Support the people of Ukraine
Your donation will be doubled by supporting foundations. Helvetas is our partner that runs the project.
Project focus: emergency relief (later support in reconstruction)
The war in Ukraine is catastrophic for the Ukrainian people, and also directly impacts people in neighboring countries. According to United Nations estimates, over 5 million people have fled the country (4/20/2022), another 6 million migrated inside Ukraine. They are seeking shelter in areas that have not yet been affected, and in neighboring countries. Many refugees have had to leave everything behind, including their loved ones.
Inside Ukraine, Helvetas is active with its partners and the support of Swiss Solidarity. Thousands of internally displaced persons have in western Ukraine already received hot meals, mattresses, hygiene articles, electric stoves as well as cash and vouchers to buy the essentials the need, themselves. Local restaurants, canteens and self-help groups also receive financial support to provide free or low-cost meals to refugees. In doing so, we support the local economy.
To the south, in neighbouring Moldova, Helvetas offers refugees what they need most of all: warm rest areas for women with small children and elderly people, help with transport to the shelters, SIM cards, access to the internet, and much more.
Pictures used above © Helvetas/ Nenad Celarevic, Patrick Rohr
Every amount makes a difference!
The amounts listed below are actual examples from this project. Donations will be used to meet the most urgent needs, according to the project actions described in the video and below.
Viktoria Sgerya and her daughter Alisa (10 months) are cared for at the Helvetas Help Point.
© Helvetas/ Patrick Rohr
For everyone, but especially for mothers with small children, the elderly and the handicapped persons, the fleeing is an enormous strain.
© Helvetas/ Patrick Rohr
Moldova is located southeast of Ukraine and is one of the poorest countries in Europe. But the solidarity with the refugees is enormous. Many accommodate entire families in their homes.
© Helvetas/ Patrick Rohr
Video insights into the work of Helvetas on the Ukrainian-Moldovan border
What the project does exactly
Project measures
– Transport of refugees by hired buses and drivers.
– Establishment of reception centres, coordination, toilet and washing facilities, emergency centres.
– Provision of warm meals, hygiene kits, warm tents or electric heaters and blankets (in the last few months it has often been below zero, especially at night).
– Allocation of cash and vouchers so that the most important things can be purchased by the refugees themselves
– Local restaurants, canteens and self-help groups receive financial support to offer free or low-cost meals to internally displaced persons. This supports the local economy.
– Provision of SIM cards (the Ukrainian SIM cards do not work abroad).
Project run by our partner Helvetas
Project internal name: Ukraine
Project phase: 2022
Funding: by donations
Helvetas is an independent organization for development (based in Switzerland) who supports poor and disadvantaged women, men, and communities in about thirty developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. Helvetas is committed to a just world in which all men and women determine the course of their lives in dignity and security, using environmental resources in a sustainable manner.
Helvetas works in the areas of securing basic needs (water, food and climate), creating prospects (education, economic development and work), and strengthening good governance (participation, social cohesion and women’s empowerment). Helvetas also provides humanitarian aid after natural disasters and in emergencies.