JDC is on the frontlines in Ukraine, delivering urgent lifesaving care to Jewish ELDERLY and families. This includes activating EMERGENCY hotlines, homecare TO THE NEEDIEST CLIENTS, food, medicine, and securing facilities WITHIN WESTERN UKRAINE, MOLDOVA AND PARTS OF EUROPE for Jews fleeing their homes.

IsraAID has sent an emergency mission to Moldova to work with Ukrainian refugees. This will include psychosocial support, as well as providing hygiene kits and other urgent supplies to newly-arrived Ukrainian refugees.

France-based FSJU has set up a task force in France, to help refugees with finding shelter and filling out necessary paperwork. In addition, it is working together with OLAM partner World Jewish Relief and with the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine, to provide urgent humanitarian needs for those impacted by the invasion in Ukraine and the region.

HIAS is working with its partner, Ukrainian NGO Right to Protection (R2P), to support internally displaced Ukrainians through cash-based interventions (CBI), mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), non-food item (NFI) distribution, and legal assistance online and in-person throughout Ukraine. HIAS is also providing support to Ukrainian refugees in Poland, including emergency needs at the border and accommodation support. HIAS has provided funding and technical capacity to organizations working in the gender-based violence (GBV) sector and has worked with Jewish community organizations in neighboring countries to provide assistance to those who flee.

NATAN is seeking volunteers, doctors, nurses, paramedics, social workers, psychologists, and logistics staff to join relief delegations in Poland, along the Ukrainian border. If you would like to join a delegation, contact Anat: anat.b@natanrelief.org or +972-52-522-7111

Project Kesher is meeting the needs of women and girls in Ukraine as they face the current crisis, including those who need to relocate. The funds will go toward needs such as transportation and accommodations for those who are fleeing cities under attack. While future needs are hard to determine, Project Kesher is in daily touch with its leadership in Ukraine, and will be with the women it serves, whether they flee or stay in their homes.

Shalom Corps is offering funding for the deployment of volunteers to emergency missions in Ukraine, as well as helping organizations recruit a broad range of volunteers. Its Community Platform will also offer organizations significant engagement tools for its volunteers, both prior to and after deployment. Organizations that want to be involved can contact: in North America – Daniel Tamir: daniel@shalomcorps.org, and elsewhere – Sharona Shir: sharonashir@shalomcorps.org.

United Hatzalah has sent an emergency humanitarian delegation to the Moldova-Ukraine border, to assist refugees fleeing Ukraine. These volunteers are providing both psychological support to refugees, as well as medical supplies, medicine, and food.

WJR is working with trusted partners in Ukraine, who are doing everything they can do to protect their communities in the face of the active conflict. WJR is raising funds in order to respond to the most urgent humanitarian needs as they arise, by providing food packages; clean, safe drinking water; temporary shelters; and medical and psychological support for those most affected by this crisis.

All ORT schools in Ukraine have closed, and the mobility of all Ukrainians is severely limited. World ORT is raising funds and working its partners to provide basic needs, transport, and trauma response – for its students, teachers, and families. These needs include food with a long shelf-life, water, shelter, matches and lighters, batteries and portable chargers, bio-toilets, LED torches, walkie-talkies, first aid kits, and essential medicines. Funds will also be used to reinforce the safety of ORT schools.

Brit Olam and Tag International Development are currently working with partner organizations to support the Jewish community in the western Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr, which is absorbing hundreds of war refugees. In coming days and weeks, services might be expanded to the cities of Odessa, Vinitza, and Nikolayev, depending on capacity and funding. Donations will go towards the purchase of: food, medicines, mattresses, generators, transport, and games for children. In addition, a generous donor has offered to match donations of at least up to $50,000. (Americans can make tax deductible donations via this link.)

Brit Olam and Tag International Development are currently working with partner organizations to support the Jewish community in the western Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr, which is absorbing hundreds of war refugees. In coming days and weeks, services might be expanded to the cities of Odessa, Vinitza, and Nikolayev, depending on capacity and funding. Donations will go towards the purchase of: food, medicines, mattresses, generators, transport, and games for children. In addition, a generous donor has offered to match donations of at least up to $50,000. (Americans can make tax deductible donations via this link.)

The Afya Foundation is responding by delivering 100’s of pallets of urgently requested donated medical and humanitarian supplies. They are supporting the health system in Ukraine as well as the health system and infrastructure supporting refugees in neighboring countries.

CADENA is working on the Polish border developing strategies to facilitate the access to humanitarian aid by those escaping Ukraine. They are creating collecting centers, delivering medical material, essential supplies, and providing psychosocial support for those affected.

Joseph Project team are on the border in Poland visiting various sites and providing ad hoc consulting, acquistion, and transport.

B’nai B’rith are working in partnership with community agencies and their groups in Europe to help facilitate assistance for refugees who are arriving. They are reviewing the means and raising funds to help with pressing needs. B’nai B’rith has provided disaster and humanitarian aid since 1865.