Here Are 35+ Ways You Can Help Ukraine Right Now
A comprehensive list of charities, websites, and give links
βIf one of you says to them, βGo in peace; keep warm and well fed,β but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. But someone will say, βYou have faith; I have deeds.β Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.ββββYakob ben Yoseph, brother of Jesus of Nazareth
As everyone not living under a rock now knows, Russia invaded Ukraine this week. (Hereβs the actual reason why.)
After chatting with friends on the ground and in surrounding nations, I can tell you that the refugee situation is already dire. Iβve been compiling a list of places we can donate to support their efforts, hoping to make it the most comprehensive list on the web.
A few quick thoughts:
Put your Netflix on hold, ditch your smartphone, stop renovating your house, sell your rental properties, divest of predatory stocks, do whatever you need to do to free up cash. We have friends in the poorest nation in Europe (Moldova) who are hosting two hundred people, so letβs step the hell up.
Please send this to any and all friends who supported the Ottawa trucker βfreedomβ convoyβββif they can raise $10 million against vaccine mandates, Iβm really hoping they can step up and re-allocate their refunded donations to feed refugee children amidst a real invasion of human rights.
If you know of any other organizations I should add to this list, please add them in the comments. [>>>Please include org name, website, location, what theyβre focusing on, and a direct give link.]
Alright friends, letβs get to work.
Children
Org: Happy Kids
Focus: Evacuating Ukrainian orphans and foster kids to Poland.
Donation link
Org: Save the Children
Focus: Food, water, hygiene kits, psychosocial support, and cash assistance to families with children in immediate need of aid.
Donation link
Org: UNICEF
Focus: βThe U.N. Childrenβs Fund in Ukraine is providing support for the countryβs 7.5 million children threatened by the escalating conflict.β
Donation link
Org: Voices of Children
Focus: βNon-stop assistance to affected children and families.β
Donation link
Org: Tabletochki
Focus: Supporting children with cancer in Ukraine.
Donation link
Org: Ignis Invictus
Focus: βMultiple orphanages have already begun rationing meals for the children under their care; the local groups we work with have been filling the sustenance gaps. We have already purchased and delivered 48 beds through donations here, and we are working to deliver another 100+.β
Donation link
[Jared has a personal connection.]
Refugees
Org: Operation Mobilisation
Focus: Hosting hundreds of Ukrainian refugees in Moldova, the poorest country in Europe.
Donation link UK link. Mark the gift as βUkrainian crisis response in Moldova, Metanoia.β
[Jared has a personal connection. This is the organization he is supporting.]
Org: United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees
Focus: Refugee support across multiple countries. βMore than 500,000 Ukrainians have fled the country since Russiaβs attack began last week.β
Donation link Alt
Org: International Rescue Committee
Focus: βWe are working to quickly mobilize resources and connect with partners to establish a response that will provide life-saving support to civilians forced to flee their homes.β
Donation link
Org: Tear Fund
Focus: βGive today to provide essentials such as emergency housing, blankets and food to families who have fled the centre of attack.β
Donation link
Org: Smolin Ministries
Focus: Humanitarian aid to internally displaced in Ternopil, Ukraine. Theyβve rented a camp and a few buildings to house refugees. Pics on IG.
Donation link
Org: Living With Power
Focus: They have several refugee centers up and running, building more.
Donation link
Org: One Collective
Focus: βWe have a team in Uzhhorod Ukraine that is now fully engaged in providing aid (food, shelter, and supplies)β
Donation link
[Jared has a personal connection.]
Org: Asociația MGM
Focus: Romanian org helping at the Siret crossing point. See IG for photos.
Donation link
Org: Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain
Focus: British Ukrainians helping out their overseas family and bringing them to the UK where possible.
Donation link
Org: Church of the Nazarene
Focus: Churches in Ukraine, Moldova, Poland, Romania, and Hungary all providing refugee families with food, supplies, transport.
Donation link
Org: Polish Humanitarian Action
Focus: Polish humanitarian assistance including food to Ukrainians who have to leave their homes.
Donation link
Food
Org: Razom for Ukraine
Focus: Keeping a food pipeline open from Poland to Ukraine.
Donation link
[Jared has a personal connection.]
Org: Youth With A Mission Cluj
Focus: Romanian teens delivering food to the Ukraine border.
Donation link Alt
Org: CARE International
Focus: Food and hygiene kits. βThe groupβs immediate crisis response is aiming to reach 4 million Ukrainians.β
Donation link
Domestic/Internal Aid
Org: Nova Ukraine
Focus: Domestic humanitarian efforts.
Donation link Accepts crypto.
Org: Ukraine Christian Ministries
Focus: Providing food, bedding, medicines to internally-displaced Ukrainians.Β
Donation link
Org: Vostok SOS
Focus: Humanitarian aid, evacuation, medical attention, psychological support
Donation link Donbas SOS Crimea SOS
Org: Insight LGBTQ
Focus: βRaising funds to help LGBTQI people affected by the military: funds needed to help with temporary housing, relocation to safer areas, food, medicine and first-needed supplies.β
Donation link
Org: Mennonite Central Committee
Focus: Blankets, heating, and food in four Ukrainian cities
Donation link
Org: International Fellowship of Christians and Jews
Focus: Critical security, emergency aid, and assistance for Ukrainian Jews.
Donation link
Org: Letβs Help
Focus: Supporting and feeding the elderly through the war.
Donation link
Medical
Org: United Help Ukraine
Focus: IFAKs containing blood-stopping bandages and tourniquets.
Donation link
Org: Ukrainian Red Cross
Focus: First aid
Donation link
Org: ΠΠΎΡΠΏΡΡΠ°Π»ΡΡΡΠΈ ΠΠΎΡΠΏΠΈΡΠ°Π»ΡΠ΅ΡΡ Hospitallers
Focus: 100+ volunteer doctors and paramedics.
Donation link
Org: Sunflower of Peace
Focus: Shipping first aid backpacks from USA to front-line paramedics and doctors in Ukraine.
Donation link FB
Org: International Medical Corps
Focus: Medical services
Donation link
Org: Blood.ua
Focus: Blood donations in Ukraine. Right now they need financial support to bring in blood thatβs being donated in other countries.
Donation link
Defense
Org: Phoenix Wings
Focus: Provides Ukraine army with βappropriate equipment & uniform, personal non-lethal protection (vests, helmets), required treatment of the wounded soldiers and acquisition the personal first aid kits.β
Donation link
Org: Come Back Alive
Focus: Supporting Ukrainian soldiers.
Donation link
Media
Org: The Kyiv Independent
Focus: Providing local news directly from Ukraineβs capital.
Donation links: GoFundMe Patreon
Geopolitical
Action: Email your (s)elected officials
Focus: Ask them to do more by way of funding and support for Ukraine, bringing in refugees, higher sanctions on Russia, as you will.
Links: USA, Canada, United Kingdom
Action: Picket
If youβre the protesting type, grab some friends, call up the media, and go shake signs in front of your local Russian embassy.
Action: Divest
Stop buying Russian products, switch from oil/gas to renewables, sell any stocks that do business with Russia, etc.
Action: Get ready to warmly welcome refugees
Everyone deserves a home and we are all family. We really need to act like it.
Please distribute this list far and wide.
Together in peace,