34th Marine Brigade – Adaptive Clothing

Adaptive clothing

Adaptive clothing is specially designed apparel with features such as Velcro, magnetic closures, side openings, zippers, or stretch materials. This helps injured military personnel recovering from amputations, fractures, scars, limited mobility, or prosthetics.

The main advantages are:

1. Greater independence in dressing and undressing. Normal clothing is often difficult to put on with injuries, prosthetics, casts, or braces. Adaptable clothing with side zippers, magnets, or Velcro makes this easier, often without help. This reduces dependence on caregivers, which speeds up recovery and reduces frustration.
2. More comfort and less pain/irritation. Special fits avoid pressure on wounds, scars, stumps, or prostheses. Stretch materials and seamless designs reduce friction. Wide openings allow quick access for medical personnel (e.g., for wound care) without having to remove clothing.
3. Faster and better recovery. Easier on and off encourages more movement and daily activities, which promotes rehabilitation. Less risk of new injuries or infections from rough pulling on clothing.
4. Psychological benefits and maintaining dignity. Injured soldiers can wear “normal” clothing instead of hospital gowns. This increases self-confidence, self-image, and sense of normalcy.
5. Practical for prosthetics and assistive devices. Special designs (e.g., side openings in trousers) fit better over prosthetics or wheelchairs, without pinching or shifting.

Messages for the wounded Marines

During the fundraising event, a page was set up where NAFO fellas could leave a message for the marines staying in hospitals or rehabilitation centers to recover from their injuries.

This page will remain open so that anyone who wishes can still add a message. Therefore, there is no end date, and there is only one condition for a message to be posted: support for the target group.

Negative or unrelated messages will not be posted. Submitted messages are moderated, usually within one to a few hours, depending on the time zone.

Collection campaign

Collection published
on Twitter: https://x.com/indigonl/status/2064587190487953632
on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/irishka.parhomik/posts/pfbid0zKcN3bkdYBkDwCkbunY8KvLywDx9iK8iCad8VoHSLauv6V4mEvAVWadJf47sTL5yl

Target amount: 40,000 UAH ($900)

Donate

Monobank: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/8hHh6j7bhH
Donor Box: https://donorbox.org/help-the-defenders

Financial report

Donations received

The total amount of funds raised was 55829.68 UAH, of which:

Retrieved from PayPal $702.52 recalculated 31,399.14 UAH, including €310, Donorbox.
Retrieved from Monobank 24430.54 UAH including 12,000 UAH that was collected by the marines themselves.

Purchased Materials Part 1

Knit fabric for sewing adaptive shorts – 20,049 UAH
Drawstring for shorts – 728 UAH
Velcro and bias tape (cotton) - 7,656 UAH
Lining/fabric and elastic – 1,223 UAH

Total amount: 20,049 + 728 + 7,656 + 1,223 = 29,656 UAH

Remaining balance: 55,829.68 - 29,656 = 26,173.68 UAH

Purchased Materials Part 2 (T-shirts)

Paid for t-shirts for sewing adaptive clothing:

Three separate purchase orders for a total of 100 T-shirts: 1090 UAH + 1290 UAH + 8310 UAH = 10,690 UAH)

10690 UAH has been paid. The amount was deducted from the bank account.

The T-shirts were shipped.

Drone antenna detector

Ordered and paid for a three-band antenna for a drone detector: 9500 UAH amount deducted from the bank account of the remaining funds from the fundraiser and used for payment of the invoice.

Remaining balance 15,583 UAH – 9,500 UAH = 6,083 UAH.

This balance will be rolled over to the next fundraising event (repair of the 153rd Battalion's VW bus).

The antenna was shipped from the manufacturer to the front lines, we are awaiting a report on its receipt.

Delivery

(rest follows)

Photos

Below are images used for the collection.

Team