It’s now been over six months since the conflict in Ukraine escalated.
Millions of people in the country still have no safe place to call home, and more than 10 million have fled Ukraine completely. Since the conflict began, Red Cross teams have been working around the clock, and your donations have provided people with essential emergency support, including food, water, medical care and shelter.
But the situation on the ground is serious, and when winter arrives things will get worse. We need your help to continue responding – so if you’re able to, please donate today by making a monthly gift to the British Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal.
What can my donations do to help people?
£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.
£30 could provide 3,600 chlorine tablets to ensure that families have access to clean, safe water.
£100 could provide sleeping mats for 66 people who have been forced from their homes.
£210 could provide a fully equipped first aid kit, including supplies, to a first aider treating the wounded.
This situation on the ground is changing rapidly, but we know the effects of this conflict will be with people for a long time.
Please give what you can to support those who need it.
Donate to Ukraine and help us save lives.
Why give to the Red Cross?
We’re part of the world’s largest humanitarian network, with teams working in 192 countries. That means we’re uniquely placed to respond when disasters and emergencies happen. We make it our mission to help people prepare for, deal with and recover from a crisis – wherever and whoever they may be.
Our impact so far:
In Ukraine and bordering countries
- 5 million people have received emergency relief
- 8 million people have had improved access to water
- 626,000 people have received emergency financial assistance
In the UK
- 10,000 people arriving from Ukraine have been supported
- We’ve given £1 million in emergency financial assistance
- People trying to reconnect with family have been provided with around one million call minutes on pre-paid SIM cards
What your Ukraine donations have achieved so far is incredible. But as the conflict continues and winter approaches, our teams on the ground will need to reach even more people who are facing a battle to survive.
Please donate to Ukraine today.
Anna's story
Anna and her two young daughters fled their home in Kyiv when the war in Ukraine began. Arriving in Poland, they spent their first night in a gym that had been turned into a makeshift shelter.
When the family found a place to stay in Warsaw, the Red Cross was there to provide Anna and her children with essentials such as food, toiletries and sanitary products. Anna was among the first people in the country to receive a Red Cross cash card, which will help her with costs like school supplies, food and give her the chance to let her children enjoy some of the activities they did back in Ukraine.