Spring Newsletter 2024

JOURNEYS TOWARDS
REBUILDING
Supporting Displaced People in Ukraine
Two years into the Ukraine war, approximately four million people remain displaced. After witnessing
violence, losing their homes or loved ones, and uprooting their lives, many have been living in
temporary shelters or collective centers in a new city without consistent work, school, and other
necessities. Helping families regain autonomy and restore their sense of community within their “new
normal” is a priority for CORE.
With generous funding from the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund (UHF), we provide vital rental assistance
to hundreds of displaced families in Lviv, including children, the elderly, and people with special needs.
Support includes placement in private units and six months of cash rental assistance. CORE’s rental
assistance program has allowed these families to pursue long-term work opportunities, which will help
them cover ongoing rental costs as they begin to rebuild.
APRIL 2024

Rinat, Vira, and their two young sons
loved to bike together through their
neighborhood in Mariupol and spend time
with their close friends in the community.
But when the war came, the family fled the
city, hiding in a church basement for 19 days
before heading to Lviv, hundreds of miles
away. With little more than the clothes on
UKRAINE
CORE’S CVA APPROACH
Did you know? CORE has implemented
cash and voucher assistance (CVA) on four
continents delivering more than $6 million
directly to crisis affected households and
community-based organizations.
their backs, they were forced to start over.
CORE has
provided
$415,000 USD in
rental assistance
to displaced
Ukrainians
With help from CORE and the Ukraine
Humanitarian Fund, they received six
months of rental assistance to live in a safe
apartment in Lviv.
Now, two years on, the family is back on
their feet. Rinat found local work as
LEADERSHIP UPDATES
Join us in welcoming Matt O’Connell, CORE’s
former Chief Business Officer, to his new role
on the Board of Directors!
Matt has been with CORE since day one
in 2010. His expertise and unwavering
dedication to our mission make him a valued
member of the CORE family.
“I want to express particular gratitude to
Sean Penn, Ann Lee and Jerome Lebleu for
GAS PROGRAM
RESTORES HOPE
IN FRONTLINE
COMMUNITIES
Cash assistance is our preferred response
modality because it is faster and more
flexible than traditional, one-size-fits-all
humanitarian assistance. CVA empowers
individuals, households, and community
groups affected by crisis to choose how to
meet their needs, on their own terms. CORE
provides CVA when appropriate to help
people cover the costs of their basic needs
and essential services, replace lost assets,
and restart livelihoods.
Watch Olena’s story to learn more about the
impact of CVA for Ukrainian families.
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their trust and confidence and allowing me
to participate in CORE’s incredible mission.
OVERVIEW
In the last four years, I have been inspired
by Sean’s unwavering commitment to the
mission of CORE, and I am also so proud
of the great leaders that my colleagues Ann
and Jerome have become. CORE is in great
CORE, in partnership with Global Sae-A Co., Ltd.
and local authorities, restored gas access to
420 homes in Oleksandrivska village in Kherson,
Ukraine, which experienced massive shelling and
suffered significant damage during the war.
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hands. The best days are ahead.”
- Matt O’Connell
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Lidia and her husband, two elders in the village,
were grateful for CORE’s support, because
they could now heat their home, access hot
water, and cook warm meals at home. Stories
like theirs show that gas restoration is a vital
step toward rebuilding and restoring comfort,
dignity and autonomy.
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DO YOU KNOW?
CORE HAS DISTRIBUTED
$800,000
IN POLAND, ROMANIA & UKRAINE

CRISIS IN HAITI
SEAN PENN ON
ANDERSON COOPER 360
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
PRE-OSCARS BENEFIT
During an evening centered around the
power of community, CORE raised $1.4
million for vulnerable families around the
world in need of humanitarian support.
CORE’S
IMPACT
Sean Penn spoke with CNN’s Anderson Cooper about
CORE’s work in Haiti amid the escalating conflict.
Haiti has been gripped by a wave of unprecedented
unrest and violence. Warring gangs control much of
the capital, Port-au-Prince, choking off vital supply
lines to the rest of the country. Gang members
have terrorized the population, forcing more than
300,000 people to flee their homes amid waves of
indiscriminate killing, kidnapping, arson, and rape.
The rising violence has deeply worsened the already
difficult living conditions for millions of people,
especially in the capital. This has put a vulnerable
population— especially those living in the lower part
of Port-Au-Prince—at further risk with food, health,
protection, and water/sanitation needs among the
most critical. Families are living in constant fear, unable
to leave their homes or access fresh food, clean water,
and urgent medical care.
In coordination with our partners World Central
Kitchen and Acceso, CORE is delivering food kits
in the Delmas region of Port-au-Prince where we
have been committed long-term to implementing
humanitarian programs.
The delivery of these food kits will minimize the
need for families to risk their safety searching for
sustenance. Each food kit provides three meals a day
for an entire month to a household of five. CORE and
our partners are locally procuring all materials for the
food kits to ensure we support the Haitian economy
during this critical time.
To support our ongoing efforts, please
donate to CORE today. In times of crisis,
your monthly donation can make a life-long
impact, every single day for communities
in-need.
By starting a monthly gift, your regular
support year-round will allow CORE to
be able to react quickly and effectively to
ongoing emergencies around the world.
Help us continue to empower communities
in and beyond crisis where the needs are
greatest with an unrestricted gift now.
Click here to become a monthly donor!
SXSW: CLIMATE
RESILIENCE PANEL
Our co-founder Ann Lee joined Navajo
Nation’s President Nygren and American
Red Cross to talk about how the global
community can invest in measures that
protect marginalized communities from the
disproportionate impact of climate change.

We help communities
in and beyond crisis.
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