Report · season 25

Where the money went. Down to the last kopeck

Every donor has the right to see where their contribution went. Here is the full breakdown of the first season’s budget: 28 expense line items grouped into 8 categories. There’s nothing to hide.

Season 25 · overview

One camp. Four numbers

All amounts are in hryvnias, as in the original documents. Equivalent in euros at the average exchange rate of summer 2025 (€1 ≈ 41.7 ₴).

/ Total cost 576 099UAH

≈ €13,815 · ≈ $14,600. The sum of all 28 expense items, including refunds.

/ Per participant 8 863UAH

≈ €216 — exactly what it costs to give one person seven days at camp.

/ Guests 65

Guests from all over Ukraine came to the first season of 2025.

/ Structure Almost half of the entire budget is the base rental. Every fourth hryvnia went to people: the volunteer team and cooks. The rest went to food, transportation, advertising, and supplies.

Eight categories

The full picture

Categories are sorted by size. Each is the sum of several original line items. The full detailed report is available as a PDF upon request.

576,099 ₴Total expenses

13 815 €In euros

8,863 ₴Per participant

/01

Base · accommodation

Rental of “Sunny Carpathians” for 7 days — buildings, dining hall, bath complex, pond area. The largest item, unchanged year to year.

280,000 ₴· 48.6%

/02

Team — speakers and volunteers

Tickets for invited speakers, accommodation in Lviv, thank-yous for volunteers and local helpers. The volunteers themselves from 11 countries flew at their own expense.

92,142 ₴· 16%

/03

Meals

Food for 65 people × 7 days + additional shopping + camp store assortment. Kitchen — three meals a day plus Saturday lunch.

90 011 ₴· 15.6%

/04

Cooks

A team of three cooks plus travel expenses. They fed the camp all seven days, without days off.

49,600 ₴· 8.6%

/05

Transport and logistics

Transfers group⇄station and group⇄excursion, Nova Poshta (prop delivery), organizers’ travel expenses.

22,712 ₴· 3.9%

/06

Other — decor, excursions, printing

Stationery and decor for activities, tickets for an excursion to Mukachevo Castle and the museum, printing certificates.

16,384 ₴· 2.8%

/07

Advertising and promotion

Paid promotion on social media to attract a non-Adventist audience. Without this line item, only “our own” would have heard about us.

14,300 ₴· 2.5%

/08

Camp fee refunds

Refunds to participants who could not come at the last moment. Included as an expense for transparency.

10,950 ₴· 1.9%

Full detailed report with all 28 original line items, contracts, and receipts — we will send it on request. Write to vera@matteson.no — we’ll send the PDF within 24 hours.

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Our position

“These are your money — not ours. And you have the right to see every penny”

When we were just starting Feel Free Camp, one rule mattered to us above all: every penny must be verifiable. Not “about this much went to food” — but specific accounting lines that we can show to any donor.

This report is an attempt to keep that standard. We know that in other Christian projects, the numbers often remain “general words.” We chose a different path: openly, down to the penny, with explanations for every item.

If you have questions about any line item — write to us. We are ready to show the base rental contract, the food receipt, or tickets for invited speakers. Without this there is no trust. Without trust there is no project.

Vera Matteson Coordinator · Feel Free Camp · Norway / Ukraine

Season 26 — 13 800 €

If this transparency matters to you, support the next season. Every fully funded spot (€216) saves one person from losing the opportunity.

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