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Can we crowd fund Ukraine?

Asked by HP (6425points) March 2nd, 2022

It should be worth a try.

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zenvelo's avatar

No need to. Plenty of agencies to donate to:

UNICEF
Médecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders
Voices of Children
Sunflower of Peace
International Committee of the Red Cross
Save the Children
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
CARE

janbb's avatar

May I add to zenvelo’s excellent list:

International Rescue Organization (irc.org)

Hopefully, anyone who is able, is already donating to aid Ukraine.

KRD's avatar

You can try but what @zenvelo and @janbb said are the best bet.

Zaku's avatar

Network for Animals is sending food and supplies to help partners rescue, feed and protect dogs and cats in Ukraine.

SnipSnip's avatar

No. I hope that is eventually outlawed.

HP's avatar

How would outlawing it ever be enforced?

janbb's avatar

@SnipSnip I don’t even know what you mean. Outlaw what?

JLoon's avatar

No.

I think the established charities & relief organizations already recommended by others on this thread are safer and more effective ways of delivering aid directly to those who need it now.

Personally, at this point I’d be wary of any crowdfunding proposal focused on Ukraine. It’s already attracting scammers. Fraudulent organizers set up dozens of phony campaigns for Syrian refugee relief a couple years ago, and cheated donors out of millions. Some of the scammers were in fact Syrian government agents posing as organizers, and they channeled the money into Assad’s war spending.

Not all crowdfunders are suspect and many have reliable track records, but sorting that out is always up to donors themselves. Here’s an FTC summary of the risks:

https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/donating-through-crowdfunding-social-media-and-fundraising-platforms

Forever_Free's avatar

My workplaces are also doing it and matching.

SEKA's avatar

Ryan Reynolds & wife Blake Lively have offered to match donations to Ukraine up to $1 million.

smudges's avatar

@SnipSnip What do you hope is outlawed and why? (won’t answer, I bet)

janbb's avatar

@smudges I asked them that above and they haven’t answered yet.

smudges's avatar

I know, just trying to reinforce your question. @HP asked about enforcement, too.

LadyMarissa's avatar

Richard Childress of NASCAR fame has offered to send 1 million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine. Why would we take the chance of some scammer abusing crowd funding when we can get everything to them on the up & up???

flutherother's avatar

For those of us in the UK the Disasters Emergency Committee is coordinating funding for 15 UK charities and the UK government will match donations pound for pound.

flutherother's avatar

£55 million raised in the UK for Ukraine refugees and still going strong.

Brian1946's avatar

Mila Kunis, who was born in Ukraine in 1983, has started a fundraiser to support Ukraine.

KRD's avatar

@Brian1946 I will donate to Mila Kunis.

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