List of places to donate directly to help Ukraine Now

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Below is from The Guardian 
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https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/mar/05/ukraine-crisis-how-you-can-help-donating-cash-supplies  
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The UN Refugee Agency estimates that about 660,000 refugees have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries. In Poland, it is providing new arrivals with information and legal services through a local legal partner.
Communities around the UK have donated items for Ukrainian refugees. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty ImagesIn Romania, it is providing advice on asylum procedures and is offering legal advice and psychological support through partners.
At the border with Moldova, it is distributing essential relief items, including blankets, sleeping bags and hygiene items, and it is also working at the Slovakian and Hungarian borders.
Where possible, it is liaising with community leaders in Ukraine to assess their humanitarian needs and also delivering essential aid to internally displaced people.

You can donate online.

•  The British Red Cross has its own appeal as well as being part of DEC. Alongside supporting people in Ukraine, donations will help its teams on the Polish, Slovakian, Romanian, Hungarian, Moldovan and Lithuanian borders to provide accommodation, food, water and other aid items to refugees. You can donate online by card or PayPal, as well as via the DEC appeal.
  
•  The charity Care International is providing emergency relief through its partner, People in Need, which is already working on the ground in the region. Over the past week, this non-governmental, non-profit organisation has been sending trucks of durable food, hygiene items, nappies, sleeping bags, mats, and other goods into Lviv in western Ukraine to distribute to people locally.
  
• On the Slovakian border, PIN is supplying mobile toilets, building insulated tents for children and preparing food for people in the queues.
  
•  Save the Children is distributing essential supplies and winter kits of clothing and blankets, providing cash and financial assistance to families to meet basic needs such as food and medicines, and offering mental health support to children and their families. It suggests that a donation of £12 could help a victim of the violence access legal help or safe shelter.
  
•  The International Committee of the Red Cross is working closely with the Ukrainian Red Cross Society to provide emergency assistance and support local hospitals and primary healthcare facilities with medical equipment.
  
• The URCS is also supporting local firefighters, medical and civil protection units and helping to repair vital infrastructure. Its volunteers are providing first aid training to 1,000 people in metro stations and bomb shelters. You can donate online.
  
•  Unicef has staff in the country in several locations and is helping to provide families with access to clean water and food, as well as psychosocial support for traumatized children, recreation kits and learning kits. “Needs are wide, ranging from hygiene products to blankets, gas burners and first aid kits,” Afshan Khan, the Unicef regional director for Europe and central Asia, says. ​In recent days, the charity said heavy weapons fire along the contact line in eastern Ukraine had damaged water infrastructure and schools.
  
• It estimates there are up to 7.5 million children in need of support and says a £46 donation will provide a family with an emergency water and hygiene kit. Donations can be made online or over the phone: 0300 330 5699.
  
•  Teams from the charity Médecins Sans Frontières are responding to medical and humanitarian needs as the conflict evolves. It has been providing training in emergency medicine and surgical preparedness to hospitals, as well as mass casualty kits with supplies for treating traumatic injuries. The charity is preparing more medical kits for rapid dispatch and has also sent additional emergency teams to the region, enabling it to assess the needs of Ukrainian refugees in Poland and neighbouring countries. You can donate online.
  
•  Cafod, the official aid agency for the Catholic church in England and Wales, is sending funds to Ukraine through the Caritas Internationalis aid network, which is running warm and safe “collective centres” that provide beds, food, washing facilities and safe spaces for children. Donate online.
  
•  World Jewish Relief has started transferring emergency funds to its 29 local partners in Ukraine. “We are prioritising food, cash, medical, material and psychological support for the worst affected,” a spokesperson says. In neighbouring countries, such as Moldova and Poland, the charity is supporting refugees with food, water, personal protective equipment and accommodation. You can donate online.
  
•  The World Health Organization is raising funds for its frontline response and to deliver life-saving medicines and supplies to people across Ukraine and to refugees.