The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) and the Association of Ukrainians in Victoria (AUV) will tonight honour 48 Australians who have gone above and beyond to help displaced Ukrainians in Victoria by awarding them AFUO-AUV Good Samaritan plaques. "We want to acknowledge these compassionate Aussies. They have donated money, food, clothes, goods and … [Read more...]

Turn off. Donate. Support Life. The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) has called on Australians to step into the shoes of millions of Ukrainians suffering without power by turning off their energy for an hour and providing life-saving help by donating to a generator fund for Ukraine. “Russia’s war of genocide has entered yet another cruel chapter. … [Read more...]

The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) stands with the families of victims of MH17, who this week received justice in a criminal court in the Netherlands with the finding that pro-Russian fighters, under the control of Moscow, shot down the commercial flight over eastern Ukraine in 2014. “We know that for the families, it has been eight years of deep … [Read more...]

The announcement by Australian billionaire businessman Andrew Forrest to invest $740 million into the post-war Ukrainian economy by seeding an investment fund which will seek to rebuild Ukraine’s shattered energy and communications infrastructure has been hailed by the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) as a ‘game-changer’. “Ukraine and Ukrainians know … [Read more...]

The Ukrainian community in Australia has warmly welcomed the donation by the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery’s Midwinter Ball of $100,000 to the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations’ (AFUO) charity, Ukraine Crisis Appeal (UCA), which will use the funds to refurbish a new shelter designed to house around 500 displaced men, women and children in Ukraine. “There … [Read more...]