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CLEVELAND STANDS WITH UKRAINE.

A Northeast Ohio nonprofit organizing humanitarian aid, leading medical missions, and strengthening community engagement for Ukraine.

Mission Statement

Cleveland Maidan Association is a medical humanitarian nonprofit dedicated to saving lives, strengthening healthcare, and supporting communities affected by war in Ukraine through medical aid, education, training, and humanitarian assistance.

Cleveland Maidan Association volunteers holding American and Ukrainian flags in a warehouse

Aid that moves. Impact you can see.

Verified totals from our shipments, programs, and annual reporting.

320,000+

Pounds of medical & humanitarian aid sent to Ukraine since the full-scale invasion

Since February 2022

80+

Ambulances and other rescue vehicles financed

1,000

Trauma first-aid kits sent to first responders

1,300+

Ukrainian families supported since 2014

How we help

Five ways we support Ukraine.

Shipments today, and the training, education, and family support that keep saving lives tomorrow.

CMA delivers critical medical and rehabilitation support to hospitals, frontline care providers, and rehabilitation partners across Ukraine.

What this looks like
  • New and repurposed medical equipment, surgical equipment, intensive care equipment, and essential hospital supplies
  • Combat medic trauma kits, emergency medical supplies, and lifesaving equipment for frontline and stabilization care
  • Rehabilitation equipment, mobility support, and essential supplies for patients recovering from serious injury
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A national combat-medic training program reaching roughly 27,000 field medics a year, in partnership with Ukrainian medical institutions.

What this looks like
  • Tactical combat casualty care for field medics
  • Instructor-training so Ukrainian teams teach their own at 18 locations across Ukraine
  • Partnerships with Ukrainian medical institutions
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Medical missions and educational conferences that give Ukrainian clinicians the techniques needed to treat complex war injuries.

What this looks like
  • Surgical missions to Ukraine and US/Ukrainian doctor exchange missions
  • Conferences on trauma care, reconstruction surgery, burn injuries, and mental health 
  • Ongoing mentorship between US and Ukrainian doctors
Explore Medical Education →

Direct cash transfers to Ukrainian families affected by war — the highest impact per donated dollar and the most dignified way to help.

What this looks like
  • Direct cash transfers to families in need
  • Support for families of wounded and fallen soldiers
  • Emergency grants for medical treatment and rehab
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Community engagement, cultural programming, festivals, and dialogue across Greater Cleveland keep Ukraine visible and this community connected.

What this looks like
  • Ukrainian Village festivals and cultural programming
  • Community engagement with local officials, Ohio officials, and U.S. national officials
  • Youth, church, and school partnerships across Greater Cleveland
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The journey of aid

Medical supplies are packed in Cleveland, delivered throughout Ukraine.

Follow a single shipment through six stages — from donations across the region to the Cleveland warehouse floor, then four thousand seven hundred miles to a hospital ward.

Volunteers packing aid in the Cleveland warehouse
STAGE 01 / 06PACKED / CLEVELAND WAREHOUSE

CLEVELAND

Donations from hospitals, clinics, businesses, churches, and neighbors arrive at the Cleveland warehouse. Volunteers verify each request, inspect and sort every item by hand, then inventory, pack, and label the supplies for the Ukrainian partners and medical facilities waiting to receive them.

Approx. distance traveled
0 MI
Mode
ROAD FREIGHT

Fuel the next shipment

Your gift becomes aid on the ground.

Every dollar moves medical supplies, training, and direct support from Cleveland to the people who need it in Ukraine.

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A driver handing a box of medical supplies to a doctor outside a hospital in Ukraine

CMA in the headlines

Covered by the newsroom.

Local and national reporters have followed this work from the warehouse floor to hospitals in Ukraine. Read their coverage — not ours.

Jan 23, 2026

Cleveland Maidan Association supports rescue operation for Ukrainian children ↗

Spectrum News Ohio · Tanya Velazquez

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From the blog

Dispatches from Cleveland to Ukraine.

Shipment reports, program updates, and stories from the volunteers who make the work happen — written up as they happen.

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A singer performing at a Cleveland Maidan Association cultural eveningLatest post

February 2026 · Community

Celebration for Peace brings hope to Cleveland

With the Cleveland Institute of Music and Case Western Reserve University, an evening of music, poetry, and performance for Ukraine.

Read the post →
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Recent events

Where the community showed up.

Feb 22, 2026

Prayer for Ukraine

Pokrova Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Recap & photos →

Nothing on the calendar yet — the next gathering is being scheduled. Follow us on social media to hear first.

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The next shipment
starts here.

Help turn support in Cleveland into lifesaving aid in Ukraine.

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