On the birthday of our much admired and missed late community leader, ✝️Stefan Romaniw OAM (1955-2024), we honour his memory and take the time to remember his profound legacy to us. Our thoughts are with his family on this difficult day, and acknowledge that his absence continues to be felt profoundly by the Ukrainian community, both here in Australia and around the … [Read more...]

On Thursday 7th November, the powerful documentary “The Cranes Call” was shown at a special “preview” screening in Melbourne, with attendees including Ukrainian Ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko and members of the Melbourne Ukrainian hromada. Funded by the Clooney Foundation for Justice and Minderoo Pictures, the documentary tells the heart-pounding story of a mission to … [Read more...]

Donate here: https://futureukraine.org.au/events/viktor-blacksmith/ Thank you to everyone who has already donated to our campaign to help Viktor get back on his feet! We have raised an amazing $13,115 so far and have now created a dedicated PayPal campaign page, which has combined all our donations and lets us track new donations as they come in! We thank … [Read more...]

Join the AFUO nationwide email campaign to thank our Government for the recent M1A1 Abrams tanks aid package and for listening to the strong desire of displaced Ukrainians to call Australia home.   Send your email now: 📍https://standwithukraine.good.do/aus-provide-more-military-aid-to-ukraine/message-local-mps/ Late last year the AFUO launched #CampaignForUkraine. … [Read more...]

The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations warmly welcomes the announcement by the Federal Government today that Australia will gift 14 rigid hull boats to Ukraine to bolster its maritime and coastal defence. The Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles, said “Ukraine has demonstrated its ability to thwart Russia’s continued attacks from the Black Sea. We … [Read more...]

The AFUO warmly congratulates Ukrainian Council of NSW - ОУГ НПВ for a successful and vibrant “October Family Fest - Heartbeats of Ukraine” which took place at Steyne Park, Sydney on Sunday, 27 October. Over 700 people attended a celebratory day of Ukrainian culture, cuisine, dance, bandura, traditional songs, and fun activities for the whole family. The festivities … [Read more...]

Join us for the Ukrainian Embassy’s webinar on “Investment in Ukraine and the Postwar Reconstruction of Ukraine” on Wednesday 6 November at 5:30pm! 🛜 Online (free registration)🗓️ Wednesday 6 November⏰ 5:30pm - 6:30pm AEDT (Canberra) The online event will feature Oleksandr Melnychenko, Executive Director of Ukraine Invest, an investment promotion agency. Mr … [Read more...]

Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) Co-chair Kateryna Argyrou has welcomed  the Russian Federation’s decision to ban her, alongside 130 other Australians, from entering Russia as a sign the AFUO and Australian-Ukrainian community are heading in the right direction in their strong advocacy for their homeland against Russia’s genocidal invasion. ‘This move by … [Read more...]

In September 2024 the AFUO, Ukraine Crisis Appeal, and Rotary Australia Community Service were among the sponsors of the Friends of Radiology in Ukraine - Друзі Радіології в Україні conference held in Lviv. Through funding raised by generous donations to the Ukraine Crisis Appeal and our staunch allies at GE Healthcare ANZ we were able to purchase 20 Vscan Air mobile … [Read more...]

In a historic announcement, the Australian Government recently announced it will be gifting 49 M1A1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine - the largest donation of tanks from any country in the world. This was not a foregone conclusion. In fact, as a community, we were told many times that this would never happen. In light of this, I would like to acknowledge the powerful advocacy … [Read more...]