The money raised will provide refugees with food, shelter, medicine, transportation and critical childcare supplies that infants need such as formula.Īccording to the organization's official website, your donation will help "affected communities in Ukraine, with a focus on the most vulnerable, including children, who need access to food, medical services, and psychosocial support." United Way Worldwide has just launched a global relief fund for the people in Ukraine called The United for Ukraine fund. According to their press release, they have been sending "large-scale shipments of medicine and relief supplies" to the refugees and are prepared to "deliver medicine, medical supplies, emergency funding and relief items to the region" at will. They told TODAY that they restored "war-damaged homes and provided small-business development grants and training to help people earn income and support themselves and their families." AmericaresĪmericares has deployed an emergency response team to Krakow, Poland, to provide aid to the Ukrainian refugees there. "We also plan to provide emergency cash assistance and connect people on the move with information, such as where to access basic services, information on safe routes, and their legal rights," they added.įrom 2015 to 2017, Mercy Corps helped out eastern Ukraine by providing emergency cash, food, water, and sanitation supplies to more than 200,000 people there. Mercy Corps' website states that they are currently "on the ground in Ukraine, Romania, and Poland, providing funding to local organizations that know their community needs best and working to meet urgent humanitarian needs." "For these children who are still in orphanages, we will work to protect them and provide safe shelter for them until we can continue our search to find them permanent families," Kidsave told TODAY.
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