Our Partners and Beneficiaries of Aid in Ukraine
At Mriya Aid, we believe that by working together with our trusted partners, we can make a real difference in the lives of those affected by the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Our partnerships are the backbone of our efforts to deliver essential aid, and our beneficiaries are the reason we strive every day to expand and improve our support initiatives.
Ukrainian Agencies
Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
MOD is responsible for Ukraine’s defence capabilities, managing the military forces, planning and executing military operations and supplying military units with material and resources coordinating with national and international stakeholders.
Mriya Aid has worked with AFU, NGU and other MOD agencies since early 2022. Our direct partnership with MOD began in February 2024 and has resulted in successful train and equip projects for AFU-MOD sappers, as well as impactful advocacy work in mine action.
Main Directorate of Mine Action
Civilian Protection and Environmental Safety
MD MA-MOD was established in early 2024 to implement state policy as the Secretariat of the National Mine Action Authority (NMAA) of the MOD. The NMAA includes 13 government agencies and conducts analytical work and coordination of the Mine Action Centre, the Humanitarian Demining Centre, and all mine a
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In 2024, the MD MA-MOD worked closely with Mriya Aid on our EOD Train & Equip program, which saw over 150 Ukrainian state agency sappers trained and certified in IMAS EOD and equipped with PPE, detectors, toolkits and other life-saving gear - and another 18 managers certified to IMAS L3+.
Ministry of Economy of Ukraine
MOE is responsible for shaping and implementing state economic policy, managing national resources, supporting entrepreneurship, developing industry, foreign trade, and ensuring economic stability and an investment-friendly climate. In the context of demining Ukraine, the MOE ensures the effective use o
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Since May 2024, Mriya Aid has worked with the MOE on project ideas. In October we participated at the MOE’s Ukraine Mine Action Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Armed Forces of Ukraine
AFU are responsible to defend Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national security, through 3 services - Ground Forces, Air Force, and the Navy, 5 special branches - Special Operations, Territorial Defence, and Logistical, Medical and Support Forces Command, 2 separate troop arms, and mul
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Since March 2022, Mriya Aid has been in regular communication with General Staff and individual commanders, and has provided live saving support to well over 100 AFU units (sappers, snipers, NCOs, drone operators, medics).
Support Forces Command
SFC is a key branch of the AFU, responsible for ensuring conditions for the effective operation of the main combat forces by providing support to combat units and subdivisions by organizing and managing logistics, supply, medical assistance, equipment repairs, ammunition delivery, and other resources es
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Mriya Aid works with SFC to coordinate the selection of sappers for training and equipment.
National Guard of Ukraine
NGU a law enforcement agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. The NGU ensures national security, maintains law and order, protects critical infrastructure, and fights terrorist and criminal organizations. During wartime, the NGU is mobilized as a regular military force and takes part in c
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Since March 2022, Mriya Aid has been supporting the NGU with ISR drones and communications equipment, medical and non-lethal gear, tourniquets and sapper training and demining equipment.
State Special Transport Service of Ukraine
SSTS is the government agency responsible for ensuring the safety and efficiency of special transportation used for national security and defense, essential cargoes, and critical infrastructure. The service includes demining battalions that conduct the demining of transportation routes and clearing of e
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Since 2022, Mriya Aid has made possible IMAS EOD Levels 1-3 demining training for over 70 SSTS sappers, and provided PPE, detectors, and equipment for over 50 SSTS sappers.
National Police of Ukraine
NPU is the state law enforcement institution responsible for ensuring public order, fighting crime, and protecting the rights and freedoms of citizens. Established in 2015, the NPU currently has over 60,000 personnel and is subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Since 2022, the NPU has signifi
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Mriya Aid has been working with the NPU throughout 2024, including providing IMAS EOD Level 3 training and certification for several NPU academy training personnel.
State Emergency Service of Ukraine
SESU has approximately 80,000 personnel in various units - rescue services, fire departments, bomb disposal teams, medical and emergency rescue teams, all of whom work to ensure civilian safety and respond to emergencies across Ukraine. Since the full-scale invasion, SESU workers have been actively invo
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Since March 2022, Mriya Aid has been supporting various SESU units by providing firefighting gear, tourniquets, and other equipment.
Special Operations Forces
SOF are elite units of the AFU, specializing in complex, high-intensity operations in special conditions that require advanced training. Their primary task is to carry out special missions in counter-terrorism and reconnaissance, and to support national security and defence efforts. During the war again
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Mriya Aid has been assisting SOF since 2022 with tourniquets, lifesaving frontline gear, ISR drones, communications, and advocacy.
