Reputable Non-Profits Helping People in Ukraine
World Central Kitchen is a non-profit working with local chefs and volunteers to provide over 70,000 meals a day to in-need people in Ukraine and refugees from Ukraine to the neighboring countries. https://donate.wck.org/
Voices of Children is an Ukraine-based aid organization that provides psychological support to children who have witnessed war. It uses art therapy and storytelling to support children’s wellbeing, and provides financial support to families who have suffered as a result of war. https://voices.org.ua/en/
Architecture firm Balkbek Bureau is providing housing for war refugees. https://www.balbek.com/reukraine-eng
Vostok SOS, which is also based in Ukraine, partners with German-Swiss NGO Liberico to provide immediate evacuation support to Ukrainians attempting to flee their homes. Vostok maintains a hotline for Ukrainians in need and, going forward, hopes to provide trauma support to victims of the invasion. https://bit.ly/33X2Sc5
Malteser International, a nonprofit based in Malta, has been collecting “everyday” supplies for Ukrainians who have been forced to flee their homes. “What is especially needed are everyday medicines, as well as cots, blankets, food, and cash to provide for the many people affected,” Oliver Hochedez, head of Malteser International’s emergency relief department, said in a public statement. https://bit.ly/3HtjG8d
Nova Ukraine, also an American nonprofit, works closely with Ukraine-based organizations and is currently assembling supply packages that include diapers for children and adults, baby food, hospital supplies, and dry foods for a children’s orphanage in Donetsk. https://lnkd.in/djqeigNS
Most large international aid organizations, including UNICEF, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Committee of the Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, and the International Rescue Committee, are currently working in Ukraine and neighboring countries, where a growing number of displaced people are fleeing. A number of American grassroots and regional organizations, most of which were providing aid to displaced people in the country before the latest conflict began, are also worthy of support.
Do what you can. The people of Ukraine and their refugees need your help.