Georgian Football Federation, national team players to send humanitarian aid to Ukraine
The Georgian Football Federation (GFF) and the national team will send first aid items and other products to Ukraine. Photo: GFF/Facebook.
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The Georgian Football Federation (GFF) and the national team will send humanitarian aid including first aid items, medical equipment, various types of medicines and baby food to Ukraine, the GFF said on Tuesday.
First aid items, medical equipment, baby food and medicines will be sent to Ukraine. Photo: gff.ge
GFF President Levan Kobiashvili said “football is more than 90 minutes and more than a result, and our [GFF team, footballers] actions reflect that sentiment.”
We have been supporting the people of Ukraine and our dear friends at the Ukrainian Football Association since the first day of the war. Georgian footballers playing in Georgia and abroad are united in their support and solidarity for our Ukrainian friends,” Kobiashvili said.
Expressing solidarity with the people of Ukraine, Guram Kashia, a national football team player, said his colleagues “are concerned with the situation in Ukraine” and they hope for an end to the war soon.
Russia started its military invasion on February 24, following President Putin’s announcement of the recognition of the independence of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk on February 21.
The Tbilisi-based Ilia State University (ISU) has established a programme to offer teaching opportunities to Ukrainian academics placed “at risk” by the Russian invasion of their country, the university announced on Tuesday.
The Red Cross Society of Georgia has sent 40 tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine in support of the people affected by war, the organisation announced on Monday.
A humanitarian aid package for Ukraine has been collected throughout Georgia following a decision by the Prime Minister, with 100 tons of aid prepared to be dispatched to the country on the backdrop of Russia's invasion.
The Georgian government will cover accommodation and food costs of Ukrainian citizens who arrived in the country between February 1 and 23, the Georgian National Tourism Administration said on Tuesday.
Children of Ukrainian families stranded in Tbilisi due to the outbreak of hostilities in their country following the Russian invasion will be able to go to kindergartens without any fees starting the next week, Mayor Kakha Kaladze announced on Wednesday.
The Georgia Rugby Union has launched an initiative to collect humanitarian aid to support Ukrainian citizens affected by the war. In a post published on Facebook, the national body for the sport asked the public to deliver non-perishable food, medicines, diapers and personal hygiene items for children and adults to addresses in three cities across Georgia.
Shakhtar Donetsk, the Ukrainian football club based in the east of the country, has thanked Georgian club Dinamo Tbilisi for humanitarian aid sent to Ukraine for supporting those affected by Russia’s military aggression on the country.
A charity competition involving Ukrainian citizens, Georgian athletes and ordinary citizens will take place in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti province next month, the International Foundation of Sport, Tourism and Youth announced on Friday.
The Georgian national flag is among those of the countries of the world supporting Ukraine in its defence from the Russian invasion, displayed on a special edition uniform of the Ukrainian national football team and revealed this week.
Run for Ukraine, a charity competition that aims to help Ukrainian families affected by Russian aggression, will be hosted in the Georgian winemaking region Kakheti on June 5, the Business Association of Georgia and the International Foundation of Sport, Tourism and Youth revealed after signing a memorandum of cooperation today.
The Georgian paralympic committee hosts the Ukrainian national team in Para powerlifting with its funds at the European Open Championships, which opened on Saturday and will run till Thursday, in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Friday said it was his Government's “duty” to provide “maximum” political and humanitarian support to Ukraine amid the latter’s ongoing war with Russia.