Ukraine Emergency Fund

SCOOP has launched a Ukraine emergency fund in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24th February, SCOOP has supported Ukrainians in multiple ways. Initially, we focused our efforts on two areas. The first was helping Ukrainian children, in particular orphans with special needs. The second was helping displaced Ukrainian people within Ukraine, Poland and Ireland while providing medical supplies and humanitarian aid on the ground in and to Ukraine.

We started two separate funds; one called the Ukrainian Children’s Appeal, the other called the Ukraine Emergency Response. With donations through the Children’s Appeal, we helped evacuate 72 Ukrainian orphans to Poland, supporting them with temporary housing and care. We also purchased a bus (€22,000) for a partner organisation called Alliance 4 Children, which used the vehicle to evacuate hundreds of children from Ukraine to safe spaces in Poland. Once they had completed their mission, Alliance 4 Children donated the bus to another NGO called Save Ukraine, which is currently transporting people from eastern Ukraine to western Ukraine.

With the donations from the Emergency Fund, we have sourced and provided specialist medical equipment to Ukraine, as well as support displaced people within Ukraine with humanitarian essentials such as kitchen facilities in refugee centres and food and medical supplies. We have also been transporting Ukrainian refugees to Ireland; so far, we have helped set up 160 people and two cats with host families around the country.

We have now decided to merge the two separate funds into one Ukrainian Emergency Fund. We felt it necessary as we are now taking a more holistic approach to help all displaced people (both adults and children) within Ukraine and Ireland. We will allocate any leftover funds from the Children’s Appeal to this fund.

We are so grateful for the donations that have come into both funds since we opened them! If you would like to get in touch about a recent donation you made to the Children’s Appeal, please contact: [email protected]

 

If you have any questions about this campaign please contact Katie – [email protected] or 0858158797. Keep up to date with SCOOPs development via our Instagram and Facebook.

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