How to spend the weekend: support Ukraine

Every family after a working week is waiting for the weekend to have fun - go to the park, eat cotton candy, watch a new movie. It is very important now, in such a difficult period, to relax with your family. But it so happened that these days, every minute, Ukraine is fighting for its freedom and, perhaps, for the freedom of all of Europe.

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Now, at this moment, Ukrainian families are fighting for the right not only to walk quietly on weekends, but simply to survive. And these brave people need help. Therefore, this week we decided not to publish a selection of entertainment for the weekend, but to collect a list of options to help Ukraine and Ukrainians. Your cotton candy can become a warm blanket, and tickets to a new movie can become a dose of medicine for a sick or injured Ukrainian child in need, each amount for a portion of ice cream can help fuel an ambulance, and a signed petition can save a life. A small deed is a component of a common victory over evil, cruelty and injustice. If you want to support the Ukrainians and become part of their heroic struggle, consider how you can do this.

Help for refugees

Help people fleeing from Ukraine, residents of neighboring European countries with Ukraine can. If you or your loved ones are ready to support refugees, fill out the form at link.

How can you help:

• accept refugees;
• drive them to the desired destination;
• if you know of people who need help, please provide information about them.

If just distribute this postso that as many people as possible see it, this will also be a feasible contribution to the common cause.

Special account for raising funds to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU)

The National Bank of Ukraine opened a special account to raise funds to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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Details of the official special account: UA843000010000000047330992708

The account is multi-currency, it was created and opened for transferring funds from international partners and donors. Funds can be transferred to it in foreign currency (US dollars, euros, British pounds, Swiss francs, francs, Swiss francs), as well as from Ukrainian businesses and citizens - in national currency.

To deposit funds in USD (US dollars):

• BENEFICIARY: National Bank of Ukraine
  BENEFICIARY BIC: NBUA UA UX
  BENEFICIARY ADDRESS: 9 Instytutska St, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine
  ACCOUNT NUMBER: 400807238
  BENEFICIARY BANK NAME: JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, New York
  BENEFICIARY BANK BIC: CHASUS33
  ABA 0210 0002 1
  BENEFICIARY BANK ADDRESS: 383 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA
  PURPOSE OF PAYMENT: for crediting account 47330992708

To deposit funds in EUR (euro):

• BENEFICIARY'S BANK: National Bank of Ukraine CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT: IBAN DE843000010000000047330992708 CORRESPONDENT BANK: DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK, Frankfurt

To deposit funds in GBP (pound sterling):

• BENEFICIARY/RECIPIENT NAME: National Bank of Ukraine SORT CODE: 60-92-42
  ACCOUNT NUMBER: GB52CHAS60924280033041
  REFERENCE FOR CREDITING ACCOUNT: 47330992708
  BENEFICIARY BIC: NBUA UA UX
  BENEFICIARY ADDRESS: 9 Instytutska St, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine
  BENEFICIARY BANK NAME: JP MORGAN CHASE BANK NA, London
  BENEFICIARY BANK BIC: CHASGB2L
  BENEFICIARY BANK ADDRESS: 125 London Wall, London EC2Y 5AJ, UK

To deposit funds in CHF (Swiss Franc):

• BENEFICIARY: National Bank of Ukraine
  BENEFICIARY BIC: NBUA UA UX
  BENEFICIARY ADDRESS: 9 Instytutska St, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine
  ACCOUNT NUMBER: 0700-01227572
  IBAN CH32 0070 0070 0012 2757 2
  BENEFICIARY BANK NAME: ZURCHER KANTONALBANK, ZURICH
  BENEFICIARY BANK BIC: ZKBKCHZZ80A
  BENEFICIARY BANK ADDRESS: Josefstrasse 222, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland
  PURPOSE OF PAYMENT: for crediting account 47330992708

To deposit funds in AUD (Australian dollar):

• BENEFICIARY: National Bank of Ukraine
  BENEFICIARY BIC: NBUA UA UX
  BENEFICIARY ADDRESS: 9 Instytutska St, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine
  ACCOUNT NUMBER: 81753-2
  BENEFICIARY BANK NAME: RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA, Sydney
  BENEFICIARY BANK BIC: RSBKAU2S
  BENEFICIARY BANK ADDRESS: GPO Box 3947, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
  PURPOSE OF PAYMENT: for crediting account 47330992708

To deposit funds in CNY (Chinese Yuan):

