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Frequently asked questions

Questions about the Foundation — answered straight.

Written for donors, journalists, partner organizations, and military units evaluating whether to work with us. If your question isn't here, write to info@dehealth.ua.

About the Foundation

About the Foundation

  • What is DeHealth Charitable Foundation?
    DeHealth Charitable Foundation (Благодійний фонд «ДеХелс») is a Ukrainian charitable organization, legally registered in Kyiv, that has delivered humanitarian and medical aid directly to military medics, hospitals, and frontline units since February 2022. As of 2026, the Foundation has delivered $3.2M+ in aid through 200+ documented frontline deliveries to 50+ supported units. EDRPOU: 44564455.
  • Who founded the Foundation and when?
    The Foundation was founded by Anna Bon and Denys Tsvaig in 2022, in the weeks after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The two are also co-founders of DeHealth Technologies, an international healthcare-technology company headquartered in Delaware and London.
  • Where is the Foundation legally registered?
    Kyiv, Ukraine. Registered address: Zolotoustivska St. 34, apt. 1, postal code 01135. EDRPOU 44564455. The legal entity is incorporated under Ukrainian charitable-organization law and files standard reports with the Ministry of Justice and Ukrainian tax authorities.
  • How is DeHealth Foundation different from DeHealth Technologies and ArmyHealth System?
    Three separate legal entities, shared founders. DeHealth Charitable Foundation (Ukraine, EDRPOU 44564455) is the humanitarian organization that delivers aid to the front. DeHealth Technologies (Delaware + London) is an international healthcare-technology company building an AI electronic-health-record platform. ArmyHealth System (AHS-UA1) is a digital battlefield-medicine platform built by DefenseMed Innovations, Inc. (Delaware C-corporation), currently in pilot deployment. Each entity has its own bank account, governance, and reporting. The founders — Anna Bon and Denys Tsvaig — are shared.
  • Is the Foundation a state organization or government-affiliated?
    No. The Foundation is an independent Ukrainian charitable organization. It is not a government body, not a state-funded organization, and not affiliated with any political party. It coordinates with Ukrainian state structures (Medical Forces Command and Ministry of Defence units) when needed for delivery verification, but operates entirely on private funds raised through its international network.

How we work

How we work

  • How does a request reach the Foundation?
    Requests come directly from military medics, unit commanders, or hospital heads through verified channels — not from news coverage, not from social-media campaigns. Operators on the front contact us when they need specific equipment, medications, or supplies that aren't reaching them through official channels fast enough.
  • How are requests verified?
    Every request runs through a verification cycle: commander confirmation (signed or verified by the requesting unit's command), coordination with military structures where relevant (for example Medical Forces Command), and independent partner cross-checks. We don't deliver "on the spot." If verification takes an extra day or two, it takes an extra day or two. Verification is mandatory.
  • How fast is delivery from request to frontline?
    For verified urgent requests with supply on hand, deliveries can reach the front within days. Larger international campaigns — coordinated shipments from EU partners, multi-pallet medication transfers — typically span 2 to 8 weeks depending on customs and logistics. Speed is a secondary goal; accuracy and documentation come first.
  • What kinds of aid does the Foundation deliver?
    Medical equipment (tourniquets, hemostatic agents, stretchers, surgical and diagnostic devices), medications (delivered through partnerships with foreign ministries of health and pharmaceutical suppliers), tactical medical supplies, and connectivity / power equipment requested by combat medics. The Foundation does not deliver weapons, lethal ammunition, or anything outside the humanitarian and medical scope.
  • Why no middlemen, no markups, no kickbacks?
    Founders' policy. Procurement runs through verified suppliers only, on the shortest logistics route. Larger campaigns use partners in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Germany who receive shipments from third countries and forward them to Ukraine. Every line item is documented. No payments to intermediaries who could inflate prices.

