Thread by @BremerVan

1/🧵Russia's invasion of Ukraine has prompted a massive humanitarian crisis. For many the feeling of helplessness is overwhelming 💔.

Here are some great ways to help (some not even requiring any money).

Please retweet & share 🇺🇦🌻💙💛#Ukraine #StandWithUkraine #HelpUkraine

2/🧵Ways to help include donating to Ukraine via a registered charitable organization, donating money /goods / points / miles, fundraising, volunteering, attending rallies, contacting MPs, fighting disinformation online, etc. 🇺🇦💪#Ukraine #HelpUkraine

3/🧵Money is still the most effective gift.

Most charities prefer donations of cash due to issues with donated goods (logistical hurdles, custom regulations, transport costs, lacking capacity of nonprofit teams to sort the goods, carbon footprint, etc.). 💲🇺🇦#GiveMoney #Ukraine

4/🧵Millions have fled Ukraine since the beginning of this senseless war.

Thank you @BillGates for using your voice to support @Refugees & @FilippoGrandi and their important work on the front lines. 🙏🇺🇦#StopTheWar #UkrainianRefugeeCrisis #WithRefugees

https://twitter.com/BillGates/status/1501586154440708100

5/🧵Great list with local 🇺🇦Ukrainian Organizations such as @GlobalGiving @RedCrossUkraine @vostok_sos @KyivSchool @WCKitchen & also Polish organizations like @RESCUEorg @PolskiCK or @CoreResponse . 🇵🇱Poland has taken in the majority of Ukrainian refugees. forbes.com/advisor/person…

6/🧵A list of worthy groups to support from @ObamaFoundation help asylum seekers from Ukraine find free legal aid, support POC refugees, people living with disabilities, traumatized asylum seekers as well as women, transgender, and nonbinary activists. 🙏obama.org/updates/help-u…

7/🧵@CNN partnered with donation platform @publicgood.

As of March 16, CNN’s audience contributed over $5.7 million to humanitarian relief work to help with shelter, food, water & other needs to care for millions of displaced Ukrainians. 👏🇺🇦@CNNImpact
cnn.com/2022/02/24/us/…

8/🧵Some more humanitarian organizations that are worthy of our support are @ICRC @UNICEF @MSF_USA @IMC_Worldwide @UNRefugeeAgency @SavetheChildren @BritishRedCross @UNHCRUkraine @RedCrossUkraine @razomforukraine @MissionProliska 🙏💙💛#Ukraine #StandWithUkraine

9/🧵Polls in Canada (with 1.4 million people of Ukrainian descent the world's second largest Ukrainian diaspora after Russia) have shown most Canadians stand with Ukraine wishing there was more they could do.

15 meaningful ways to help Ukrainians👇🇨🇦🇺🇦
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10/🧵@WCKitchen 👨‍🍳🥣helps to serve refugees near the Ukrainian border—easing misery & satiating hunger.

@chefjoseandres & his team already served over one million meals to families across Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Moldova, and Hungary!
#ChefsForUkraine wck.org/?gclid=CjwKCAj…

11/🧵Companies like @Airbnb and @Etsy have waived all fees & commissions for Ukraine-based hosts.

Great way to help get money directly into the hands of Ukrainian citizens! 🇺🇦👏🤗
#airbnbukraine #etsyukraine #HelpUkraine upworthy.com/people-are-cre…

12/🧵Let's not forget hosts from smaller cities (check map & then search on Airbnb) as there are food shortages & rising prices all over Ukraine.

The UN warns: Majority of Ukrainians could slip into poverty if the war drags on. Thanks to Nations Online Project for the map.🙏🇺🇦

13/🧵Please DM for a verified Airbnb link from Maxim that lives with his parents in Central Ukraine. They support refugees in Ukraine with the money (around $25 USD / night) even though they don’t have much themselves. Every booked night counts and helps! I can vouch for Maxim!🙏

14/🧵Check out the profile from the resourceful @ksvarnon to help BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and disabled Ukrainian refugees, all of whom currently face substantial additional difficulties.