State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
SBGS is responsible for protecting and securing Ukraine's state border on land and at sea. Since 2022, Ukrainian border guards help demine border areas, especially where combat operations have or are taking place. Border guard units in eastern Ukraine, where combat operations are ongoing, are constantly
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Mriya Aid began its work with SBGS in May 2024, when we visited the National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
Non-Commissioned Officers
NCOs represent a post-Soviet, NATO-supported mindset and structure for the fulfillment of missions in the AFU (including SSTS and NGU). NCO training includes leadership and management skill building as well as combat training, critical thinking, making balanced decisions, and leading effectively.
Since 2022, Mriya Aid has supported NCOs across services and units in Ukraine, and has provided material assistance for the NCO Leadership Course offered at the National Defence University of Ukraine.
Ukrainian, Canadian and International NGOs
Women`s Information Consultative Center
WICC supports women in the areas of legal assistance, psychological support, social adaptation, and consultations on health, economic independence, and combating violence. Since 2016, the WICC has been consulting the security sector on gender issues and women’s rights.
Since our meeting in late 2023, Mriya Aid has collaborated with the WICC to promote further integration of women in Ukraine’s defence and security forces.
Ukrainian World Congress
UWC is an international organization uniting Ukrainian organizations around the globe. Serving as the voice of the Ukrainian diaspora, the UWC represents Ukrainians’ interests and advocates for the protection of their rights. In the context of Russia's aggression against Ukraine, the UWC plays a crucial
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In 2022 and 2023, Mriya Aid worked with the UWC to procure and deliver numerous ISR military drones to Ukrainian units.
NATO Association of Canada
Was founded in 1966 to promote knowledge and understanding of NATO in Canada. Its mission is to promote peace, prosperity, and security through an understanding of the importance of NATO, and to educate and engage Canadians about NATO’s goal of peace, prosperity, and security.
Mriya Aid and NATO Association of Canada cooperate on initiatives related to the impact of defence, demining, and disinformation on the Alliance, on Ukraine and on Canada’s role on the world stage.
Ukrainian Deminers Association
UDA works to improve the effectiveness of demining operations in Ukraine, protect the population from unexploded ordnance, and support victims of mines. Since 2018, the UDA works with government bodies, international organizations, and humanitarian agencies to uphold standards and norms for humanitarian
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In October 2024, UDA and Mriya Aid signed a memorandum of cooperation, and have been cooperating to facilitate training and support for Ukrainian sappers.
Help Ukraine 22 and Freedom Friends
Provide humanitarian assistance, support Ukraine’s civilian population, and help Ukrainian military personnel on the frontlines as well as war victims.
Mriya Aid has coordinated with Help Ukraine 22-Operation Palyanytsya since March 2022 and with the associated Freedom Friends since 2024 to deliver critically needed emergency gear to firefighters and medical supplies and equipment to hospitals near the front line.
Initiative E+
Was founded in Kyiv in 2014 by medical professionals who gave life-saving assistance to Ukrainians during the Revolution of Dignity (Maidan). The team delivers essential medications and certified tourniquets to medics on the frontlines. Since 2022, they have provided hundreds of evacuation vehicles and
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Since October 2024, Mriya Aid has worked with Initiative E+. Through them, we have provided CAT tourniquets to multiple military units along the frontlines.
Forum for Ukrainian Studies
Is an analytical online platform for policy experts and think tanks. It is run by a team from the Contemporary Ukraine Studies Program at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the Univer
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Mriya Aid works with the Forum and MMS in coordinating an international consortium that addresses the impact of disinformation on Canada and Ukraine.
Disinfo Watch
Is a foreign disinformation monitoring and awareness-building platform, with data sourced through an international network of journalists, civil society organizations and analysts. The Disinfo Watch team works to raise public understanding of mis/disinformation and build long-term resilience against it.
Mriya Aid works with Disinfo Watch in coordinating an international consortium that addresses the impact of disinformation on Canada and Ukraine.
East Europe Foundation
EEF is a Ukrainian charitable organization, founded in 1992 to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Today EEF is a leader in Ukraine’s civil society sector, having completed over 100 programs supporting the development of democracy and civil society, e-government, SMEs and social entrepreneurshi
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East Europe Foundation has provided Mriya Aid with a home base when we’re on the road, working to support Ukrainian defenders, sappers, NGOs and local business.
DIAMAP
Is a civil society project about Ukrainians abroad and the preservation of Ukrainian identity around the world. Through podcasts, interviews and mini-courses, it brings the stories of the Ukrainian diaspora, immigrants and refugees who were displaced and succeeded.
