Humanitarian aid in Donetsk and Luhansk, help for IDPs

Events, which occur in Donbas from the beginning of hostilities, are equally terrible for all of us without reference to the side of the barricade. Political and ideological beliefs must not get in the way of the most important things – to be a human and to be ready to help the destitute.

Nowadays plethora organizations (both in the region and beyond it) provide humanitarian aid in Donbas. Voluntary organizations and charities that render humanitarian aid in Donetsk, Lugansk and other Donbas cities, are more helpful than all the politicians and military formations. In fact, benefactors and volunteers – are the only force that can help people in the ATO area.

Social Initiative “Restoring Donbas” prepared a catalog of organizations and associations that are involved in the providing of humanitarian aid, rehabilitation works, evacuation from the ATO area and support of internally displaced persons. We drew particular attention to organizations, which provide help for children and seniors. We collected the addresses, phone numbers, websites of charities and volunteers in Donetsk and Luhansk, who ready to help residents of Donbas in this difficult period. Moreover, this catalog will be expanded.

Someone requires material and financial help, someone wants to go to another region or rebuild own destroyed house until the winter. Here you can find out where the points of humanitarian aid are located, how to get it and what it requires.

We do not divide charities and voluntary organizations on the ideology or motives items. We bring together all of those, who are ready to help residents of Donetsk, Lugansk, Makeyevka, Gorlovka and many other cities in our region.

Another purpose of this catalog – to coordinate the gathering of humanitarian aid, point to departments of medicines, food and clothing collection, for not indifferent people. The need for it is much more important than assistance, which Donbas is provided today.

Donetsk City Charitable Foundation “Kindness”

Working area

Financial support of hospitals, orphanages, social organizations, individuals (for the purchase the medicine), families (refugees and victims of the ATO).

Location and Contacts

Donetsk.

Cell: +38062-345-02-79, +38050-470-41-49.

E-mail: fund@crf.donetsk.ua

Web-site: http://www.dobrota.donetsk.ua/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Доброта-ДГБФ/131214670238592

The Red Cross in Mariupol

Working area

Evacuation from the ATO area.

Humanitarian aid for refugees (food, medicine).

Location and contacts

Donetsk region

Mariupol, Torgovaya str., 14

Cell: +38062-933-31-92, +38062-933-65-82.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Красный–Крест–Мариуполь/1431035547183093

Humanitarian headquarter “Help”

Working area

Providing the humanitarian aid (food, hygiene products, medicine, including insulin).

Direct support of vulnerable categories (delivery care at home for people with disabilities and the seniors).

Assistance to children (medicine, hygiene products, baby food).

Evacuation of people from the military zone.

Accommodation for IDPs.

Provision of fuel for ambulances and fire service.

Location and Contacts

Donetsk and Lugansk regions.

Cell: +380-800-50-9001 (single multi-channel number).

E-mail: helpdonbass@fdu.org.ua

Web-site: http://www.fdu.org.ua/help/vostok

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pomozhem

The volunteer group “Responsible citizens”

Working area

Providing humanitarian aid to vulnerable people.

Location and contacts

Donetsk region

Cell: +38066-330-32-92.

E-mail: Ograjdane@gmail.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ogdonbass

Peaceful Initiative

Working area

Raising and transmission of donations, medicine, food and living essentials to the population in the area of humanitarian catastrophe. Address delivery of help (for disabled people, the seniors, pensioners, infants).

Location and Contacts

Donetsk and Lugansk regions

Cell: +38068-222-50-14, +38066-273-80-80.

E-mail: info@mirnaya-initsiativa.com.ua

Web-site: http://mirnaya-initsiativa.com.ua/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mirnayainitsiativa

Donetsk city volunteer center

Working area

Rehabilitation works after school shelling (glazing of windows, roof repair). Support of animal shelters.

Location and Contacts

Donetsk, Artyoma str., 100 D.

Cell: +38050-567-67-04.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Донецкий-Городской-Волонтерский-Центр/686754011421100

The volunteer group “Rainbow Donetsk”

Working area

Restoration of socially important city facilities (hospitals, kindergartens, schools, dormitories, etc.).

Providing humanitarian aid for the people suffered by combat operations (food, clothing).

Assistance to children in the ATO area (childish hygiene items, baby food, clothes and shoes).

Location and contacts

Donetsk

Cell: +38093-921-38-75, +38096-737-74-85, +38095-304-17-46.

E-mail: donetskrainbow@gmail.com

Web-site: http://www.rainbow.donetsk.ua

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/donetskrainbow

The initiative “East SOS”

Working area

Support of the victims (medical aid, help in funds-raising for treatment, financial assistance to family members).

Assistance to IDPs (search for free temporary and paid accommodation, registration of the East residents, raising and distribution of financial help, assistance in employment).

The hotline for residents of the eastern regions (legal consulting, psychological counseling, helplines).

The organization of social adaptation and leisure time for children from displaced families.

Help in the releasing of the hostages.

Location and contacts

Donetsk and Luhansk regions

Cell: +38066-705-12-57, +38096-371-18-47, +38099-102-53-73, +38093-923-14-86

E-mail: dvoretska@vostok-sos.org (legal area), tarabanova@vostok-sos.org (humanitarian area).

