Leading up to Saturday 25 November, Holodomor Awareness Day, the AFUO and Australian-Ukrainian community will join worldwide campaigns and commemorative events marking 90 years since the 1932-33 Holodomor genocide in Ukraine. As in other countries, the AFUO has written to every Member of Parliament urging them to support Australia declaring the Holodomor - an artificial … [Read more...]

The UKRAINE NEEDS AMBULANCES Ukraine Crisis Appeal campaign will be delivering four low kilometre, high grade, fully equipped ambulances to Ukraine next week! Each will be packed to the brim with critical medical aid, providing life saving support across Ukraine. Chris Leptos AO, who has been a driving force for the project, will lead the convoy of ambulances being … [Read more...]

Today, on Remembrance Day, the AFUO and Australian-Ukrainians will join all Australians in honouring and remembering those who have served their country. Lest we forget. … [Read more...]

Through the generosity of over 15,000 donors, the AFUO - Ukraine Crisis Appeal is funding the transportation of a 40-foot container with critical medical and humanitarian aid to hospitals and doctors in Ukraine. The shipment will contain 32 pallets of medical and humanitarian aid, plus three dental chairs, 25 wheelchairs, 2 patient hoists, 25 de-mining metal detectors, … [Read more...]

A pop-up exhibition by Lithuanian-Australian artist Rimas Kabaila at the International Flag Display in Canberra last week was a stark reminder of the atrocities committed by russia since February 2022 in its genocidal war on Ukraine. Memorial plaques - engraved with a tryzub and the name of individual sites of russian brutality and genocide - feature a deadly and chilling … [Read more...]