The re-launched AFUO Medical Aid Subcommittee will build on the work of the AFUO's International Coordination of Medical Aid Subcommittee (ICMAU), which sent over 280 pallets of critically needed medical aid to Ukraine from the start of russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The subcommittee is looking for volunteers who can commit a few hours a week to … [Read more...]

As we approach the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor - the genocidal, Soviet forced famine which starved to death millions of Ukrainians in 1932-33 - we mourn the passing away of Sydney-based community member Pani Domna Daciw, a Holodomor survivor. As a seven year old in Svatove, Luhansk oblast, Pani Domna saw and experienced the Holodomor - with clarity she spoke about the … [Read more...]

The AFUO’s Ukraine Crisis Appeal has today launched the Ukraine Needs Ambulances campaign to purchase and deliver life-saving ambulances across Ukraine. In a life and death situation, an ambulance is a lifeline. But they are in short supply.  Chris Leptos AO, prominent corporate and not-for-profit adviser, philanthropist and Chairman of the Summer Foundation, has jumped … [Read more...]

This fascinating article from the Australian Defence Department reports on Operation Kudu - Australia’s contribution to the UK-led multinational mission training recruits from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Ukrainian female and male recruits - teachers, builders, retail assistants - are highly motivated and determined to learn all they can so they can ‘defend their … [Read more...]

The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations condemns the barbaric, terrorist attack by Hamas against the people of Israel. We extend our deepest condolences for the innocent lives lost and stand with the people of Israel as they seek to defend themselves. We will keep the Australian-Jewish community in our thoughts and prayers at such a difficult time. We … [Read more...]