On the eve of the New Year 2024, volunteers were able to visit all refugee temporary accommodation locations in Tver and Rzhev, where they prepared a performance. Children danced around the Christmas tree with Grandfather Frost and Snow Maiden, solved riddles, sang songs; both kids and adults took part in poem recitals. In Rzhev, volunteers were invited to a tea party with cakes, and a warm conversation ensued.

I would like to announce that the March for Peace mission has established a special award for humanitarian efforts called "Transcending our capacities", which is given for charitable acts. The first nominees were awarded in the Kremlin on December 26, 2023.

As part of the initiative "Good Deed Every Day!" our mission collaborates closely with an honorary citizen of the Temryuk District, Olga Aleksandrovna Dil. She is the mother of a large foster family, the inspirer and organizer of the field kitchen "Prival" in the village of Svetly Put, and the manager of the family theater “The Power of Faith”. This heroic woman is well-known throughout Kuban. Since the beginning of the special military operation, she selflessly feeds soldiers going to the frontline with meals every day. Imagine: a woman with 20 children (of whom 19 are adopted) feeds between thirty to five hundred fighters daily for free. She also provides shelter, sends humanitarian aid, and most importantly—gives her love and care to every person! Her husband and son are on the frontlines, too. Glory to Russian women!


The March for Peace mission regularly sends humanitarian cargoes from Moscow to "Prival" with food supplies, medicines, and basic necessities. Meat products from the meat processing plant Myasnitsky Ryad and pies from the company Food for Life have been rated "excellent" by our soldiers!

Our mission has also equipped the field kitchen facilities with heating appliances and air conditioners supplied by the company FORTE Holding. These are necessary to ensure optimal climate conditions, which are most favorable for the well-being of people staying in the "Prival" facilities.

On November 21, 2024, 100 folding chairs—beautiful and very practical models made in Russia—were purchased by the company Formula Svieta and delivered to "Prival".

In October 2024, Olga Dil and her family visited Moscow for the 10th Nationwide Festival of Family Amateur Theaters "A Fairy Tale Comes to Your Home" and won the Grand Prix of the festival. We provided transportation for the family and assisted with their trip to the main Lavra of the Orthodox world in Sergiev Posad. Our gratitude goes to all the caring entrepreneurs who helped organize the Dil’s family trip to Moscow, and to those who support "Prival" in Kuban.

We are always attentive to the needs of children from the Donbas, the Luhansk and Kherson regions. In November 2024, our gifts were delivered to the republican rehabilitation center for disabled children located in the Kremensky district, one of the most problematic in the LNR. Also, in November of this year, we warmly welcomed the wonderful dance group "Rhythm" from a boarding school for children with disabilities in Zugres, DPR, to Moscow. The children came to participate in the nationwide festival and talent contest "Live by Dancing!" The "Rhythm" group, consisting of 20 beautiful girls, took first place in this festival. We organized visits for the children to Moscow's landmarks, a flight over Moscow, a trip to the cinema (the children had never been to a movie theater before), treated them in the best restaurants, delighted them with sweets, and gifted them with many presents provided by various companies and private entrepreneurs.

And all this was made possible by you, dear participants of the March for Peace mission. The children of the Donbas have come to love Moscow with all their hearts. For them, this is a lifetime memory. Our deepest gratitude to all benefactors and volunteers for their contribution to this initiative!

In December 2024, the 47th humanitarian mission visited similar institutions in the Zaporizhzhia region. During this mission, a regional creative competition "Winter Fantasy" was held at the Melitopol boarding school "Harmony". Volunteers from the March for Peace prepared gifts for children with disabilities—developmental toys, sweets, and tangerines were given to each child. Children with disabilities participated in the creative competition "Winter Fantasy". Songs and poems by famous authors were performed on stage at the boarding school. Young performers, including those from other schools, showcased their dance skills. Every child was able to feel like an artist. After the concert, all children received New Year gifts. This event has brought joy and happiness to those who need it most on the eve of the New Year. The nationwide initiative "Christmas Tree of Wishes" is a wonderful effort that helps children fulfill their dreams. May every child's wishes come true in the new year. The humanitarian mission March for Peace, as ever, upholds charitable causes.
 
In January 2025, the 48th humanitarian mission took place in historical regions of Russia: in the DPR and LPR, as well as in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. On January 15, 2025, right in the heart of Mariupol, at the Cultural and Gastronomic Complex "Meeting Place", our mission, which unites hundreds of companies and thousands of caring individuals, along with the Mariupol Fund "Joy", organized a true celebration for young Mariupol residents. We delivered festive gifts for the students and residents of the Mariupol special boarding schools No. 21 and No. 37, and organized contests and a variety of entertaining activities for the children. Each child received a new branded jacket with fur trim, a warm set consisting of a hat and gloves made from natural wool from the Russian brand Polyarik, as well as festive sweet treats—pies from the company Food for Life, chocolate candies, and other sweets. The benefactors tried to give the children a sense of warmth and a bit of joy, to preserve the festive spirit, which is especially important in light of the trials and difficulties these children have gone through.
 
