Support for British Red Cross Ukraine Appeal

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Hello, Thank you for checking out my project. I am currently running a collection to support British Red Cross, Ukraine Crisis Appeal.

Hello,

Thank you for checking out my project.

I am currently running a collection to support British Red Cross, Ukraine Crisis Appeal.

Like most people, I have been following the news with regards to war in Ukraine and want to help. 

Living in the UK, getting donations of food, clothing etc. to those who need it, would be difficult, especially in terms of transportation. 

I then came across the British Red Cross, Ukraine Crisis Appeal. They are already in the area and are able to supply and distribute supplies as required.

I have recently purchased my first property, so am short on money at the moment, but realise that there is strength in numbers, so have decided to create a collection, so we can donate together and raise more funds then myself alone can contribute.

It’s a tense, dangerous, and distressing time. Ongoing violence is causing people to flee their homes and become separated from their families.

In some areas, water, electricity, and phone connectivity have been affected. Many people are taking cover from the shelling in basements and bomb shelters, but are going without the most basic supplies, like food and water.
We must act now to protect people caught up in this crisis, in Ukraine and its bordering countries.

Additional details from the British Red Cross website:

Your donation will be used to reach people in urgent need, including:

• Providing food, first aid, clean water, shelter support, warm clothing, hygiene parcels and medicines
• Supporting hospitals and healthcare facilities
• Supporting fire fighters and civil protection units
• Training people up in life-saving first aid
• Helping families stay in contact with each other
• Educating people on the risks of explosives
• Repairing vital infrastructure
• Helping to repair homes, healthcare centres, schools and community centres

The Red Cross has been supporting people affected by this conflict for years, and will not stop now.

What is the Red Cross doing to help Ukrainian people now?

So far, Red Cross teams in Ukraine have distributed over 30,000 food and hygiene parcels and provided food, warm clothes, and other aid to around 8,000 people sheltering in metro stations.

First aid training has also been delivered to over 2,000 people taking cover in metro stations and bomb shelters, so they have the skills to treat their loved ones if needed.

£10 could provide a hygiene kit to a family of five, giving them supplies to stay healthy for a month

£20 could provide five blankets to families taking shelter 

£33 could provide 40 chlorine tablets to ensure that families have access to clean, safe water

£72 could provide a thermometer to help treat those who have fallen ill

£210 could provide a fully equipped first aid kit, including supplies, to a first aider treating those wounded

This project closed unsuccessfully on 17th March 2022