Help on Bee Wings

Help on Bee Wings is a non-governmental organisation based in Lviv, Ukraine working on humanitarian aid & disaster relief, employment & skills, mental health +2 more.

Help on Bee Wings is a Ukrainian charitable foundation that implements the Help on Bee Wings Program, initiated by the All-Ukrainian Nongovernmental Organization Brotherhood of Ukrainian Beekeepers. The programme was launched in 2015 in Mykolaiv region and supports wounded and disabled war veterans through beekeeping training, mentoring and the provision of apiaries, helping them rebuild their health, skills, families and livelihoods. Since the full-scale invasion in 2022, the foundation has also worked to restore destroyed or abandoned apiaries across Ukraine, to provide humanitarian aid and temporary relocation support for beekeepers' families, and to help beekeepers obtain protective clothing and first aid kits on an individual basis. The parent organisation has been active internationally since 2005, is a full member of Apimondia and Apislavia, and was the organiser of the Apimondia International Beekeeping Congress held in Kyiv in 2013. The foundation is funded by donations from philanthropists and accepts contributions in several currencies and cryptocurrencies.