Funding & donations

Funding & donations

  • How does the Foundation raise money?
    Through the international network of its founders. Partners include global corporations, members of the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States, Canada, and the European Union, foreign ministries of health, and institutional donors. We do not run public collections inside Ukraine, do not place advertisements with bloggers, and do not display card numbers on social media.
  • Why don't you collect donations from ordinary Ukrainians?
    Strategic choice, not a moral judgment of foundations that do. The founders have international networks that ordinary charitable organizations cannot reach. We focus that channel — every hour spent running domestic ad campaigns is an hour not spent matching a foreign donor to a verified frontline request. Other foundations cover domestic fundraising effectively; we cover the international corporate and diaspora channel.
  • Can ordinary Ukrainians still donate?
    Yes. We don't solicit donations from Ukrainians publicly, but the Foundation accepts donations through its registered Ukrainian bank account. Contact info@dehealth.ua for payment details. Volunteer time and skills — logistics, translation, technical assistance — are also welcome; see the Contact page.
  • How can international supporters donate?
    International donations are routed through the Foundation's international banking partners. The recommended starting point is info@dehealth.ua — we tailor the channel (wire, SWIFT, foundation grant, in-kind contribution) to the donor's jurisdiction and tax framework.
  • Is my donation tax-deductible?
    Treatment varies by jurisdiction. In Ukraine, donations to a registered charitable organization carry the standard charitable-deduction treatment under Ukrainian tax law. In the United States, donations may be tax-deductible through fiscal-sponsorship partners — contact us for specifics. In the European Union and United Kingdom treatment varies by country; we issue receipts and registration documents that local tax advisors can use.
  • What percentage of donated funds reaches the front?
    The Foundation operates with minimal overhead: no paid advertising, no salaries for public faces, no rented office beyond what is legally required for the registered address. The majority of every donated dollar, hryvnia, or euro is delivered as goods to the front. Aggregate percentages by reporting period are published on the Transparency page.

Transparency & accountability

Transparency & accountability

  • How is the Foundation audited?
    As a Ukrainian charitable organization, the Foundation is subject to standard reporting to Ukrainian state authorities. Internally, every delivery is documented — receipts, transfer-acceptance acts, photo evidence, and letters of gratitude from receiving units — and the documentation is made publicly available on the site under Projects. The Foundation is open to independent public audit at any time.
  • Are financial reports public?
    Yes. Aggregate financial reports and per-project documentation are published on the Transparency page. Individual delivery records — acts, gratitude letters, photos — link from the relevant project page.
  • Can I see the documentation for a specific delivery?
    Yes. Every project on the Projects page links to its supporting documents: photos of receipt, transfer-acceptance acts signed by the receiving unit, and (where available) letters of gratitude from commanders or hospital heads.
  • How does the Foundation handle conflicts of interest?
    The founders openly disclose that the Foundation and DeHealth Technologies / ArmyHealth System share co-founders. The Foundation is a separate legal entity with its own bank account, EDRPOU, and reporting. Funds raised for humanitarian delivery are not used to develop commercial products. The relationship between the Foundation and the technology companies is publicly documented on the About page.

Partnerships & engagement

Partnerships & engagement

  • How can a corporation or institutional donor engage with the Foundation?
    Write to info@dehealth.ua with a brief description of the partnership intent — financial donation, in-kind donation, joint campaign, fiscal sponsorship. We tailor the engagement to the donor's jurisdiction and reporting requirements.
  • How can a Ukrainian military unit or hospital submit a request?
    Verified requests can be submitted through the channels published on the Contact page. Requests should come from commanders, hospital heads, or designated procurement officers and include the requesting unit's identifying information for verification.
  • How does the press contact the Foundation?
    Media inquiries to info@dehealth.ua. The Foundation has been covered by Interfax-Ukraine (August 2023, on the UAH 100M Ministry-of-Health partnership) and by Den newspaper (2022, on co-founder Anna Bon's European concert series for Ukraine), among others — see the press section on the About page.
  • How can I volunteer?
    Volunteer opportunities are listed on the Volunteer page. We accept time and skills — logistics, translation, technical assistance — more readily than spontaneous donations of goods.

ArmyHealth System

ArmyHealth System

  • What is ArmyHealth System?
    ArmyHealth System (AHS-UA1) is a digital battlefield-medicine platform — a phone-based replacement for the paper TCCC casualty card that travels with the patient through every link of the evacuation chain. It is built by DefenseMed Innovations, Inc., a Delaware C-corporation, and is currently in pilot deployment. The platform grew out of frontline requests received by the Foundation: medics needed faster patient-data capture, not just more equipment.
  • How is the Foundation connected to ArmyHealth System?
    ArmyHealth System exists because of frontline requests that came through the Foundation's delivery channels. The Foundation contributed the initial seed concept — listening to medics, identifying the systemic gap. The product itself is built and operated by a separate company (DefenseMed Innovations). The Foundation does not fund ArmyHealth's commercial development; the connection is shared founders and shared frontline origin.
  • Does the Foundation fund ArmyHealth System development?
    No. The Foundation is a humanitarian organization; ArmyHealth is built by a United States C-corporation funded through standard equity and strategic-partner channels. Donations to the Foundation for humanitarian aid are not used to develop ArmyHealth software.

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