Razom Inc

RAZOM IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO BUILDING A PROSPEROUS AND DEMOCRATIC UKRAINE BY CONSTRUCTING SYSTEMS THAT INTEGRATE ITS CITIZENS INTO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. RAZOM MAINTAINS A RELENTLESS FOCUS ON THE NEEDS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE AND ON THE OPPORTUNITIES TO AMPLIFY VOICES FROM UKRAINE IN CONVERSATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. RAZOM WAS FORMED SOLELY FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND IS A NON-PARTISAN ORGANIZATION.

RAZOM EMERGENCY RESPONSE. WE RESTARTED OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE WORK TO ADDRESS SHORTAGES IN SUPPLIES AND INFORMATION ABOUT COVID-19 IN UKRAINE AND IN NEW YORK. IN THE FIRST PHASE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE DURING MARCH - JUNE 2020, WE RAISED FUNDS TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE WORKERS WITH 1500+ PROTECTIVE SUITS AND 10,000+ RESPIRATORS. WE ADDITIONALLY PURCHASED AND DELIVERED TWO OXYGEN CONCENTRATORS AND AN ISOLATION CAPSULE. WE RESTARTED THE COVID EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN OCTOBER 2020 ONCE THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF ANOTHER PANDEMIC SURGE IN UKRAINE. WE SUPPORTED THE PURCHASES OF OXYGEN CONCENTRATORS IN THE REGIONS OF KHARKIV, ODESA, LVIV, AND RIVNE. WE ALSO HOSTED A SERIES OF EDUCATIONAL WEBINARS IN ENGLISH AND IN UKRAINIAN TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PANDEMIC.

RAZOM CULTURE WE SUPPORTED UKRAINIAN CINEMA WITH MULTIPLE SCREENINGS OF THE DOCUMENTARY 'THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE', INCLUDING AT THE 2020 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL (WHERE IT WON THE WORLD DOCUMENTARY DIRECTING AWARD). WE CELEBRATED UKRAINIAN MUSIC BY HOSTING THE INAUGURAL UKRAINIAN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL, A THREE-DAY EVENT THAT INCLUDED THREE CONCERTS AND NUMEROUS SPEAKERS. THE SHUTDOWN IN 2020 PUSHED US TO THINK UP NEW WAYS TO BRING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER AROUND UKRAINIAN CULTURE. IN THE SUMMER WE HOSTED AN ONLINE EVENT TO CELEBRATE CRIMEAN FLAG DAY. IN SEPTEMBER, WE CAREFULLY HOSTED AN IN-PERSON, OUTDOOR MINI FILM FESTIVAL, KINO NA DAKHU. OVER TWO EVENINGS, WE SHOWED THREE UKRAINIAN FILMS ON THE ROOF OF ST. GEORGE'S ACADEMY.

RAZOM PARTNERS: TWO OF RAZOM PARTNERS ORGANIZATIONS, BUILDING UKRAINE TOGETHER (BUR) AND SERHIY ZHADAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION PARTNERED TO REBUILD A SCHOOL LIBRARY IN MYRONIVSKE IN THE LUHANSK REGION. THE CHILDREN OF THIS POST-INDUSTRIAL TOWN NEAR THE FRONTLINES NEEDED A SPACE TO GATHER, PLAY, AND HANG OUT. BUR RALLIED THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO CREATE SUCH A SPACE IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY. THE SPACE HAS BEEN FULLY RENOVATED AND FURNISHED, SUPPLIED WITH HIGH-SPEED INTERNET, AND STACKED WITH HUNDREDS OF NEW BOOKS. BUR ALSO CONSTRUCTED CIVIC SPACES IN OTHER VILLAGES IN UKRAINE AS PART OF THEIR VOLUNTEER CAMPS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER OF 2020.