The link 👇 provides a range of resources. 🙏#LGBTQIA #LGBT #BIPOC #Ukraine
linktr.ee/ksvarnon

15/🧵Donate credit card, airline and hotel points to various causes that support those affected by the crisis in Ukraine.💳✈️🇺🇦

Participating organizations include @AmericanAir @AmericanExpress @HiltonHonors @united @Delta @JetBlue @IHGRewards @Aeroplan
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16/🧵For anyone wanting to help rescue animals in Ukraine , @HSIGlobal and others provide emergency funding and supplies such as pet food, blankets as well as veterinary care. 🐶😽🇺🇦🤗

#StandWithUkraine #cats #dogs #pets #animals #HumaneSociety hsi.org

17/🧵European charities told me that solar chargers & power banks were desperately needed. 📲

A charged phone battery can mean the difference between life & death in an emergency. @elonmusk Can you help like you did with Starlink? 📶🙏#Solarchargers4Ukraine #Powerbanks4Ukraine

18/🧵@JeffBezos Amazon offers many portable chargers, any donation makes a huge difference for Ukrainians to stay in touch with loved ones, reduce isolation, make sure family and friends are alive, stay informed etc. 🙏#Solarchargers4Ukraine #Powerbanks4Ukraine #StandWithUkraine

19/🧵This crisis is also a war against disinformation.

🇺🇦 has now become a dangerous place for journalists, their work more important than ever. Propaganda is poisoning & undermining democracy.

To keep journalism alive – support free, independent media like⚡️@KyivIndependent

20/🧵More ways to support media in Ukraine & reporters who have fled Russia and how media groups across Europe have raised more than $4 million using GoFundMe campaigns and direct donations for Ukrainian journalists fighting to sustain their coverage.👏 vanityfair.com/news/2022/03/u…

21/🧵@navalny - a true Russian patriot: A good way to support the Russian fight for freedom. 🆓

#FreedomOfThePress #SaveDemocracy

https://twitter.com/navalny/status/1503801041594245123?s=11

22/🧵Stars from all over the world like @aplusk @blakelively @arminvanbuuren @VancityReynolds @Bethenny @MaksimC @MarkRuffalo @SeanPenn @LeoDiCaprio @jk_rowling are also supporting 🇺🇦Ukraine.
#violinistssupportukraine #playforpeace #standwithukraine

23/🧵To those that attack opponents using the whataboutism propaganda technique: Two wrongs don't make a right. Having acted badly in the past doesn’t justify inaction.

Whataboutism is a deflection and it divides rather than unites us.

#StopWhataboutism

24/🧵The modern world has a terribly short attention span. As @AlexHollings52 described it “We embrace trending outrages today like hit songs, playing them on repeat at louder and louder volumes until we sicken of them.” But rebuilding will take years & we can't just look away.

25/🧵Please retweet this and feel free to comment any additional ideas or suggestions on how to support Ukrainians in this difficult time. 🙏

Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦🌻💙💛

#supportukraine #standwithukraine #standingupforpeace #stopthiswar #NoWar #freeukraine #SlavaUkraini

Drawing by the very talented @DuckPandemic #PandemicDucks #Ukraine #Portland 🙏🇺🇦🌻👏

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues,” @DrMayaAngelou says. Like many of us @Oprah was inspired by the courage of the Ukrainian people and its leader @ZelenskyyUa who has shown us what true, inspirational leadership looks like.

Now it is our turn to support them🇺🇦

Also as @judithescribano put it:“Charities can hand over cash to people in need of help so they can make choices on how best to spend the money. It’s a dignified way of giving people support. It gives people freedom & power when they have none. And it helps local economies."💙💛

You can search the Ukraine-focused lists provided by organizations such as @CharityNav organizations that vet charities for accountability, reviewing key indicators like program expenses and project reports (see link 👇).
charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=…

“Today the Ukrainian people are defending not only Ukraine, we are fighting to defend the values of Europe and the world," @ZelenskyyUa told @POTUS @JoeBiden in his virtual address before both chambers of Congress on March 16. 🌎🇺🇦🤝

@Ukraine You are not alone #StandWithUkraine

More great accounts for the latest news from the region & important insights: @ronzheimer @paulkrugman @olga_chyzh @anastasia_maga @IgorKossov @IAPonomarenko @ragipsoylu @ChristopherJM @myroslavapetsa @MaximEristavi ️@jimsciutto @olex_scherba @JuliaDavisNews @BBCSteveR
👏🆓🎙️

