Help for Ukrainians

I am from Poland, living in NZ for the last 16 years. As I was watching with horror the war in Ukraine for the last 20 days I decided that instead of becoming more depressed each day I rather start helping.

So far, there are 1 600 000 refugees in Poland alone, mostly woman, children, youth, and elderly that managed to escape from destroyed cities and villages.

The lucky ones to be alive get through the border and get taken care of, but not by the Polish government but by people who simply want to help. And there are lots of them. However, it is day 20 (on March 15th).

Among these people are my best friends - Anna and Rafal. They started to organise the fist collection within the first couple of days of the war. From our friends they collected food, clothes, cleaning products, and Rafal took it by his minibus to Dorohusk (Ukrainian border) where he was directed to refugee centre in Rejowiec. The moment he came back he started the next collection. This time with the list of items that were most needed. After tirelessly asking all his friends and known companies-he filled the minibus again and went straight to Rejowiec. He talked to many refugees and local people and all his stories are heartbreaking. After coming back last Friday he started a new collection. And the war continues and I believe my friends and other volunteers are getting physically and emotionally exhausted , they are running out of money and resources.....