Web-site: http://vostok-sos.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/vostoksosOG

Charitable Foundation “Help”

Working area

Financial, humanitarian and psychological assistance to victims of ATO.

Provision of temporary accommodation for IDPs. Providing the medical aid.

Help in the reconstruction of lodging in Slavyansk, assistance to hospitals in Slavyansk and Kramatorsk.

Location and contacts

Donetsk region

Dnepropetrovsk, Krasnaya str., 3-а.

Cell: +38056-732-48-07, +38056-732-48-09, +38067-610-49-69, +38067-632-69-19.

E-mail: info@pomogaem.com.ua, help@pomogaem.com.ua

Web-site: http://pomogaem.com.ua

Center of rehabilitation and social assistance to Donbas and Crimea refugees in Kiev
(Religious community of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate “Preobrazeniye Gospodnego”)

Working area

Provision of temporary accommodation for IDPs.

Receiving assistance for IDPs (food, medicine, hygiene products, construction materials)

Location and contacts

Kiev.

Kotsubinskoe urban village,

Lesnaya str., 21-a.

Cell: +38044-536-47-79, +38099-789-84-52 (accommodation issues), +38099-150-46-25 (food collection), +38095-309-79-60 (household chemicals collection), +38050-155-83-74 (medicine collection).

Web-site: http://domm.at.ua

Coordination headquarter of “Humanitarian assistance to Donbas residents” (charitable organization “Asole”, Odessa)

Working area

Assistance to Donbas children (warm clothes, shoes, stationery, toys, personal hygiene products, medicine).

Location and contacts

Donetsk and Luhansk regions

Odessa, Shevchenko Ave., 8/5 (hotel “Vityaz”), office 28,30

Cell: +38048-787-30-76.

E-mail: assol-fund@ukr.net, assol.fund@gmail.com.

Web-site: http://help-donbass.ucoz.ua

Social organization DonbassSOS

Working area

Protection of human rights (for those people, who suffered from the events in the East of Ukraine).

Assisting people in the conflict zone (help in leaving, searching for accommodation, counseling).

Support of captured people and those, who was released from captivity.

Psychological help people who came out of captivity.

Providing and protecting the interests of the residents of the ATO zone in government.

Location and contacts

Donetsk and Luhansk regions

Cell: +380-800-30-911-0 (hotline)

Web-site: http://donbasssos.org/ru/

Charitable Foundation “Implication”

Working area

Direct help for compatriots affected by the conflict in the Donbas.

Location and contacts

Donetsk region

Donetsk, Pushkina Blvd.,9

Cell: +38062-304-74-78.

Email: prychetnist@ukr.net

Web-site: http://dbfs.its.dn.ua

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sopricastnost

Volunteer initiative group “Kyiv-East-Children”

Working area

Social and psychological adaptation of children from displaced families.

Assisting in identification and support in the treatment of psychological trauma of children who have outlived the military operations.

Collecting and providing direct help to families who require the humanitarian and social support.

Organization of leisure time for children from displaced families.

Location and contacts

Donetsk and Luhansk regions

Cell: +38097-046-98-89 и +38050-382-98-89.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/k.s.dity

“Karitas” charity foundation

Working area

Helping to children and youth.

Health care.

Social problems of migration.

Emergency situations.

Location and contacts

20 regional organizations in 12 areas of Ukraine.

Cell: +38 (032) 227 47 70 and +38 (044) 467 60 80

Site: http://www.caritas-ua.org/

Charity organization “Light of Hope”

Working area

Social and psychological maintenance of anti-retrovirus therapy (ART). Development of groups of the self-help for the people living witht HIV / AIDS (LZhVS). Rehabilitation of drug addicts, including HIV-positive people. Protection of  rights of people who is using injecting drugs, and the people living about HIV / AIDS.

Location and contacts

Poltava

Cell: +38 (0532) 60-60-81

Site: http://www.lightofhope.com.ua/

Charity foundation “We help”

Working area

Health.

Family.

Availability.

Location and contacts

Dnipropetrovsk

Cell: +380 56 732 48 07, +380 56 732 48 09

Email: info@pomogaem.com.ua

Site: http://pomogaem.com.ua

Children’s fund UN “UNICEF”

Working area

Advokation, information and social policy.

HIV / AIDS, children and youth.

Children protection .

Health and Development of the Child program.

Location and contacts

Kiev

Cell: +38 044 254 2450

Email: kiev@unicef.org

 Charity foundation “Social Partnership”

Working area

Dayly center for needy people.

Mobile help service for poor people “Social patrol”.

The rehabilitation center for the homeless.

Round-the-clock point of heating.

Collecting products and household chemicals for the needing people.

Collecting clothes for pensioners, large families, people with disabilities and for the homeless.

Material support for large families.

Fund raising on medicines for wounded in the ATO zone.

Granting clothes, household chemicals and food to people who were compelled to leave a residence in connection with military operations.

Location and contacts

Kiev

Cell: +38 (044) 591-54-44

Email: info@socpartnerstvo.org

 Charity foundation “Blagomay”

Working area

Helping children.

Helping IDP’s.

Housing help.

Medicinal help.

Location and contacts

Kiev

Cell: +38 044 300 12 58; +38 067 2159955

Email: info .charitymay@gmail.com

Skype: blagomay

   

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