From Prague to Odesa Region: Aid That Has a Human Face
On 7 and 8 September 2026, our Czech friends and partners, volunteers Petr and Gabriela Oliva, visited the Children’s Help Centers in Kuchurhan and Shcherbanka, established on the initiative of the International Anti-Corruption Assembly (IACA) and the International Charitable Help Corporation.
This was not simply a trip carrying humanitarian supplies. Behind every item delivered were real people, real needs, and an understanding of exactly where the assistance was needed.
For children from large families in Kuchurhan and Shcherbanka, 51 school backpacks, school sets, and stationery supplies were delivered. The Centers also received two generators, generator oil, and electric fan heaters, intended to ensure that the Centers could continue operating and receiving children during the cold season and power outages.
But some of this equipment has already found another destination.
That same day, one of the generators and four electric fan heaters were handed over to representatives of the 1st Battalion of the 122nd Territorial Defence Brigade. The equipment was sent to where it is needed directly now — to the frontline.
For us, this is also an important part of humanitarian work: assistance should not remain in storage. It must move to where the need is greatest today.
Recently, we received words of sincere gratitude from our defenders. For the Assembly team, this carries particular significance. Such feedback means that the assistance reached its intended destination and genuinely proved useful.
The Oliva couple have been supporting Ukraine since 2014. Their cooperation with the Assembly is formalized by a Memorandum signed on 3 September 2024 with Spolek proUKRAJINU, z.s. This visit was another confirmation that a partnership built on trust can translate into concrete action.
The International Anti-Corruption Assembly sincerely thanks Petr and Gabriela Oliva for their many years of support for Ukraine, as well as the Ukrainian volunteers and coordinators who work every day to keep the Children’s Help Centers operating.
From Prague to Odesa Region, from a school backpack for a child to a generator for those defending Ukraine — it is one story. A story of assistance that is not simply passed from hand to hand, but reaches the people and places where it is needed most.