How Can I Help Ukraine?
We have gathered together the following non-exhaustive list of organizations and channels you can support to help the Ukrainian people impacted by Russia’s ongoing invasion.
Protest in Vancouver, Canada; image credit: Sima Ghaffarzadeh, Pexels.
Support to Individuals via Airbnb
People are booking Airbnbs in Ukraine — not to stay, but as a way to send funds and show support to Ukranians.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières
International humanitarian medical non-governmental organization, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is working to set up emergency response activities in the country and dispatching teams to Poland, Moldova, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia. Teams are also ready to respond in Russia and Belarus. In the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, MSF teams have distributed medical kits to treat war-wounded people. They have also provided a telemedicine training for trauma care for 30 surgeons from eastern Ukraine.
Support to Individual Artists via Etsy
One creative way people have been helping those affected is by purchasing from Ukrainian Etsy sellers — specifically from those who offer digital art or downloads that don't require physical order fulfillment. People across the world have been buying digital prints, cross-stitch patterns, and more from these sellers, and leaving reviews with messages of support.
International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization. They are on the ground in Poland, and working with local partners in both Poland and Ukraine to provide essential items to displaced people, including blankets, warm clothes, cookstoves, groceries, basic supplies, and—where possible—cash.
Through their partners, the IRC will also provide new arrivals with information about asylum and available services using an existing hotline, offer legal counseling and psychological support, and connect them to other services including through social workers, interpreters, and cultural assistants.
NFT Now – Supporting Individual Artists
Media organization NFT Now has compiled a list of individual Ukrainian artists you can support. The list includes short overviews of each artist along with links to relevant profiles and channels, from where you can support their work.
OutRight works at international, regional and national levels to research, document, defend, and advance human rights for LGBTQ+ people around the world. OutRight has started to receive the first requests for support from LGBTQ+ organizations preparing to receive Ukranians in search of shelter, safety and security.
The Ukrainian Red Cross Society is a non-profit humanitarian and charitable association. They are providing emergency supplies including hygiene and food kits, warm clothing and medicines, and assisting with the evacuation of people with disabilities.
Save the Children Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund
Save the Children is a leading humanitarian organization for children. Donations to their Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund help provide children and families with immediate aid, such as food, water, hygiene kits, psychosocial support and cash assistance.
World Central Kitchen is a not-for-profit non-governmental organization devoted to providing meals in the wake of natural disasters. WCK is serving thousands of fresh meals to Ukrainian families fleeing home as well as those who remain in the country.
Cover image: Anna Koberska