• BENEFICIARY: National Bank of Ukraine
  BENEFICIARY BIC: NBUA UA UX
  BENEFICIARY ADDRESS: 9 Instytutska St, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine
  ACCOUNT NUMBER: 447-0-946243-6
  BENEFICIARY BANK NAME: STANDARD CHARTERED BANK, Hong Kong
  BENEFICIARY BANK BIC: SCBLHKHH
  BENEFICIARY BANK ADDRESS: GPO Box 21, Hong Kong
  PURPOSE OF PAYMENT: for crediting account 47330992708

To deposit funds in CAD (Canadian dollar):

• BENEFICIARY: National Bank of Ukraine
  BENEFICIARY BIC: NBUA UA UX
  BENEFICIARY ADDRESS: 9 Instytutska St, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine
  ACCOUNT NUMBER: 3144-1044-166
  BENEFICIARY BANK NAME: BANK OF MONTREAL, Toronto
  BENEFICIARY BANK BIC: BOFMCAM2
  BENEFICIARY BANK ADDRESS: 100 King Street West, 24th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5X 1A1, Canada
  PURPOSE OF PAYMENT: for crediting account 47330992708

To deposit funds in JPY (Japanese Yen):

• BENEFICIARY: National Bank of Ukraine
  BENEFICIARY BIC: NBUA UA UX
  BENEFICIARY ADDRESS: 9 Instytutska St, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine
  ACCOUNT NUMBER: 653-0430048
  BENEFICIARY BANK NAME: MUFG BANK LTD, Tokyo
  BENEFICIARY BANK BIC: BOTK JP JT
  BENEFICIARY BANK ADDRESS: 1-2-3, Nihombashi HONGOKU-CHO, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 1003-0021 Japan
  PURPOSE OF PAYMENT: for crediting account 47330992708

Charitable organization "Come back alive"

The Come Back Alive Foundation helps all organizations and structures that are fighting for Ukraine. It supplies and builds equipment, trains military and officers, talks about the war firsthand, and holds back the flow of propaganda and disinformation.

Support the fund from the card of any bank of Ukraine can:

IBAN: UA223226690000026007300905964
EDRPOU: 39696398
Recipient: Charitable organization “International Charitable Foundation “Come Back Alive””
Purpose of payment: Charitable assistance to military personnel.

In addition, the organization accepts donations even in bitcoins. Номер счета: bc1qkd5az2ml7dk5j5h672yhxmhmxe9tuf97j39fm6

Transfers from abroad:

Requisites for SWIFT transfer:

• Company Name: CO “INTERNATIONAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION “COME BACK ALIVE”
• IBAN Code (Euro): UA093052990000026004025029786
• IBAN Code (USD): UA173052990000026009035028620
• Name of the bank: JSC CB “PRIVATBANK”, 1D HRUSHEVSKOHO STR., KYIV, 01001, UKRAINE
• Bank SWIFT Code: PBANUA2X
• Company address: UA 01054, m. Kiev, vul. Bohdan Khmelnitsky, 32, apt. 41
• Purpose of payment: Charitable donation to Ukrainian military

How to help Ukraine from the USA

Below is a list of charitable organizations that directly help Ukraine and Ukrainians. All of them are registered in the USA.

Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA)

Collects donations for humanitarian needs link.

United Help Ukraine

Collects donations for life-saving medical supplies for the Ukrainian front link.

Revived Soldiers Ukraine

Collects donations for the treatment of the wounded and the provision of hospitals - for link.

Razom for Ukraine

Collects donations for tactical medical training and emergency response in Ukraine - by link.

Nova Ukraine

Collects donations for humanitarian aid to Ukraine link.

Sunflower of Peace

Collects donations for tactical medical training link.

Pile

Collects donations to children whose parents gave their lives in the Russian-Ukrainian war link.

airbnb

Airbnb hosts in Ukraine receive bookings from people from all over the world who do not plan to come. It is part of a creative social media campaign to donate money to beleaguered Ukrainians in need of financial assistance.

You can book accommodation in Ukraine through the application and a specific person will receive money with which he can buy warm clothes, food or food for his cat.

Charity organisations

Organizations locally and around the world actively support people in Ukraine and refugees seeking safety elsewhere, medical and humanitarian assistance.

1. Organization People in Need provides humanitarian assistance to more than 200 people on the ground. For those most in need, they provide food parcels, temporary shelter, safe access to drinking water, hygiene items and coal for heating. You can donate here.