More stars that used their celebrity status to bring awareness to🇺🇦🙏@bellahadid @KaiaGerber @stevemorganfdn @yurimilner @RebelWilson @rickygervais @salmahayek @LanceUSA70 @jonstewart @leslieodomjr @Stako_tennis @MillaJovovich @victoriabeckham @DUALIPA @MileyCyrus @Cumberbitches

Hola👋Easy way to support a Ukrainian family & refugees from her city. My friend’s niece is selling her drawings on Etsy. Retweet or follow on Insta or Etsy would be amazing. Have a great weekend guys! @allyc375 @Travismatthew08 @crowadinfinitum🙏🇺🇦🌻🙏

https://twitter.com/BremerVan/status/1507368093911298070?s=20&t=rLneu1nf4AAdiG-4CDUYXg

1/🧵 Hello Twitter-verse!! This is a thread about a little girl from 🇺🇦 that loves to draw & whose drawings start to positively impact her little world. ✍️♥️

Please help her with a Like/RT/Follow (Insta/Etsy). Thank you! 🙏🌻

#StandWithUkraine #StopWar
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2/🧵 Maria & her mom fled to Western Ukraine near Lviv when the war started. But Maria will never stop drawing. It simply makes her happy.🤩💙💛@Sassovivente @sharon_cantley @lena_valentin_ @OnMornings @WafflesCat
#StandWithUkraine #EndWar #HelpUkraine
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3/🧵 Her uncle Maxim also tries to buy some protective gear (cameo clothing, wax for tents etc.) for the territorial forces whenever he has some extra cash. @IMatviyishyn @OzKaterji

Let’s support them. 💙💛🌍🌻🙏

#StandWithUkraine #EndWar #HelpUkraine
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4/🧵With the world famous Ukrainian cat Stepan @loveyoustepan by her side🤣, Maria loves to do what she does best: Draw. 👧✍️😻

Pls RT🙏 @vaitor @MrKovalenko @LKilraine @giantcat9 @rte @Xenta777 @paseri021 @MargotBia @_burrog
#LoveYouStepan #HelpUkraine
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5/🧵 When 4,800 people wish you a happy birthday. 😱🎂

This catdaddy guy @JacksonGalaxy must be famous. 🤔🤗🇺🇦🙏

@UAarmy_animals @Cleo_sMommy @BloomNight2 @GordonHarmony @nesjloch @LittleMaineCoon @VitCza @fluffybasil @Foster_Fluff

#catsofinstagram
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6/🧵 @MoetBlindCat sadly cannot see Maria's drawings but also wishes for peace in Ukraine.😽🌍🌻🙏

Pls RT. @SocksMcFurry @OfficiantR @furrrrguson @DinkaKay @Chez_Em @_erica @tygerpoo

#CatsOfTwitter #CatsOnTwitter #HelpUkraine#StandWithUkraine #EndWar
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7/🧵 @2CrazyCatLadys call themselves crazy but are actually super sweet for supporting Maria on Insta & FB.😻 @Nancy20203 @Yasmin_theCat @CrankyOldBats2 @cat_lady2020 @WokeAnimal @MagsTWells @Akbashmom @47of74 @teacherrka @Snowwhite_catO #CatsOfTwitter
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8/🧵 Apparently Canada’s first Supermodel is a fan, the world stands with Ukraine. 🇨🇦❤️🇺🇦🌻🙏

@WildeOscarCat @FatCatAnna @MowniaMowtruse @ShirleysGalaxy
@niiugre @ProfCathHarper @WisePaxCat @Sierra0505 @dmmgmfm @BalueCat @shibayanraha

#StandWithUkraine
instagram.com/maria_partala?…

9/🧵All of the money goes directly to this amazing family.🤗

Send them some love & please RT.🙏

@dopamined0 @julieta_pedrosa @LorenzoTheCat @RoarWN @Me_nef8 @Damkyan_Omega @AltTaxPro @KhanCats @HeatherBadenoch @johnsweeneyroar
#StandWithUkraine #EndWar
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10/🧵 Please help spread the story of this beautiful family 💙💛🌻🙏 @karaswisher @BDMurray @TheJensonator @codenbach23 @caryn_lieberman @wequitcigs @ardentgreeneyes @carolineCMCE @Hippolyta1234 @JuliaDavisNews

