It started with a town hall.
Cleveland Maidan Association was founded in January 2014 by a community that decided it could not watch from afar — and has not stopped since.
Timeline
A decade, in order.
One thread, from a Cleveland church hall in 2014 to a hospital ward in Ukraine this month.
01 / CHAPTER
January 21, 2014
A Facebook post calls Cleveland's Ukrainian community to a town hall about Euromaidan.
The community came, and left having collected funds sent straight to Kyiv for food, warm clothing, and medical supplies at the Maidan camp. They kept gathering — first daily, then weekly — raising money and organizing demonstrations.
02 / CHAPTER
February 2014
The Heavenly Hundred. Cleveland turns to the families left behind.
When special forces opened fire on protesters, 112 people were killed — the Nebesna Sotnya. Cleveland's community ultimately supported the families of 72 of the 112 identified victims.
03 / CHAPTER
November 2014
The first 40-foot container leaves for Ukraine.
Five tons of medical equipment valued at $170,000, sourced with MedWish International and shipped to hospitals treating casualties from the war in the east.
04 / CHAPTER
March 2015
CMA becomes a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization.
Formal status let the group take on far more aid and fundraising — and made every eligible donation tax deductible.
05 / CHAPTER
2015 – 2016
Three more containers, nine ambulances, and four pickup trucks reach eastern Ukraine.
Those thirteen vehicles carried injured soldiers and delivered supplies to people in places emergency care could not otherwise reach.
06 / CHAPTER
February 24, 2022
Full-scale invasion. CMA mobilizes within days.
Shipments scaled up immediately, focused on critical medical and humanitarian aid for civilians, hospitals, and refugee camps — coordinated by volunteers in Ohio, Poland, and Ukraine.
07 / CHAPTER
Today
Five programs, one bridge: Northeast Ohio to Ukraine.
Medical aid, medic training, medical education, financial aid, and community engagement — still run by volunteers, still packed in Cleveland.
THE WORK CONTINUES
The shipments
A steady line, then a full-scale pipeline.
CMA has shipped medical aid to Ukraine since 2014 — first containers and parcels, then, after 2022, far more of it.
2014 – 2022
Containers and parcels, shipped steadily.
For eight years CMA sent 40-foot containers of medical equipment alongside hundreds of parcels — warm clothes, sanitary supplies, and hand-picked gear carried to hospitals and nonprofits across Ukraine.
2022 – today
Exponentially more, to tens of locations.
Since the full-scale invasion, container and parcel delivery have grown exponentially, reaching tens of locations with more critical and expensive medical equipment and supplies than ever before.
In total
Millions of dollars in donated in-kind medical supplies.
Equipment and consumables given by Northeast Ohio and delivered to the hospitals, clinics, and families that need them.
Ten years of the work
Counted, and still counting.
Every number here was carried by volunteers — sourced in Northeast Ohio, packed in Cleveland, delivered in Ukraine.
0+ tons
Medical and humanitarian aid delivered to Ukraine to date
Across a decade of shipments
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Granted to nonprofits and foundations working on the ground
Direct support to Ukrainian partners
0
Transport vehicles purchased and shipped — nine ambulances, four pickups
Funded by the Cleveland community
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Parcel shipments of warm clothes, sanitary supplies, and equipment
To hospitals and nonprofits across Ukraine