2. Ukrainian Red Cross engaged in humanitarian activities - from helping refugees to training doctors. You can donate here.

3. International Medical Corps is at the forefront and ready to help citizens with emergency medical care, as well as psychological and psychosocial support. The agency has been focusing on the pandemic throughout the crisis, among other things, prioritizing COVID-19 awareness and prevention services to help protect displaced people from the pandemic. You can donate here.

4. CARE is responding to the crisis by providing Ukrainians in need with food, hygiene kits, psychosocial support services, access to water and cash. You can donate here.

5. Nova Ukraine is a non-profit organization that delivers aid packages to Ukraine with everything you need: from baby food and hygiene products to clothing and household goods. You can donate here.

6. UNICEF repairs schools damaged by explosions, provides emergency assistance to children affected by the conflict. You can donate here.

7. UNHCR, UN Refugee Agency, has stepped up its activities and is working with the governments of neighboring countries, "calling on them to keep the borders open for those who seek security and protection." You can help UNHCR work to support refugees by making a donation here.

And support the call The United Nations allocate $1,7 billion for life-saving humanitarian assistance here.

8. OutRight Action helps support LGBTQ+ groups and organizations in the field by creating shelters and ensuring the safety of citizens. All donations made by OutRight will go directly to the cause. You can donate here.

9. United Nations World Food Program (WFP) conducts emergency operations in Ukraine and neighboring countries to provide food aid to those fleeing the war. You can donate here.

10. Save the Children works with partners to meet the urgent needs of affected children and their families. The organization stands ready to provide life-saving assistance such as food, water, cash transfers and safe places for children, and to expand capacity to ensure children receive the support they need. You can donate here.

11. "Mercy Corps" mobilizes a team in the region to assess where help is most needed and looks forward to providing emergency cash assistance as well as support from local organizations that know best what their community needs. Between 2015 and 2017, Mercy Corps provided humanitarian assistance in eastern Ukraine, providing more than 200 people with cash, food, water and sanitation, small business grants, rebuilding war-damaged homes, and more. You can donate here.

12. Organization Medical Team International collects funds to provide the region with medicines, with all funds going to send medicines and medical supplies. You can donate here.

Other measures

If you do not have the resources for financial assistance, you can still help Ukrainian families, and this assistance will support them greatly.

1. Join a peaceful protest

If you're following the current situation on the ground but still want to do more or don't have the financial means to donate, consider joining demonstrators around the world. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Find your nearest demo here.

2. Take action with Global Citizen

Join Global Citizen and take action in multiple ways. First, show solidarity with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people by tweeting #StandWithUkraine.

3. On the UN team

The United Nations (UN) is issuing an urgent humanitarian appeal for $1,7 billion for vital humanitarian assistance. You can send an urgent tweet in support of the UN appeal calling on governments and businesses to support the people of Ukraine. Details can be found at link.

5. Kyiv Declaration

Finally, 40 Ukrainian civil society organizations have come together around six urgent appeals for peace under the Kiev Declaration, and you can take action to help them be heard. They are asking for safe spaces for civilians, sanctions on Russian banks, support for local humanitarian operations, asset freezes and visa revocations for Putin and his henchmen, defensive military assistance, and equipment to track war crimes and ensure that all perpetrators are brought to justice. before the court. Details - by link.

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Humanitarian aid

Many Ukrainian cities are on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. The world community, volunteers from all over the world are making heroic efforts to help Ukraine solve the problem of humanitarian aid.

What help do you need first?

“It is very important to immediately divide humanitarian aid into four categories: medicines, warm clothes, food, hygiene products, working electronics. Everything should be collected in cardboard or plastic boxes, which must be signed to make it easier to sort. If you send electronic devices, then only working ones: if flashlights, then with working batteries, preferably charged phones with chargers. We need warm clothes, blankets - people are freezing,” says Irakli Kemertelidze, a volunteer from Berlin, who organized a fundraiser for Ukrainians, reports DW.

There are collection centers in many US cities.

You can help even by visiting a restaurant

There are a lot of businesses in the USA founded by immigrants from Ukraine. Their owners now support their homeland, so just having lunch in such a restaurant, you can help Ukraine.

A list of Ukrainian businesses in New York can be found here to register:.

In addition to supporting Ukrainian businesses, the Ukrainian community of New York organized a fundraiser to help those affected by the war. Donations can be made here.

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