#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 #EndWar #HelpUkraine
instagram.com/maria_partala?…

11/🧵 The family tries to make life as normal as possible for her & Maria is focusing on school.
😻🌻🙏@youngsweetboy23 @adriannarenee09 @OliviaSofiaGram @GordonHarmony @VanessaBnBR @AnneMay71755911 @kingmanmarie39 @MistyWooEngle @dnahealthnut

#EndWar
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12/🧵 Keep dreaming. Keep drawing, Masha 🇺🇦❤️🌻🙏 @cappuchina_pr @A_Yakobidze @SeanPenn @HannaLiubakova @law83692622 @ukraine_world @nemapovnovazhen @ddale8 @ccrock1533 @SashaUstinovaUA @RonFilipkowski

RT to help 🇺🇦

#LoveWins #Peace #StandWithUkraine
instagram.com/maria_partala?…

13/🧵 The little artist working on her next drawing.❤️

Pls RT & share🙏 @Birdmischief @swilliamson1951 @Carollyn60 @CultofMario @purrfection2015 @dragonflystung @DeeksFreak @charolyn_ @Dyke67ny @G8rgrrlCheryl @JakeMVA @ash_flay @maxcelcat

#HelpUkraine
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14/🧵 Here is a list with more ways to help 🇺🇦, some not requiring any money. We can all do something.

Let’s hope this senseless war ends soon!🌻🙏

Slava Ukraini! @GRACECOM_ @syvalleygirl @tina_michelle9 @DaxJ

#HelpUkraine #StandWithUkraine #EndWar

https://twitter.com/BremerVan/status/1504457218292396032?s=20&t=F1iagyDwz26lAvk0d2o3Hg

1/🧵Updates on Maria, who is still one of 7+ million refugees within Ukraine.

Having fled to Western 🇺🇦, she sent her uncle a video singing what has become an anthem for peace & resilience, it will get stuck in your head.🎶

Pls RT🙏
Slava Ukraini!💙💛🌻

2/🧵New versions of this popular folk song with its strong lyrics👇have now become so popular that @pinkfloyd joined Andriy Khlyvnyuk to support the message of defiance.

The kalyna berry is a national symbol of resistance to political oppression in 🇺🇦.

https://twitter.com/pinkfloyd/status/1512385065766076417?s=20&t=trpnPPvwUcN4T6cTs7N3YQ

3/🧵Maria loves singing for fun. But drawing is her real passion. Below thread for those that have not heard about her yet. 🌻

From going mini-viral on her 7th birthday, a shoutout from a supermodel, to bonding moments with famous cats. 👇💙💛

#StopWar

https://twitter.com/BremerVan/status/1509930045124583432?s=20&t=l1bB0ZpkP7PkwWar6fbWyA

4/🧵Thanks to #catdaddy @JacksonGalaxy & others the press took notice of our little artist.🖌️👧🇺🇦

#MakeArtNotWar✍️💙💛🌻
@PemaYongchen @LennyChevere @1f_Not_Us_Who @Szabadsag1956 @KissTheEarth @pjoycedickerman @enterprise0204 @ThefuryofSam @FergusthePug
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5/🧵 South Africa too! Very sweet article & worth a read.👇 🇿🇦🌍❤️🇺🇦

@RobForbesDJ @cape_town_brad @Peterman43 @BathandwaMki @SolidarityRnwd @pgmalusardi @GardenCraft166 @realStevenWalk @tinyhikinviking @KevinRothrock @Amy_Ruby_RoseZA @SydenhamStekkie

news24.com/news24/southaf…

6/🧵Canadian jazz pianist Richard Whiteman heard about the story & felt so inspired that he wrote a song for Maria.😍

Thanks a million for recording an excerpt of this beautiful piano piece on such short notice!

Pls RT🙏🎹🎵☮️🇺🇦

#StopTheWar #Peace
youtube.com/shorts/3-bGL3y…

7/🧵Meanwhile Maria is busy with school & her favorite pastimes singing, dancing & drawing.

Her mom tries to create normalcy as much as possible.✍️💙💛🌻🙏

@JeanHaggerty1 @mdtoorder @JonHartleyInBSE @Ewacg @mariaantoniagon @KGYEG
#StandWithUkraine
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8/🧵 Masha loves dogs, here you can see her with one of over 100,000 stray dogs that live on the streets of Ukrainian cities.

