2025: What We Achieved Together

2025 was a year of people, connection, culture, support and countless moments created together.

People, Events & Community

Together, we:

• Organised 940 events, with a total of 1,980 hours of activities.

• Brought together more than 10,000 people — Ukrainians and Dutch residents.

• Organised 6 major events, each attracting more than 150 participants.

• Successfully collaborated with more than 20 organisations.

• Became a cultural leader across 3 regions.

• Worked with 50+ volunteers, reaching thousands of people both online and offline.

Culture, Art & Traditions

Culture was at the heart of the Club:

• 6 art exhibitions

• 25 cultural workshops

• 3 “Carpet of Love and Sorrow” community actions

• Christmas caroling in 9 homes

• 5 community fairs

• 5 team-building events

• And even 1 piñata that is still alive 😊

• As well as 1 spectacularly burned Marena — a Ukrainian traditional ritual that brought our community together.

Education, Conversation & Community

We created many opportunities to learn, discuss, connect and discover:

• 4 literary and discussion events

• 9 film screenings

• 19 board game gatherings, featuring 50 different games

• 24 career and integration activities

• 12 psychological support activities

• 4 concerts

• 4 cultural trips to Delft and Leiden

• Participated in or organised 4 panel discussions

• Successfully completed two community leadership programmes organised by Opora and SHE-UNET.

Our Library

library continued to grow as a space for reading and connection:

• 75 active readers

• 418 new books

• 11 ChytoClub reading group meetings.

Children & Ukrainian Language

Our children’s cultural centre Vyshyvanka created a Ukrainian-language environment for children throughout the year:

• 36 Saturdays

• 108 hours of Ukrainian-language activities and community

Volunteering & Support

Our community continued to support those who need it most.

🇺🇦 Support for Ukraine’s defenders

We provided assistance to:

• the 82nd Assault Brigade

• the 234th and 411th separate regiments of the Special Operations Forces

• the 3rd Rifle Company of the 65th Mechanized Brigade “Velykyi Luh”

• communications units

• the 58th, 205th and 241st brigades

• the 4th Separate Tank Brigade

• the 112th Brigade reconnaissance company

• and comrades of Dmytro from the Azov platoon.

Among the equipment delivered were 44 Starlink terminals 💪, as well as half of an ambulance.

We also organised 5 tactical medicine training sessions.

Humanitarian support

We supported:

• children and elderly people in the Sumy region of Ukraine

• an animal shelter in Kamianske

We also launched a new area of support by joining Druk Armii, and produced our first batch of aid using a 3D printer.

What we made together

• 410 trench candles, created during 6 large community workshops in different cities

• 12 T-shirts for Ukrainian defenders

• More than €35,000 worth of humanitarian aid purchased and delivered

Visibility & Our Voice

Our work and events were featured 17 times in Ukrainian and Dutch media.

We also organised and participated in 2 solidarity marches, continuing to raise awareness and keep Ukraine visible in the Netherlands.

Thank You

None of this would have been possible without the people who make Oekraïense Club what it is.

Thank you to every volunteer, participant, partner, supporter, donor, friend and every person who walked through our doors in 2025.

Every event, every book, every candle, every conversation, every donation and every helping hand became part of something bigger.

We are building a community where Ukrainian culture lives, people feel connected, and solidarity turns into action.

Thank you for being part of our 2025.

We step into 2026 together — with love, faith and hope.

Oekraïense Club