Here’s How You Can #StandWithUkraine

The eyes of the world are on Ukraine, whose people have been fighting back against a Russian invasion for two weeks. Governments, nonprofits, and major corporations have all taken steps to help — but what can we as individuals do?

Here are a few of the organizations that are raising money to support the people of Ukraine.

International Organizations

• The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is providing humanitarian assistance for displaced people both inside and outside Ukraine. https://www.unrefugees.org/
• The Red Cross of Ukraine is providing first aid, medicine, food, clothing, training, and transportation for residents. https://donate.redcrossredcrescent.org/ua/donate/~my-donation?_cv=1
• United Nations Crisis Relief is collecting donations to transfer to local humanitarian organizations. https://crisisrelief.un.org/ukraine-crisis
• UNICEF is focusing on Ukrainian children, providing humanitarian supplies including first aid kits, medicine, safe water, and mental health care. https://www.unicefusa.org/
• The International Rescue Committee is working with local organizations in Poland and Ukraine to provide needed supplies to refugees. https://www.rescue.org/
• CARE’s Ukraine Crisis Fund is seeking to provide food, water, first aid kits, money, and other supplies to four million Ukrainians. https://www.care.org/
• Save the Children is working to provide affected families and kids with winter kits, hygiene kits, education, mental and psychological support, and cash for food and medicine. https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/ukraine

Medical Aid

• Razom for Ukraine is focusing on purchasing medical supplies and delivering them to facilities and individuals in need. (“Razom” is Ukrainian for “together.”) https://razomforukraine.org/
• MOAS (Migrant Offshore Aid Stations) is working to provide medical aid and first response services to Ukrainians impacted and displaced by the violence. https://www.moas.eu/
• Project CURE is raising funds to send medical supplies to hospitals within Ukraine. https://projectcure.org/
• Project HOPE works to deliver medicine and other supplies to Ukraine and other crisis spots around the world. https://www.projecthope.org/
• Doctors Without Borders is working with displaced refugees on the Ukrainian border and rushing medical supplies to hospitals and facilities within Ukraine. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/
• Sunflower of Peace is a US-based nonprofit working to distribute first aid, medicine, and other medical and humanitarian supplies to Ukraine. https://www.sunflowerofpeace.com/

Food

• The UN’s World Food Programme has already shipped 400 metric tons of food to support refugees both inside and outside Ukraine. https://www.wfp.org/stories/wfp-scales-response-ukraine-neighbours-take-refugees
• Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen is providing food to refugees at the Ukrainian border and supporting chefs who are helping feed displaced people within Ukraine as well. https://wck.org/

Other Support

• United Help Ukraine is raising funds, clothes, and medical supplies for injured Ukrainians and Ukrainian families. https://unitedhelpukraine.org/
• The Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund is raising funds to provide shelter, food, water, health care, education, and financial assistance for refugees. https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/ukraine-crisis-relief-fund/
• Come Back Alive in Ukraine provides assistance to the Ukrainian armed forces. https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/

Donate or Volunteer

• Ukraine Now is raising funds, but also organizing volunteer efforts and finding people willing to house Ukrainian refugees after they make it across the border. https://www.ukrainenow.org/
• Nova Ukraine is also soliciting volunteers as well as donations to help frontline workers inside Ukraine. https://novaukraine.org/

Local Organizations

• Locally, the Ukrainian Association of North Carolina is organizing relief efforts and rallies across the Triangle. https://www.facebook.com/UkrainianAssociationNC
• New Life Ministries (based in the Triangle) is working to get financial and material support to orphanages within Ukraine. https://www.nlminfo.org/

Other Resources

• The Kyiv Independent has a list of resources for those who want to support the Ukrainian military directly: https://kyivindependent.com/national/want-to-help-ukraines-military-as-a-foreigner-heres-what-you-can-do/
• You can also support the Kyiv Independent itself as it continues its journalism inside a war-torn country: https://www.gofundme.com/f/kyivindependent-launch
• Other relief agencies and nonprofits are listed here: https://www.standwithukraine.how/
• Want to make sure your donations are going to the right places? The Better Business Bureau has a website where you can check charities before donating: https://www.give.org/

Photo via Alice Hayes.

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