They need our help. Pls RT 👇🐶🐕🇺🇦🙏

@livegreenordie @NewJeffCT @victoriaozelle @MartinG8177 @MetroDonMartin @Sylvia_and_Bill
countryliving.com/uk/wildlife/pe…

9/🧵If you can, share her animal drawings on Etsy with friends & family.🙏

For less than $15 they help both the family & refugees in Zhovti Vody.

@xOahuBeachx @SchorJudith @Drummergirl29 @jennyjenjen @e2dot7182818284 @phoebegoh @luclefebvre

#Ukraine
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10/🧵Many animals in 🇺🇦 are suffering due to the war.

👇a great thread from @jane_in_vain with many resources to help animals in 🇺🇦.

🙏💙💛🌻 @casanova_kara @DansKKa7 @gregghoulden @Avonan @diannemando @kinga_valentino @Bivi_17
#StopTheWar #HelpUkraine

https://twitter.com/jane_in_vain/status/1509540305082765313?s=20&t=J9JA6kkFUVZB8RnAaZY_Jw

11/🧵Maria & her uncle Maxim are usually inseparable but due to the war now over 1000 km apart. She has not seen her uncle or grandparents in almost 2 months.

Pls RT @Alan_R_Taylor @WolfgangRUL @OldCoastie54 @siddhathahimsa @aalleyne

#StopTheWarNow🌻🇺🇦
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12/🧵With the help of Etsy the family has been able to pay for the rental of Maria & her mother and uncle Maxim also supports refugees in Zhovti Vody with food, meds & other essentials.👇💙💛

Pls RT🙏🇺🇦♥️☮️
@DonnaRapado @charolyn_ @joeyayoub @josefoshea
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13/🧵Sadly air raid alerts are now common in Zhovti Vody like in most other regions adding to the collective trauma of 🇺🇦💔.

@chrislongview @UROCKlive1 @SFutorian @Knight201701 @me_brady @dghyuuyre @lmv6719 @suzyann39 @coalsmom

#StopRussia #StopTheWar
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14/🧵Etsy has lifted the spirits of the family with the nice messages from all over the world.🌍🇺🇦❤️

Pls leave them a review if you can, they read every single one and it gives them hope. 👇🌻🕊️

Pls share 🙏💙💛
@thingles
#StandWithUkraine #StopWar
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15/🧵I don't get anything for my help, but the gratitude from the family is more than enough.

Pls RT & tell others about this family so they can help themselves & others.

Below👇more ways to help Ukraine.

Slava Ukraini!💙💛🌻🙏
#StopTheWar #HelpUkraine

https://twitter.com/BremerVan/status/1504457218292396032?s=20&t=NLGNJmlaex6EDZh7vKkmuQ

Pls share above👆tweet. Andriy Khlyvnyuk has inspired many updated versions @BelleTimsit @shtweet @morgan_sung @sophiassocials @dia_dwyer @ysteinbuch @NicholasARice @RobDexES @LKilraine @gilkauf
Video Credit: ГРОШІ / YouTube

#StandWithUkraine #StopTheWar

Here the sheet music for this pretty little piece.🎹🎶

A RT of above 👆piano video as a statement for peace would be amazing.🙏🌻🇺🇦 @Molly1Jo @suestroud @FionaJLincs @EarthImpi @backroads_linda @Sikhandin @pianotomfish @wadakashiho @ukraineinfobot

#StopWarInUkraine #Ukraine

Maria just finished a new cat drawing. ✍️ 🐈 🥰

The Zakarpatska region where she fled to with her mom was hit by missiles yesterday but they are safe🙏

Pls RT. Every Download helps the family & refugees.
#StopTheWar #HelpUkraine #CatsOfTwitter 🇺🇦 🌻 etsy.com/ca/listing/122…

A download on Etsy or RT to the #CatsOfTwitter would be a great help for Maria, her family & refugees from 🇺🇦🙏
@Namahx @Birdmischief @meljmcd @jmuhj1 @dnahealthnut @kingmanmarie39 @OliviaSofiaGram @tigerlillyloki @JLHerms @tina_michelle9 @Betty_Boo_Kat
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