How you can help Ukraine

Dylan Stableford and Yahoo News Photo Staff
·4-min read

Russia’s bloody invasion of Ukraine, now in its second month, has also triggered one of the largest refugee waves in history. According to the United Nations, more than 4 million people have fled Ukraine since the war began.

Those millions of people require an immense amount of resources, including immediate needs like food, water, shelter and medicine. In the long term, they will require education, health care, access to job markets and more. No city or region is capable of absorbing so many refugees without significant humanitarian aid.

And there are many ways you can help. Below is a list of organizations to which you can donate to help people affected by the crisis.

• International Red Cross

The American Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are providing lifesaving aid to those in need — in both Ukraine and neighboring countries.

Read more about its work and donate here >>>

• International Medical Corps

This organization provides similar aid as the Red Cross, as well as mental health services to those affected by the war.

Read more about its work and donate here >>>

• CARE International

This nonprofit is responding to the crisis by providing Ukrainians — particularly women, girls and the elderly — with food and hygiene kits. Its immediate crisis response is aiming to reach 4 million Ukrainians.

Read more about its work and donate here >>>

• UNICEF Ukraine

The U.N. Children’s Fund in Ukraine is providing support for the country’s 7.5 million children threatened by the escalating conflict, including an estimated 4.5 million who have fled or been displaced. The agency is working with its partners to provide essential services — including health, education, protection, water and sanitation — as well as lifesaving supplies.

Read more about its work and donate here >>>

• UNHCR

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is the official agency of the U.N. whose mission it is to aid and protect refugees. UNHCR has declared the refugee crisis in Ukraine a Level 3 emergency — the highest level it carries. The organization has teams on the ground in Ukraine and neighboring countries to protect and assist the more than 4 million people who have been forced to flee.

Read more about its work and donate here >>>

Images from the refugee crisis

A child cries from inside a train while a man outside lifts his hand to the window.
Ukrainians on a Poland-bound train bid farewell in Lviv on March 22. (Bernat Armangue/AP)
Refugees wait in a long line to apply for Polish ID numbers.
Refugees in line to apply for Polish ID numbers in Warsaw on March 21. (Czarek Sokolowski/AP)
Egor, 5, held in his mother's arms in a temporary shelter, kisses her.
Egor, 5, comforts his mother, Helen, in a temporary shelter in Suceava, Romania, on March 20 after fleeing Ukraine. (Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)
Ekaterina Mosha, 82, and her grandson Dmitrii, 3, have a meal while bundled up outside.
Ekaterina Mosha, 82, has a meal with her grandson Dmitrii, 3, at the border crossing in Palanca, Moldova, on March 19. (Sergei Grits/AP)
A Ukrainian woman walks her dog at a border crossing.
A Ukrainian woman walks her dog as they cross the border in Vysne Nemecke, Slovakia, on March 3. (Darko Vojinovic/AP)
A child holds her mother's hand at a border crossing.
A child holds her mother's hand at the border crossing in Siret, Romania, on March 20. (Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)
Ukrainian refugees, looking anxious, wait in line at a border crossing.
Ukrainian refugees wait in line at a border crossing in Medyka, Poland, on March 29. (Sergei Grits/AP)
A firefighter holds the bundled-up child of a refugee.
A firefighter holds the child of a refugee as they wait to be processed at the Isaccea-Orlivka border crossing in Romania on March 25. (Andreea Alexandru/AP)
Ukrainian refugees sit and lie on cots in a temporary shelter.
Ukrainian refugees in a temporary shelter in Chisinau, Moldova, on March 4. (Vladislav Culiomza/Reuters)
A Ukrainian refugee holds her baby and dog as she waits for a bus at a border crossing.
A Ukrainian refugee holds her child and dog as she waits for a bus at the Palanca-Maiaky-Udobne border crossing between Moldova and Ukraine on March 30. (Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images)
A Ukrainian refugee cries after saying goodbye to a family member at a train station.
A Ukrainian refugee cries after saying goodbye to a family member at a train station in Bucharest, Romania, on March 14. (Edgard Garrido/Reuters)
Ukrainian refugees, with luggage and baby strollers, board a ferry at a border crossing.
Ukrainian refugees board a ferry at the Ukrainian-Romanian border in Isaccea-Orlivka on March 25. (Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images)
Displaced Ukrainians look out from a bus at a refugee center.
Displaced Ukrainians look out from a bus at a refugee center in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on March 25. (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)
Ukrainians, including children who are are sprawled out to rest, inside a train station.
Ukrainians at a train station in Przemysl, Poland, on March 23. (Sergei Grits/AP)
A child fleeing from Ukraine makes a heart shape with her hands while waiting for a train.
A child fleeing from Ukraine gestures while waiting for a train in Budapest on Feb. 28. (Marton Monus/Reuters)

Cover thumbnail: Pedro Nunes/Reuters

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