IMI thanks partners for their help in providing journalists with protective equipment in Ukraine
The Institute of Mass Information would like to thank all the institutions and organizations that help provide journalists with protective equipment for their work in the time of war in Ukraine.
As of June 3, 2022, the following assistance to journalists and the media was organized in Ukraine with the help of IMI:
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
Bulletproof vests - 811 brought to Ukraine, 200 more are expected
Helmets - 606, and 300 more expected
Tactical / ballistic glasses - more than 300
First aid kits - 750
other medical devices (turnstiles, bandages, tablets for water purification, etc.) - more than 1000
Gas masks and chemical protection - 68
PRESS stickers and vests - more than 500
COMMUNICATION
Starlinks - 52
Satellite phones - 30
Mobile phones - 140
Power banks - 365
Solar power banks - 387
Other equipment - more than 100
OTHER
Individual financial assistance provided to more than 150 journalists who found themselves in a difficult situation due to the war
Two security trainings were held in which 56 journalists participated
22 legal consultations were provided, and more than 200 consultations on security
IMI thanks for very valuable and important work that made possible safe work of journalists in Ukraine to:
USAID
Internews Network
Reporters Without Borders
Renaissance Foundation
Open Society Foundation
OCCRP
International Media Support
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Frontline Defenders
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The US Embassy to Ukraine
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office of UK
The Netherlands Embassy to Ukraine
Prague Civil Society Center
Freedom House
UNESCO
UCBI
TORO Solutions
IMI also thanks its partners for their incredible support in providing journalists with safety equipment and protection:
Embassy of Ukraine to Romania
Embassy of Ukraine to Poland
Department of Journalism, Yuri Fedkovych National University of Chernivtsi
Slidstvo.info
Lviv Media Forum
Lviv Defense Cluster
Euromaidan-Warsaw
Digital Security Lab
Gazeta Wyborcza
And also MANY THANKS to volunteers, territorial defense representatives, students of journalism and all the wonderful people who help us and apply all efforts to provide Ukrainian and foreign journalists with protective equipment, which allows them to work safely and document the crimes of russian invasion in Ukraine.
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