The charitable organization “Charitable Foundation ‘Club ‘Svitanok’” was officially registered on January 3, 2003. It serves as the regional representative of the All-Ukrainian Network of PLWH in the Donetsk region.

The mission of the CF “Club ‘Svitanok'” is to unite the efforts of the PLWH community, people who use drugs, activists, and professionals to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV and those vulnerable to HIV, to protect their rights to life, health, and self-realization, and to foster a tolerant and humane society.

Since 2012, Club “Svitanok” has focused its work on marginalized women. The organization co-authored the Alternative Report on Ukraine’s implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (8th Periodic Report). Since the beginning of the armed conflict, Club “Svitanok” has been providing services to internally displaced persons (IDPs), including PLWH, OST program clients, women, and children.

In 2003, the first projects were implemented:

• “Development and Strengthening of the Self-Help Movement of People Living with HIV in Donetsk Region” funded by the International HIV/AIDS Alliance and the All-Ukrainian Network of PLWH.
• “Establishment of a Center for Psychological Support and Creative Self-Realization for People Living with HIV in Donetsk” supported by the All-Ukrainian Network of PLWH and funded by Novib.

In 2005, the “Nadiya” Center was established to provide psychological support to HIV-positive children and families affected by the HIV epidemic. That same year, the first session of the summer therapeutic tent camp “Everest” was held for PLWH, people who use drugs, and their families.

In 2010, Club “Svitanok” became a laureate of the international Red Ribbon Award, presented at the international conference in Vienna.

In 2013, the organization received funding for the project “When a Woman Moves Forward, the Whole World Moves with Her” under the Women for Women initiative by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Ukraine. The project expanded services for women, including those with children, who had experienced various forms of violence.

In 2017, the “Food for Life” project, funded by the All-Ukrainian Network of PLWH in partnership with the World Food Program Mission in Ukraine, reached 1,700 HIV-positive clients in 9 cities of Donetsk region.

In 2018, the project “Engaging Patients in HIV Testing and Treatment in Donetsk Region” was launched, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the national HealthLink project: Strengthening Efforts to Combat HIV/AIDS in Ukraine. That same year, the organization Doctors of the World – France (MDM) supported a two-year project “Meeting the Specific Needs in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Marginalized Women in Conflict-Affected Areas of Ukraine.”