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not to be rude, but are there other ways for citizens to support Ukrainian families besides donations? Donations can be very helpful, but sometimes it feels li
by armchairhacker 5y ago
not to be rude, but are there other ways for citizens to support Ukrainian families besides donations?
Donations can be very helpful, but sometimes it feels like i’m just throwing money into the wind and hoping it reaches someone.
- LinuxBender 5y agoIt's not rude, it's a good question. A couple things that might potentially help without provoking retaliation might include - Help find ways for Ukrainians communicate with their family members and friends outside of Ukraine as many mainstream platforms will be heavily constrained or censored or region blocked. Some of them have family in other countries that may be able to help. - This might be a dead end but one could try contacting their own government and say if they have space and resources for a family to stay with them. There will be many people fleeing with nowhere to go and will not have time to find permanent residence while fleeing. This would mostly apply to people living in EU near Ukraine. In regards to throwing money into the wind that is sometimes the case. Some organizations do little to make an impact and some even waste a lot of that money on administration overhead. I linked IRC because they actually send people into extremely hostile environments to rescue civilians but there are others that do this as well.
- LinuxBender 5y agoHere [1] is an example of Elon helping. [1] - https://nitter.net/elonmusk/status/1497701484003213317 https://nitter.net/elonmusk/status/1497701484003213317