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Articles about and with Human Front Aid
Bernese Bänz Margot, who founded the organization Human Front Aid, says: Nowhere in Ukraine is safe. Living there is Russian roulette.
Column by Daniel Koch. Praise Bänz Margot's tireless efforts in Odesa, Mykolaiv and Kherson. Emphasizes the increasing need caused by drone attacks and calls for donations. Koch announces his own visits.
The 47-year-old Swiss lives in Odessa and has found his calling with Human Front Aid. In the beginning, around 6,500 people were evacuated. 20,000 to 30,000 people are now being supported with emergency financial aid.
The Human Front Aid association was founded by Bernese musician Bänz Margot, who stayed in Odesa despite the war and continues to provide humanitarian aid today.
Mention of Human Front Aid's activities in Polish media, which underlines the NGO's international reach.
Daniel Koch was in Odessa at the end of August. He visited Bernese Bänz Margot and his aid project Human Front Aid and witnessed the drone horror.
Daniel Koch, member of the Human Front Aid Patronage Committee, confirms the dramatic development in Ukraine. It's not safe anywhere.
Human Front Aid was accepted as a new member of Benevol Bern. The Swiss non-profit organization led by musician Bänz Margot specializes in direct financial aid for internally displaced persons.
Ukrainian information page about direct financial support from Human Front Aid in partnership with the Plich-o-Plich Foundation in Odessa.
Bänz Margot, Founder and President of Human Front Aid: All our funds flow into our DirectCashHelp project in Odessa within days.
Detailed report on the situation in Odessa. Margot distributes money to people in need under a Swiss flag — between 75 and 120 francs per family. The NGO Human Front Aid has around ten volunteers in Ukraine and Switzerland.
A Russian rocket hit the port in Odessa. Bänz Margot was standing at the counter when the alarm went off. Just five minutes later, it was uh huere bollet and the whole building was vibrating extremely. The Bernese musician experienced a rocket attack during a Zelensky visit to Odessa.
Detailed portrait of Regula Fuchs. After the outbreak of the war, musician Bänz Margot founded a relief organization. 300,000 francs in donations were collected, 6,000 people were evacuated and 3,000 families were financially supported. Highlights Margot's biography (Paradisli, Maidan 2014) and the structural challenges facing the NGO.
TV report about Bänz Margot and Human Front Aid. The Bernese founder of the relief organization tells moving stories from the Ukrainian war zone and reports on his relief work on the ground.
Bänz Margot, head of the Human Front Aid operation in Odessa, confirms significant property damage following a Russian rocket attack on the partner center Plich o Plich. Fortunately, employees remained unharmed.
In addition to other donations, Human Front Aid received CHF 25,000 from the City of Bern at the end of June as support for direct aid in Odessa.
The city of Bern has donated 25,000 francs for humanitarian aid in Ukraine. The money goes to Human Front Aid for families who fled to Odessa after the Khachovka dam burst.
Official message about the donation from the City of Bern. Confirms the earmarking for flood victims in Odesa and the validation of the NGO by the city.
The municipal council has spoken 25,000 francs for humanitarian aid in Ukraine. The money is primarily intended to help families who are in need as a result of the war.
Official media release from the City of Bern about the donation of 25,000 francs to Human Front Aid. Distressed families stranded in Odessa are supported with manageable financial resources so that they can provide for themselves.
Human Front Aid – direct financial aid for forgotten families in the war zone. Share some hope: we collect for people in need in Ukraine.
Video interview about Bänz Margot's first weeks at the border and intensive relief work. It describes the extreme use in the first days of the war.
Bernese Security Director Reto Nause supports Bänz Margot and Human Front Aid in finding donations for Ukraine aid. Shows the organization's local political roots.
A Bernese has been supporting Ukraine in Odessa for around a year. People would still be afraid. But no one doubts victory in the Ukraine war. Address the morale of the Ukrainian people and the unwavering will to resist.
Anniversary radio feature. Bänz Margot reports live or in an interview about the situation after a year of war and the development of Human Front Aid.
Portrait of Bänz Margot and his personal commitment to Ukraine. The Bernese musician explains why he regards war as a personal matter.
Ukraine is like his second home, says Bänz Margot. In the last almost ten years, the Bernese has been there more often than in Switzerland.
It is 24/02/22 — the day the Russian Army invades Ukraine. Bernese Bänz Margot has been staying in the city of Odessa since the New Year, where the cultural worker has built up a circle of friends. Interview about the psychological costs of war for aid workers. Addresses trauma, insomnia, and emotional burden.
Rotary supports the non-profit organization Human Front Aid, which was founded by Swiss Bänz Margot. The Rotary Foundation Switzerland has supported Human Front Aid with three times 10,000 francs for relief supplies and evacuations from Odessa, Nikolayev and Kherson.
44-year-old Bänz Margot is organising evacuations by bus in Ukraine. Almost 3,000 people were allowed to travel to Moldova, Romania or Poland. An escape to Moldova costs around 9 dollars, to Romania 15 dollars. But declining solidarity poses challenges for the project.
Direct financial aid for forgotten families in the war zone. Donations can help several families — comprehensive supply of food and hygiene products.
Bernese Bänz Margot (44) witnessed the bomb hit the shopping center. The musician is in Odessa, where he helps Ukrainians with his aid project humanfrontaid.org.
Bernese Bänz Margot was in Odessa when the Ukraine War broke out. In the meantime, he has founded his own aid organization and continues to work locally. Report on the evacuation trips in Moldova.
While fleeing from Ukraine, Bänz Margot (44) ended up in the capital of Moldova. There he works for people on the run and helps with his Human Front Aid project. This statement was later regarded as the founding myth of Human Front Aid.
Bernese musician Bänz Margot (44) experiences the willingness to help in Moldova. Moldavians highly value the helpers — they revere them as heroes and gods. But they are the real heroes! Together with colleagues, Margot founded the aid organization humanfrontaid.org with the main goal of getting people from Ukraine.
Video report on the situation of Ukrainian refugees in Moldova and Bänz Margot's relief work in the first weeks of the war.
Impressive case examples and current emergency situation in autumn 2025.
Current cases and direct aid in summer 2025.
Personal report on aid missions in September 2024.
Overview of the situation and aid services in May 2024.
Since the start of the war two years ago, we have been able to support over 3,500 families with more than 9,119,000 Ukrainian hryvnia (approx. CHF 210,000). Many of them are single, widowed mothers or people with disabilities. …
How Human Front Aid was founded in the war in Odesa.
