The Stavros Niarchos Foundation announces emergency support donations totaling $ 1 million, to the victims of the war in Ukraine. As we are confronted with the biggest refugee crisis in Europe, after World War II, with the catastrophic consequences of the invasion of Ukraine already being felt around the world, endangering the lives of Ukrainians and not only, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (ISN) provides support to non-profit organizations, with local action in Ukraine, having the experience and know-how to provide substantial support where needed. Donations to six organizations operating in Ukraine and around the world, focus on supporting vulnerable groupswith limited access to emergency services.
“The public benefit action of ISN is by definition flexible, enabling us to meet the needs of each case,” he said. the president of ISN Andreas Drakopoulos. «The serious needs in Ukraine are more than visible and we must work together, to the best of our ability, to contribute to meeting them. However, we must be vigilant, as in our interconnected world, the war in Ukraine is having repercussions around the world, and we must work to reduce it. We are very grateful to the six non-profit organizations we support, as they have special experience to help deal with this tragic situation.».
According to the announcement of ISN, three of the organizations supported by the Foundation, as part of its initiative, have a well-established presence in Ukraine and neighboring countries, and had before the invasion, offering aid to people who are most in need. The help of these organizations reaches where most can not reach, follow a comprehensive, holistic approach, work with local organizations, often overlooked by international aid, and try to help those most marginalized by vulnerable groups. One of the organizations it supports offers assistance to Ukrainian refugees in Greece, while the other two are international organizations trying to reduce the international, indirect but catastrophic effects of the war.
The activities of the six organizations operating in Ukraine and around the world are detailed:
Immediate, emergency assistance to Ukraine and neighboring countries
* Doctors of the World Spain: The vast majority of the organization’s local staff are Ukrainians. The organization supplies trauma and surgical supplies to 20 hospitals in Ukraine. Where security conditions allow, the organization also continues to provide primary, reproductive and psychiatric care to the most vulnerable people, including the elderly, people with disabilities and internally displaced persons. Via the humanitarian corridor in the west of the country, between Chernivtsi in Ukraine and Siret in Romania, the organization installs mobile medical units to provide psychological support.
* The organization Choose Love collaborates with local organizations in order to help vulnerable people who are forced to move. In addition, in Ukraine, it helps provision of basic necessities such as food, sanitary ware and bedding. In Poland, Moldova and Romania, the agency supports emergency structures and long-term residency programs, hosting and integration efforts, while at the same time offering translation and legal aidunder the guidance of Ukrainians.
* The Lumos Foundation is active with mission to combat child institutionalization in Ukrainewhich, before the invasion, had one of the higher rates of children in Europe living in orphanages and institutions, for more than a decade. Ever since the war began, the organization has been providing emergency aid packages with food, sanitary ware and medical supplies to children and families in Odessa and in the wider area of ​​Zhytomyr. At the same time, it offers support for the safe relocation of children from institutions, the provision of emergency assistance packages and financial support to foster parents and “first aid” mental health services, as well as the creation of infrastructure to enhance children’s access to protection, health and education.
Support for Ukrainian refugees in Greece
* The Melissa Network supports Ukrainian refugees in Greece. Helps existing networks in Ukraine to offer coordinated support, services to ensure the physical and mental health of children, psychosocial support for those who have recently arrived but also for those who already live in the country, help for access to business opportunities and legal services. The majority of the hundreds of people who arrive daily to join the Ukrainian community in Greece are women and children, and the networks with which the Melissa Network works operate mainly under the guidance of women.
Dealing with the immediate consequences of war around the world
* Save the Children USA has as its mission the tackling global food insecurity and malnutrition of millions of childrengiven the fact that Ukraine and Russia together supply more than a quarter of the world’s wheat, and the war is hampering exports of basic food supplies to many countries. The organization’s Global Hunger Crisis Fund is trying to approach children facing new and worsening crises food insecurity in countries around the world, including, inter alia, West Asia and Northeast Africa.
* Doctors Without Borders USA focuses on provision of emergency health care to people who have been affected over time by crises that do not have the required visibility, especially at a given time, when the attention of the whole world is focused on Ukraine. The Emergency Relief Fund gives flexibility to respond in a timely manner to the most pressing crises around the world, including in countries in West and South Asia, as well as in Central Africa. As funding from governments in the western world declines, this support is becoming increasingly necessary.
In the context of its public benefit action, the ISN “constantly evaluates the existing and any new needs that arise, as well as the best possible way to address them, with a view not only to the immediate coverage of short-term needs but also to their long-term response. The ISN will continue to closely monitor developments in Ukraine and to look at its effects on people around the world, “the foundation said in a statement.
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