How to help horse industry in Ukraine?
Who are we?
We are Avantgarde - an equestrian school established in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1963. Here are some links that can help you understand who we are:
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/avantgarde.school/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/schoolavantgarde1963
Website https://en.avantgarde.in.ua/
We were featured in many TV shows in Ukraine (you can see it on our instagram) and we are well known in Ukraine and in Kyiv particularly. We have around 90 horses located In our stables. While our horses are all safe and fed, we would like to take our part in helping others with a bit of your help.
Problem
As many of you know, Russia has started a full scale war with Ukraine on 24th of February. While many were affected by this, there are those that cannot help themselves - animals. Most of the horse stables and stud farms are in dangerous situations, as all logistics of delivering food, bedding(underlay), medicine and other goods have been ruined. And mainly, everything became much more expensive.
Many stables and stud farms are located on the territories, where battles are held - Lugansk region, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkivv, Mariupol, Odessa, Bucha and many others. On each of the stud farms and hippodromes there are around 500 horses located. But of course, there are also many small clubs, that are also in need of support.
The cost of evacuation to Europe is also very high. The cost of producing a complete set of documents so that a horse can enter the European Union is around 500 euros. Production of documents in the EU ranges from 500 to 1000 euros. The cost of transporting a horse from Ukraine to the European Union is around 1000 to 1500 euros. In total, in order for a horse from Ukraine to end up in the European Union, you need to pay at least 2,000 euros. Very few can afford this nowadays.
As well, we have to take into account all the personnel surrounded around horses that have lost their jobs or lost a significant cut of their pay - coaches, vets, grooms (stableman), athletes and many others.
Our mission
As you can understand by our introduction - we would like to take part in helping horses. All our school funds are already distributed, and used and therefore we require your help in this.
That is exactly why we decided to open a supporting fund. All of the funds collected will be spent on feeding and provisions, evacuation, medicine and transportation of horses, as well as help workers of the industry.
We feel that we can help others, by using our name and reputation and our ability to reach out globally via social and personal networks.
What we will spend the funds on
By using donated funds we want to help to evacuate animals to the peaceful territories in Ukraine and Europe, provide maintenance and daily care to horses and of course, provide help to coaches, vets, grooms (stableman), athletes and many others that have lost their jobs due to the war.
Of course, all of the funds received and spent will be shown and backed up by what we can collect - invoices, emails and requests for help, as much as we can.
Therefore, we would kindly encourage to donate.
Don’t forget, every donations counts!
