Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund

With Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine well into its third year, the humanitarian needs of affected communities continue to evolve and intensify. However, one thing remains constant: locally-led nonprofits are continuing to show up for their communities and neighbors through this devastating time. And they couldn't do it without your support, and for that, we can't thank you enough.

Thanks to your donations to the Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund, GlobalGiving has recently distributed 33 flexible grants to local organizations in Ukraine and organizations in neighboring countries where Ukrainians have been displaced.

Here is a short description of some of the critical work you’ve supported:

• UA Brokers Without Borders focuses on rebuilding infrastructure and private housing for people who lost their homes in the bombings and destruction. With support from GlobalGiving and other partners, they renovated and equipped a bomb shelter at a Kindergarten in Mykolaiv, allowing 250 children to return to safe learning conditions and stay protected during missile attacks.
• Ukrainian Deminers Association is leading demining projects across the country, including along the more dangerous border zones. The nonprofit also offers assistance to those impacted by mining accidents and provides explosive ordnance risk education to help protect citizens from harm. UDA’s work is vital as Ukraine is one of the most saturated countries with mines, thanks to years of warfare on its soil.
• The National Agency for Humanitarian Aid ZDOROVI is strengthening Ukraine’s healthcare system by supporting critical care and delivering the most essential medicines and equipment to frontline hospitals. With support from GlobalGiving, they have assisted more than 20,000 patients across over 30 medical facilities in some of the country’s most underfunded regions.
• RememberUs is providing vital support to residents facing prolonged heating and electricity outages in the Kharkiv region due to Russian shelling. By supplying essential medicines, heating devices, power stations, and generators, RememberUs helped communities weather the harsh winter months.
• Fundacja Klementyna is is helping hundreds of Ukrainian children and families integrate into their new homes in Poland by offering food parcels, hygiene kits, psychosocial support, and, whenever possible, housing assistance. Over the past two years, the organization has also expanded to support the elderly, offering the oldest refugees emergency aid and mental health support.
• Rescue Now is offering children and their families a rare sense of safety, stability, and care amid the war at their “Litokryl” spaces. These centers provided psychological counseling, art therapy, and creative learning activities in fully equipped, child-friendly environments. As Bozhena, one of the teachers working at a Litokryl space, shared: 

“[One child] Yaroslav had stopped speaking due to the trauma of war…Our first sessions were challenging; he] couldn't follow rules or see the point in engaging. Slowly, he transitioned from colors to words. Then, one day, he spoke. First in single words, then sentences, and finally, he laughed out loud, so joyfully that all the children at the table laughed with him. That day, he won his favorite speech-based game. His mother cried with happiness, and so did I. Because when war takes away a child's voice, restoring it means giving them back not just words, but themselves.”

Your continued support of the Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund makes it possible for local organizations to respond with agility, compassion, and deep understanding of their communities’ needs. And for some, like Rescue Now, it means that children like Yaroslav can find their voice again. 

We remain committed to standing alongside these partners as they deliver critical aid and begin building toward long-term recovery.

Thank you for being part of this vital work.

With gratitude,
Oksana + GlobalGiving Team

Partners supported in the latest grant round

A.O. International Center for Cooperation and Development PHOENIX

Brave to Rebuild

Bright Kids Charity

CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION MARSH ZHINOK

Charitable Organization International Charitable foundation Social projects center of future

Charitable Organization Light of Hope

Charitable Organization Youth Charity Fund Next

Charity Foundation See the Victory

Children of Heroes

Fundacja Klementyna

Happy Paw

International Charity Fund Ukraine - I Am For You

Kharkiv rehabilitation centre 'Pravo vibora'

Legal Development Network

National Network for Local Philanthropy Development

Nezabutni Charitable Foundation

NGO Smart Osvita

National Humanitarian Aid Agency "ZDOROVI"

Orphanni Synytsi

Razom. Inc

RememberUs

Right to Protection Ukraine

SavED

Superhumans

Tabletochki

Te Aud Romania

UA Mental Help

Ukrainian Deminers Association

Ukrán Remény Egyesület / Ukrainian Hope Association

WONDER Foundation

Your Support (Tvoya Opora) Foundation
Zaporuka Foundation
Zminotvortsi

As we mark the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we extend our heartfelt gratitude for your unwavering support of the Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund. Your generosity has been a beacon of hope for countless Ukrainians enduring the hardships of war.

Since the war began, we have mobilized more than $30 million in grants to more than 170 partners across Ukraine and throughout the surrounding region, reaching countless communities impacted by the war. Thanks to your support, we remain committed to providing sustained aid to Ukrainian communities well into the years ahead. In these challenging times, your support is more critical than ever. In addition to providing lifesaving emergency aid, education, and so many other avenues of support, your donation continues to make a positive impact on many lives. 

Among so many stories of impact, GlobalGiving partner Lifeline Ukraine has reopened its doors, resuming operations in Ukraine’s only dedicated suicide prevention hotline:

"For a brief period from April to June 2024, people in Ukraine struggling with some kind of emotional difficulties and needing emergency support had no suicide prevention hotline to turn to. It is for this reason that I refer to the grant from GlobalGiving as a “lifeline” for Lifeline Ukraine and for everyone who has come to find comfort in our existence."

Other partners like Happy Paw and Mission Kharkiv have also come to count on donors like you for support. When Happy Paw’s warehouse storing food and supplies for thousands of stray and abandoned animals in Ukraine was bombed in a recent missile strike, their team turned to GlobalGiving for support in rebuilding and continuing their critical work. Meanwhile, Mission Kharkiv’s critical work also received a grant to help deliver life-saving treatments to patients with cancer living in a warzone, and to maintain medical storage facilities to replace those damaged in the attacks. These acts of extraordinary courage and perseverance demonstrate the profound impact of sustained support for communities under siege. And it wouldn’t be possible without donors like you.   

In these challenging and volatile times, the need for comprehensive aid—including shelter, food, clean water, community services, and emotional —remains urgent. 

We invite you to stand with us in continued commitment to Ukrainians still enduring this horrible war. Ongoing support offers a lifeline for people struggling to survive, while also laying the groundwork for community-led restoration and recovery into the future. 

We can’t thank you enough for your contribution, and we look forward to sharing future impact stories as we continue funding our trusted partners across Ukraine.

We can’t say it enough: thank you for your support.

With deep gratitude,

The GlobalGiving Team