Island’s £500,000 Ukraine gift is split between charities
BRITISH Red Cross and a refugee charity will benefit from the £500,000 from the States of Guernsey, Policy & Resources has confirmed.
Policy & Resources said it would be splitting its donation equally between the British Red Cross and UK for UNHCR.
Red Cross teams are working both within Ukraine and in neighbouring countries providing essential aid to people impacted by the conflict.
Ukrainian Red Cross volunteers are providing first aid, warm clothes, and support in shelters and metro stations.
Red Cross teams in bordering countries are providing psycho-social support, hot food and drinks, and helping families to stay connected, and will be providing cash assistance, so that families can purchase what they need locally.
UK for UNHCR is the UN Refugee Agency’s partner charity, supporting refugees.
UNHCR is registering internally displaced people in Ukraine and those who cross borders into neighbouring countries.
It is running transit centres, providing safe spaces to rest, distributing emergency supply kits, providing small cash grants to families, and providing shelter materials to reinforce damaged houses.
‘There are many organisations working very hard to provide humanitarian support to the people affected by the crisis in Ukraine and clearly the need is enormous,’ said P&R president Deputy Peter Ferbrache.
‘There are many that would put this donation to good use, but there’s no doubt that by donating to the two we have chosen it will be put to where it is needed on the ground.’
Bailiff's fund latest
The Bailiff’s Disaster Relief Fund has reached more than £92,000 in less than a week. That money will go to Disaster Emergency Committee – an umbrella group for a number of charities.
There are various ways to donate.
. By bank transfer: Bank: NatWest Bank, Guernsey, sort code 60-09-20, account number 74070487
. In person at any branch of NatWest in the Bailiwick for the account of Bailiff’s Disaster Relief Fund Ukraine Appeal, number 74070487
. By post: Cheques made payable to Bailiff’s Disaster Relief Fund Ukraine Appeal and sent to The Bailiff’s Chambers, Royal Court House, St. Peter Port, GY1 2NZ
