8 ways to help the people of Ukraine right now

Show support by donating to these national and international organizations.

Credit: Voices of Children

Show support by donating to these national and international organizations

If you’re looking for ways to support the Ukrainian people right now, donating whatever you can is a good way to start. Here’s a list of resources we’ve gathered that benefit Ukraine, from children’s charities to medical relief to refugee support. We encourage you to do your own research, too—and to support Ukraine’s journalists at outlets like the Kyiv Independent and the Ukraine Crisis Media Centre.

1. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Canada

UNHCR Canada provides shelter, food, water, medical care and other life-saving assistance to refugees around the world. In a statement on February 24, it said it is “working with the authorities, UN and other partners in Ukraine and is ready to provide humanitarian assistance wherever necessary and possible.”

Donate here.
Keep up-to-date here.

2. Voices of Children

Voices of Children, which is based in Ukraine, offers psychological and psychosocial support to children who have suffered war trauma. Currently, the group is “working in various villages and towns along the frontline in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.” Its website is full of children’s stories—read first-person accounts from the kids affected by the conflict here.

Donate here.
Keep up-to-date here.

3. Canada Ukraine Foundation

This organization delivers assistance projects from Canada to Ukraine. Yesterday, it announced a plan to raise $5 million for continued supply of food and medicine for displaced Ukrainians.

Donate here.
Keep up-to-date here.

4. UNICEF

UNICEF has four operating offices on both sides of the conflict. According to its website, its providing mine risk education and psychological support to hundreds of thousands of children and caregivers, supporting the rehabilitation of schools damaged by the war and ensuring that more than 2.3 million people have access to safe water.

Donate here.
Keep up-to-date here.

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5. Revived Soldiers Ukraine

Revived Soldiers Ukraine is a nonprofit that supports the medical rehabilitation of Ukrainian soldiers. Its website include biographies of some of the soldiers it has helped, plus ways to lend support (including buying through smile.amazon.com and setting Revived Soldiers Ukraine as your preferred nonprofit—Amazon donates 0.5 percent of your purchase). That’s a nice gesture, but not a lot: better to donate directly.

Donate here.
Keep up-to-date here.

6. Save Life of Ukraine

According to its website (which is in Ukrainian, so please bear with me), Save Life has been training the military and officers, supplying and repairing equipment, and curbing the flow of propaganda and disinformation into Ukraine for seven years. You can find past reports detailing how funds were used here.

Donate here.
Keep up-to-date here.

7. United Help Ukraine

United Help Ukraine‘s actions include providing medical supplies to those injured in war and hosting clothing drives for families who have lost relatives. Right now, it‘s delivering life-saving individual first aid kits (IFAKs containing blood-stopping bandages and tourniquets) and other emergency supplies to the front lines, according to a Facebook post.

Donate here.
Keep up-to-date here.

8. The Red Cross

On February 24, the Canadian Red Cross launched the Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal, with the goal to “address immediate and ongoing relief efforts, long-term recovery, resiliency and other critical humanitarian activities as needs arise” in Ukraine and among displaced Ukrainians.

Donate here.
Keep up-to-date here.

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