Gifts for Karapchivskiy Orphanage

Published: February 23, 2016   

Big thanks to our Toy Drive volunteers for putting together and sending gifts for the little ones in the Karapchivskiy Orphanage (40 kids, ages 6-8) in Karapchiv, Chernivets’ka oblast, Ukraine. Thinking of the future of Ukraine.

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A Razom volunteer’s recap of February’s Speaker Series Event

Published: February 20, 2016   

By Nastia Rab

 

In February, Razom welcomed Ilia Kenigshtein to New York as part of its Razom IT speaker series to present his most recent venture – Creative Quarter. The venture aims to transform an abandoned tram depot in Lviv, Ukraine into a bustling innovation hub — a place for work, creativity, learning, leisure and entertainment under one roof.

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Introducing the Reformers Without Borders Fellowship program, Razom’s newest initiative.

Published: February 19, 2016   

Reformers Without Borders (RWB) is a short-term exchange program that brings fellows from the United States and other countries to Ukraine to work on building a bridge of trust between local governing bodies and citizens. Fellows will build and maintain an open relationship between government and civil society to support reform projects.

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Supporting Hospitals in Ukraine

Published: February 17, 2016   

Razom has provided a $3,000 grant to the Support Hospitals in Ukraine project. The project is committed to raise $100,000 to send five 40-foot containers to Ukrainian hospitals in Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and other areas in need. Five containers will equate to more than $2 million worth of medical equipment and supplies that are specifically requested by hospitals in Ukraine.

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Razom IT presents “Converting a Tram Depot into a Creative Quarter in Lviv: A conversation with Ilia Kenigshtein”

Published: February 3, 2016   

Our February Razom IT Speaker Series event focused on a creative new project developing in Lviv. Ilia Kenigshtein presented how he is converting an old tram depot in Lviv into a cool co-working space that concentrates on education, technology and entertainment. He’s calling it the “Creative Quarter”, a place for entrepreneurs, artists, journalists, social figures to meet and create things under one roof.

 

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Costumes for New Years Masquerade Ball

Published: January 25, 2016   

Our amazing Toy Drive team banded together to collect and ship costumes for these adorable kids in the photo to perform in a New Years masquerade ball celebration. Over 200 kids from orphanages and disadvantages families took part in the festivities.
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Partnering with “My City”: a platform for social change

Published: January 13, 2016   

As part of our Razom Partners initiative, we are excited to partner with “Moy Gorod”, a marketplace of social projects and civic activists. “Moy Gorod” is an online platform in Odessa, Ukraine that gets citizens to create and implement projects to make their city more livable. Together we can better spread the word about this online crowdfunding and collaboration platform that citizens are currently using to make their city cleaner, to improve the look of city street through an art project of converting phone booths into elaborate painting, to find a systematic solution for the problem of stray animals, and much more.

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Razom IT presents “My City”: A marketplace of social projects & activists in Odessa

Published: January 13, 2016   

At our January Razom IT Speaker Series event, we learned how civic tech is driving change in Ukraine. Artem Borodatyuk, co-founder of the platform for social good, “Moy Gorod” visited New York and shared his experience of launching an online platform in Odessa, Ukraine that gets citizens to create and implement projects to make their city more livable. He calls it a marketplace of social projects and civic activists.

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Razom IT presents “Ukraine: Rise of Tech Nation” with Yevgen Sysoyev

Published: December 23, 2015   

An astounding number of tech innovations around the globe are fueled by talent from Ukraine. You might not realize it, but you have benefited from them if you’ve used Ford’s in-car infotainment system, Reuters award-winning photography app, Nokia’s customer retail experience, or Deutsche Bank’s Risk Management System.

 

At our December Razom IT Speaker Series event, we had a great lineup of established Ukrainian IT professionals talk about the rise of Ukraine as a technology nation.

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Christmas Jazz with Shokolad and Bria Blessing

Published: December 20, 2015   

Shockolad, ethno-jazz band from Lviv, performed in New York, together with singer Bria Blessing. Here are a few shots from their heart warming performance. Razom was excited to be a promotional sponsor and partner up with Roman Kobuley on bringing quality Ukrainian music to New York.

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