How the Ukrainian World Congress Mobilizes Global Support for Ukraine?
The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) has published its 2025 annual report, revealing the scale of its global advocacy and humanitarian work amid Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine.
The Gaze reports this, referring to the UWC’s statement.
In 2025, the organization coordinated more than 2,000 events across 75 countries, amplifying Ukraine’s voice in international institutions and rallying diaspora communities behind the nation’s defense, recovery, and unity.
“2025 was a year of courage, unity, and meaningful progress,” said UWC President Paul Grod, noting that Ukrainians worldwide “stood shoulder to shoulder with defenders, volunteers, and millions resisting the imperial regime.”
Throughout the year, UWC prioritized three strategic goals: ensuring Ukraine’s victory, aiding its reconstruction, and strengthening the global Ukrainian community.
Its advocacy efforts targeted decision-makers from the UN General Assembly to European capitals, pushing for key international measures, including the confiscation of frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine’s recovery and global coordination to return deported Ukrainian children.
Through its flagship “Unite with Ukraine” initiative, the Congress delivered over 20 million Canadian dollars worth of critical military and medical equipment to Ukrainian defenders in 2025 alone.
Deliveries included 15 tracked armored vehicles, a Sikorsky S-76A medical helicopter, advanced mobile life-support systems, and hundreds of FPV drones for frontline units. Since 2022, total aid under the program has exceeded 105 million Canadian dollars.
The report highlights UWC’s role in shaping policy reforms, notably supporting the historic Law on Multiple Citizenship, adopted in July 2025, which reconnects millions of Ukrainians abroad with their homeland and allows equal participation in national rebuilding.
Meanwhile, the “Energize Ukraine” program helped restore access to electricity for four million Ukrainians, supplying energy infrastructure for homes, hospitals, and schools damaged by Russian attacks.
To strengthen Ukrainian identity worldwide, UWC supported over 350 Ukrainian schools abroad and launched the first “Educational Marathon,” linking 987 educators from 63 countries with Ukraine’s Ministry of Education to develop legislative proposals.
The organization also established the Stefan Romaniw Youth Leadership Fund, empowering young diaspora leaders to take active roles in Ukraine’s renewal and global advocacy.
At its Annual General Meeting on October 25, attended by 185 delegates from 48 countries, UWC declared 2026 the Year of Global Ukrainian Unity, under the motto “United for Ukraine.”
“Our mission goes beyond advocacy,” Grod emphasized. “It’s about uniting Ukrainians everywhere – to defend, rebuild, and reimagine our common future.”
As The Gaze reported earlier, on August 26, then-Acting Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine (MCSC) Tetiana Berezhna met with a delegation from the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) led by Pavlo Grod to join forces in strengthening cultural resilience and restoring Ukrainian cultural values