Your Impact With the help of generous American citizens, Spirit of America raised $21 million to provide lifesaving helmets, body armor, first aid kits, and vehicles to Ukrainian soldiers and civilian volunteers. Against all odds, our Ukrainian allies are fending off...
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Cost of protecting a Ukrainian soldier
Since February 2022, Spirit of America has delivered lifesaving assistance into the hands of Ukrainian troops and civilian volunteers defending freedom on the front lines. When Russia launched its full-scale war on Ukraine, ordinary citizens, became soldiers overnight...
Frequently asked questions about our work in Ukraine
Spirit of America is providing lifesaving equipment to Ukrainians defending their freedom and democracy on the front lines. All of our assistance is nonlethal and consists of items such as ballistic helmets and bulletproof vests, medical equipment, ready-to-eat meals,...
Help fill the 4th plane with assistance for Ukraine
Our fourth chartered plane, packed with lifesaving assistance for Ukrainians on the front lines, will be en route within a week; you can read more about the first three planes of assistance here. The fourth Boeing 777 is filling up quickly, but we need your help...
Our third planeload of assistance for Ukraine
Our third and most recent shipment of lifesaving assistance made it to the front lines in southern and eastern Ukraine. The 49.2 tons of aid included items such as food supplies, individual first aid kits, headlamps, 2,250 bulletproof vests, 1,905 ballistic helmets,...
Dr. Payab’s story
Dr. Payab was at work the Sunday that the Taliban took Kabul for a second time. He told his colleagues to go home and destroy any sensitive documents. What was normally a five-minute drive home took Dr. Payab one hour as he navigated the crowded and chaotic streets,...
Hasib’s story
Prior to the fall of Kabul, Hasib was a PhD holder and worked as a minister of agriculture in Afghanistan. His wife was starting her last year of medical school. Hasib could remember when the Taliban first invaded Afghanistan 20 years ago and he was forced to flee his...
The helmet that saved a Ukrainian soldier’s life
Last week, one of our military partners shared this photo and said: “This is one of the Spirit of America helmets from a firefight last night in Mykolaiv. It saved his life.”Spirit of America has delivered more than 65 tons of lifesaving supplies and equipment into...
Help fill the plane with assistance for Ukraine
Our third chartered plane packed with lifesaving assistance that is urgently needed on the front lines will be en route to Ukraine within a week; you can read more about the first two planes of assistance here. The Boeing 777 is already two-thirds of the way full, but...