DIAMAP recorded and posted 5 podcasts about Mriya Aid and interviewed us at the Lviv Radio station. In 2025, a “History of the Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada” course will be implemented with the support of the Bohdan Hawrylyshyn Family Foundation.
Strichka
Is a platform and community of Ukrainians operating abroad. It aims to help Ukrainians act decisively together, help each other, preserve their national identity and cultural heritage, and to coordinate global actions that support Ukraine.
In 2024, Mriya Aid began our journey with the Strichka community.
Ukrainian Canadian Advocacy Group
Spearheads events and projects that promote Ukrainian culture and support Ukrainians impacted by war. UCAG runs the Rehabilitation Program for the Children of Fallen Heroes in the Carpathian Mountains, providing trauma therapy and positive experiences to grieving children.
Mriya Aid supported UCAG’s work with Team Ukraine’s competitors at the 2025 Invictus Games, and veterans’ families and adaptive sport initiatives in Ukraine.
Canadian Bomberos
Is a group of volunteer firefighters providing gear donated from across Canada to disadvantaged firefighters in Mexico, Central and South America. Since 2022, they have supplied firefighters in Ukraine with PPE and equipment through Mriya Aid, by inspecting it to ensure it’s safe to use, and requesting
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Since early 2022, Mriya Aid has shipped donations collected by Canadian Bomberos for firefighters and emergency responders across Ukraine, including PPE, tools such as jaws of life and breathing apparatus, as well as emergency and medical supplies.
Leleka Foundation
Was founded in 2014 by Ukrainians in the U.S. jointly with several volunteer initiatives in Ukraine to deliver critical medical supplies in response to Russian aggression in Eastern Ukraine and Crimea.
Mriya Aid has purchased and delivered CAT Gen 7 tourniquets to the Leleka Foundation.
Hospitaliers
The Hospitallers is a volunteer-driven initiative established in 2014 to provide medical support to Ukrainian soldiers. The work of paramedics has been critical during the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, as they provide support in the most dangerous regions along the front.
In early 2023, Mriya Aid purchased and delivered CAT Gen 7 tourniquets to the Hospitaliers.
Service Provider
Praedium Consulting Malta
Praedium Consulting Malta operates MAT Kosovo, a purpose-built, IMAS-compliant EOD and IEDD mine action training base, with a team of SMEs who have been training demining professionals and sappers from around the world since 1999.
Mriya Aid has engaged and worked with PCM MAT Kosovo since 2022. PCM offers Mriya Aid a preferred rate as a donation and commitment to Ukrainians to ensure that Ukrainian men and women have the best possible professional learning experience.
Ukrainian Tactical Products
UTP designs, manufactures and supplies specialized demining equipment for Ukraine’s defense and security sector. Focusing on safety in R&D and manufacturing helps sappers work effectively and safely when demining land and infrastructure and restoring war-affected areas and liberated territories.
In 2024, Mriya Aid procured demining toolkits from UTP for different units of AFU and NGU, and worked with UTP on printing and disseminating the mine identification manual “Mina” to Ukrainian sappers and demining training centres in Ukraine.
SafePro Group
Safe-Pro designs, engineers and manufactures bullet and blast-resistant body armor and PPE including vests, plates, ballistic helmets, EOD suits, and works in Ukraine with drone and AI systems to expedite mine detection and clearance.
Mriya Aid has worked with SafePro since 2023, purchasing ballistic and blast-resistant EOD suits, toolkits, and other gear for AFU and SSTS sappers. We also partnered to provide an SSTS sapper squad with EOD PPE, tools, and gear.
Elektrohydraulika
Elektrohydraulika is a Ukrainian company that specializes in the development and production of equipment for blasting operations since 2000. The company's products are widely used within Ukraine's security and defense sector.
In 2024, Mriya Aid purchased Elektrohydraulika explosion controllers for AFU and NGU sappers.
Velmet
Velmet originated as part of a volunteer movement in 2014 that manufactured PPE, tactical gear, and provided it free of charge to the Ukrainian military. Today, the company has extensive experience and a loyal customer base among military units and Ukrainian training centres, for whom it constantly impr
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In 2025, Mriya Aid purchased Velmet sapper body armor and protective helmets for AFU and NGU sapper units.
MarsMD
Msrs MD manufactures a wide range of metal detectors designed for detecting mines, ammunition, submunitions, and explosive devices containing metallic components.
In 2024, Mriya Aid purchased MarsMD detectors for various AFU and NGU sapper units.
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