As part of the 48th humanitarian mission arranged by the March for Peace, we once again visited children's social institutions in the Kherson region, with which we have been collaborating for over two years. We started with the visit to the Genichesk Sanatorium Boarding School. Then, as has become a tradition, we visited the Aleshkinsky Children's Home located in the city of Skadovsk. In the Chaplynka district, we held two meetings: one at the Grigorievskaya School, where children from large families study, and another at the Chaplynka Cultural and Leisure Center, where children in need of support and assistance were invited. Another location that was not initially planned was the recently opened Novokievsky Social Rehabilitation Center in the Kalanchak district. Together with our comrades, we delivered the essentials needed at these specialized institutions, where children with various conditions (including cerebral palsy, autism, lung pathologies, and others) stay. Many of these children are without parental care or live with only one parent.
 
This time, the organizers of this unique mission had prepared the “Box of Christmas Joy” for our little compatriots that included over two thousand toys, construction sets, craft kits or fabric souvenirs, and drawing sets. The children received not only sweets but also craft kits, winter clothing, including warm branded jackets, hats, and gloves from the Russian brand Polyarik, along with heating units to ensure that the children stay warm even in emergency situations. Moreover, there were items prepared as prizes for quizzes and contests. The cultural and entertainment program at each institution was organized by the March for Peace team in collaboration with the teachers.
 
The heads of the institutions expressed their gratitude to the organizers for their effort, hard labor, and compassion. For almost three years now, the humanitarian mission March for Peace has been bringing kindness to children and the elderly, delivering vital aid, and most importantly, always creating a festive atmosphere. Each new mission also provides comprehensive support for the army at various points along the frontline.
 
I believe all these stories are enough to form an objective impression of our activities. This mission has already reached tens of thousands of people, and most importantly, the children—those who will shape our future, who will carry on in the principles of love and compassion. All of this has been, and will continue to be done, without financial support from the state. It is merely a modest private initiative—mine, that of my relatives, close friends, and compassionate patriots of our country—that has grown into the large humanitarian mission March for Peace.
 
Working in frontline regions presents many dangers, and unfortunately, not all participants and patrons of our initiative return home. We dedicated our 50th mission to our friend and comrade—the warrior Roman Andreevich Ozerov, who heroically died on February 2, 2025, during an operation to liberate the village of Dachnoye in the Kurakhovo district of the Donetsk People's Republic. He made a significant contribution to the creation of The March for Peace.

Support from the entire family is very important. Our mother, Raisa Sergeevna Isaenko,  85 years old, is also a volunteer for the March for Peace. Her life is that of hard work; she is a child of the Great Patriotic War, born in the village of Kaurovo in the Sychevsky District of the Smolensk Region. Her parents perished: her father, Sergey Petrovich Petrov, was tortured and shot by the fascists on January 13, 1942, and her mother, Yevdokiya Andreevna Petrov, died of hunger and deprivation in the spring of 1944, leaving four underaged daughters. My mother, the youngest, was only four years old when the girls became orphans. From the age of two, she lived in a dugout and spent almost 600 days there until the Soviet troops liberated Smolensk. Like no other, my mother understands the plight of civilians in war-torn areas and deeply empathizes with those who have had to endure all these years of suffering... It was my mother, Raisa Sergeevna Isaenko, who blessed me to undertake this noble cause: in early March 2022, she asked me to organize aid for the children of Mariupol and to do everything possible to deliver this assistance to those in need. Water, medicine, food, baby formula, hygiene products, warm clothing, generators, and much more. And so, gradually, the humanitarian mission March for Peace came into being, supported by hundreds and thousands of Russian citizens. People have helped, and continue to help in every way possible.

I am greatly inspired and guided in my volunteer work by my father, Venariy Petrovich Isaenko, born on July 11, 1937. My father was born in the settlement of Osintorf in the Orsha District of Belarus. He came to visit his grandfather in June, 1941, and had to spend the years of World War II at his home in the village of Malaya Bogatkovka in the Mstislavl District of the Mogilev Region. My father witnessed the atrocities committed by the fascists in Belarus. His older brother, Gariy, born in 1935, died in 1944–1945 after being separated from his family during the war; they searched for him for a long time. After school, my father entered the Vilnius Higher Command School of Radio Electronics for Air Defense (VVKURE PVO) and served in air defense forces. My paternal grandfather, Pyotr Stepanovich Isaenko (1915–1971), fought in World War II and served in the ranks of the Red Army until 1947. He was awarded orders and medals for his heroic deeds—such as the Medal for Courage, the Medal for the Defense of Moscow, the Order of Glory 3rd Class, the Medal for Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945, and a certificate of gratitude for protecting the Potsdam Conference (which took place from July 17 to August 2, 1945, at Cecilienhof Castle near Berlin), among many other awards. After the war my grandfather continued to hold positions of responsibility within Soviet trade and was awarded labor honors—such as the Order of Lenin and the title "Distinguished Worker of Soviet Trade". My grandfather's feats are an example for me and my sons, for our entire family. My parents and grandparents have nurtured in me love for my homeland, and have taught me to help it in times of strife.