The charitable foundation “Corporation of Monsters” was officially registered in 2017, although its origins date back to 2014, when the war with Russian occupiers began in eastern Ukraine. At that time, “Corporation of Monsters” actively provided assistance to internally displaced persons from Donbas.
The founder of the foundation is Kateryna Yuriivna Nozhevnikova. During the foundation’s existence, Kateryna was included in the ranking of the most influential women of Ukraine according to Focus magazine in 2021, received the Order of Princess Olha (Third Class), presented by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during celebrations on the occasion of International Volunteer Day, and in 2021 became an honorary citizen of Odesa Oblast. In 2022, she was awarded the medal of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine “For Assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine” and the honorary distinction “For Assistance to the Naval Forces of Ukraine.” On August 30, 2022, Kateryna received the Order of Princess Olha (Second Class) — a state award of Ukraine for recognizing women for outstanding achievements in state, industrial, public, scientific, educational, cultural, charitable, and other spheres of public activity, as well as raising children in the family.
Main areas of the foundation’s work:
- providing medical assistance to people;
- assistance to hospitals (purchase of new equipment and renovation of wards);
- good lunch for lonely Odesa residents;
- assistance to orphanage graduates;
- humanitarian aid to people in difficult life situations.
Also, in July 2019, the charitable foundation “Corporation of Monsters” became the full owner of the castle on French Boulevard, specifically one of the buildings of the former Chuvyrin sanatorium (also known as Dacha Anatra). We believe that a large modern city center for charity and social projects can be organized at this location. We invite all concerned individuals to a brainstorming session. We cannot do this without your help. Only together can we create the first charity center in the city’s history.
Assistance in the Fight Against COVID-19
This project was created during the COVID-19 pandemic, as a result of many COVID patients requiring oxygen therapy, while the city and hospitals were unable to cope with the number of sick patients and there were not enough oxygen concentrators — our foundation decided to purchase concentrators. The project launched in March 2020 and continues to this day. During the pandemic, assistance was provided to more than 5,000 (five thousand) oxygen-dependent people. Primarily, these are residents of the city of Odesa and Odesa Oblast, but assistance was also provided to citizens from other regions of Ukraine.
Support for the Armed Forces of Ukraine
At that time, it seemed to us all that COVID was an enemy we were not prepared for. But we were able to unite. After that, we eagerly awaited the “retreat” of the invisible force and planned how we would return to our normal way of life, live without fear, meet with friends, travel, and live ordinary lives. But everything happened quite differently, in a way we could not have imagined even in our worst nightmare. A real enemy and murderer came to our land. Putin and his army are destroying our cities every day! They are destroying infrastructure with missile strikes! They are killing our men, women, and children! They are killing hope… but we are not giving up!
Today, the foundation provides humanitarian assistance to the local population, to those who are on the verge of survival: single mothers, elderly lonely pensioners, bedridden individuals, disabled children. We deliver diapers, food, baby food, medicines, and hygiene products. But ordinary citizens are also experiencing difficulties. The foundation also assists the Armed Forces of Ukraine, providing our soldiers with tactical first aid kits, quadcopters, vehicles, and many other necessary items. We must support our defenders! But many things are practically impossible to find today on the territory of Ukraine. And we understand that soon we will no longer be able to manage on our own.
We, the residents of Ukraine, are appealing to all countries for help! We realize that we cannot manage without your assistance! We are grateful for your participation in the fate of our peaceful, beautiful Ukraine, which is being destroyed today by the murderers and criminals of the Russian Federation!
We wish everyone a peaceful sky above their heads. Glory to Ukraine!
Nozhevnikova Kateryna — founder of charitable foundation “Corporation of Monsters”. The foundation was officially registered in 2017, although it launched its activities in 2014, when the war with the Russian occupants in Eastern Ukraine began. At that time, being a volunteer organization, “Corporation of Monsters” actively assisted internally displaced people of Donbas.
In 2021 Kateryna was named one of 100 most influential women of Ukraine (according to Focus magazine rating).
She was awarded the Order of Princess Olha (Third Class).
The award was presented by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during celebrations on the occasion of International Volunteer Day.
In addition, throughout these years, the fund has been actively developing.
Main activities of the fund:
- medical care provision
- providing help to hospitals (purchase of new equipment and renovation of medical wards)
- “Good lunch” for lonely elderly people of Odesa
- assistance to graduates of orphanages
- humanitarian aid to people in difficult life situations.
- Also, in July 2019, the charitable foundation “Corporation of Monsters” became a full owner of the castle on French Boulevard (former Chuvyrin health resort or Dacha Anatra).
We believe that a large modern city charity and social projects center can be organized at this place. We invite all concerned to the public discussion. We cannot do this without your help. Only together will we be able to create the first charity center in the city’s history.
Assistance in the Fight Against COVID-19.
This project was created during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since there were many patients with COVID-19 who needed oxygen therapy, but the city and the hospitals were not coping with the number of severely ill patients, in particular, lacking oxygen concentrators — our foundation decided to purchase concentrators.
The project was launched in March 2020 and is ongoing today. Over 5,000 (five thousand) oxygen-dependent people have been assisted during the pandemic. Mainly, they are residents of the city of Odesa and Odesa Oblast, but the aid was also provided to citizens from other regions of Ukraine.
At that time it seemed to us all that COVID was the enemy which we were not ready to fight. However, we managed to unite. We were looking forward to the “retreat” of the invisible force. We were dreaming about our return to the usual lifestyle – to live without fear, to meet friends, to travel and live a normal life.
Stop War in Ukraine.
But everything happened a little differently. Something that we could not have even imagined in the worst nightmare. A real enemy and murderer has come to our land. Putin and his army are destroying our cities every day!!! They are killing our men, women, children and destroying our infrastructure!!! They are killing hope… But we are not giving up!!!
These days our foundation is striving to acquire hemostatic drugs and dressings, body armor and helmets.
We must support our defenders!!! But today all the above items are practically impossible to find on the territory of Ukraine.
We are already rendering all possible assistance to our soldiers. We are providing humanitarian assistance to the local population, to those who are on the verge of survival today: single mothers, elderly lonely pensioners, bedridden and disabled children. We are donating diapers, food, baby food, medicines and hygiene products. But ordinary citizens are also experiencing dramatic hardships. And we understand that soon we will no longer be able to cope on our own…
We, residents of Ukraine, are appealing to all the countries of the globe for help! We are confident that we will not be able to survive without your help! We would be grateful for your participation in saving our peaceful and beautiful Ukraine, which is being destroyed today by the murderers and criminals of the Russian Federation!!!
We wish you all a peaceful sky above your heads.
Glory to Ukraine!