 was 3 977 608 UAH:
1 475 166 UAH
62 134 US dollars
5 755 Euros
111 Polish zloty
Top-5 biggest donations of 2022 (until Feb 2023):
Swiss law firm: 2 035 755 UAH
Mindvalley company: 146 274 UAH
Anonymous transaction: 59 765 UAH
Anonymous transaction: 50 000 UAH
‘Ah sure, look it’ shop: 23 427 UAH
Total expenditure in 2022 reached 210 434 UAH:
97 637 UAH to cover expenses of the beneficiaries
112 797 UAH to inform people (materials printing and marketing)
a part of our expenses, 376 000 UAH in total, was covered by the volunteer work of specialists and medical institutions. This allowed us to spend much less money from our account.
We would like to express our gratitude to the law firm "OLSON" and the Ukrainian Women Lawyers Association “JurFem” for providing free consultations. We would also like to thank the mobile telephone network operator "Lifecell" for giving us a 99% discount on certain services and communication systems.
Partnership
In less than a year, we’ve established partnerships with the following organisations:
JurFem
UNFPA
International Medical Corps
UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission
Ukrainian Association of Specialists in Overcoming the Consequences of Psychotraumatic Events
Mental Health Crisis Services
Eleos Ukraine and more
Information Campaign
In 2022, more than 100 publications were made in the media outlets of various levels, some of them are:
Kyiv Independent
The New Yorker
Divoche.Media
Zaborona Media
The Village Ukraine
In 2022, 177 200 people have seen information and materials about the foundation:
22 321 people interacted with the content of "Sylni" foundation on social media
10 199 people shared our posts to their personal pages.
Informational support was provided by:
Irena Karpa
Ilya Poludyony
Kateryna Blyostka
Distribution of information materials
In 2022, the following was distributed across all regions of Ukraine (except Luhansk region and Autonomous Republic of Crimea):
Brochures - 23105
Posters - 3710
Stickers - 2159
Distribution sites include:
Regional, city and village councils
Department of social work with families, children and youth
Children social services
City and regional maternity and regular hospitals
Secondary schools, colleges, lyceums and hostels
Help Centres for internally displaced people
“Points of Invincibility”
Internal changes of ‘Sylni’ foundation in 2022:
creation of the website
the team has grown to 22 people working on a volunteer basis
"instant transfer" has been introduced for the benefactors’ convenience.
Charitable foundation “Sylni” provides medical, psychological and legal help for people who have survived sexual violence during the war. Confidential and free. To get help, you need to contact us via:
free hotline number 0 800 202 334
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