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$25 a month. One safe night for a mother and child.

Your gift reaches the City of Goodness shelter and Ukraine’s pediatric cancer wards through a 40+ member volunteer organization.

3% Cover the Fee
A mother kisses her toddler while sitting in the shelter's library
Once a mother believes in herself, she can do anything — and will do everything for her children.
— Marta Levchenko — Founder of City of Goodness and 2026 Ellis Island Medal of Honor recipient

Monthly gifts are what let the shelter plan — hiring a therapist for the year, keeping generators fueled through winter blackouts, holding a bed open for the family that has not arrived yet.


Where Your Gift Goes: Direct Medical Aid for Ukraine’s Children

Support pediatric palliative care in Ukraine. Your gift funds vital resources like oxygen, pain management, and a warm, safe bed for terminally ill children at the House of Butterflies shelter.

Fund essential pediatric cancer treatments. Your gift covers the cost of specialized bandages, lab tests, and daily medications to protect Ukrainian children undergoing intense chemotherapy.

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Supply critical chemotherapy drugs. Provide specialized Broviac catheters and life-saving medications for displaced Ukrainian children battling cancer.

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Equip Ukrainian pediatric surgeons. Provide state-of-the-art tools, such as laparoscopic handles and neurosurgery electrodes, to perform life-saving, less-traumatic tumor removals.


A woman carries a small child in her arms down from the open back of an ambulance, with two men standing beside it
A woman carries a small child in her arms down from the open back of an ambulance, with two men standing beside it

(Partner: EVUM)


We fund the direct purchase of critical surgical equipment, chemotherapy drugs, and essential lab tests for pediatric cancer patients at Ukrainian hospitals, including St. Nicholas Hospital and Lviv Okhmatdyt. Your charitable donation ensures that every pill, test, and surgical tool brings a child closer to victory over cancer.

Funding Pediatric Oncology & Surgery

(Partner: City of Goodness)


We help sustain the House of Butterflies, Ukraine’s first charitable pediatric palliative care center. Your donations support a 62-bed facility equipped with bomb shelters, specialized medical teams, and emergency evacuation ambulances to protect terminally ill children displaced by the war.

Sustaining Pediatric Palliative Care & Shelter

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Prefer not to give online? Mail a check to 770 W Dundee Rd, Arlington Heights, IL 60004, or email info@uwaahelp.org for wire details.

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