Ukraine - MedWorld Advisors Statement
While we recognize that we are a small international M&A advisory firm, we do believe we can all make a difference if we stand together.
Therefore, we ask our industry colleagues to stand with Ukraine and to unite with us to counter unprovoked Russian aggression against innocent civilian lives in a democratic country.
From this day forward, and until Russia leaves Ukraine, we will no longer work with any company associated with Russian interests, whether it be on the sell side or buy side.
We encourage others to do the same.
If you wish to support Ukraine but are not sure how, we have provided a number of options below. These are just a few that have been provided to us, but there are many out there. Each person can make a difference.
We stand with Ukraine.
The MedWorld Advisors Team
Meaningful Ways You Can Support Ukraine
Source: Global Citizen, NPR
NovaUkraine is a nonprofit that delivers aid packages to Ukraine with everything from baby food and hygiene products, to clothes and household supplies. Donate here.
People in Need is providing humanitarian aid to over 200,000 people on the ground. For those most in need, they provide food packages, emergency shelter, safe access to drinking water, hygiene items, and coal for heating. Donate here.
Ukrainian Red Cross does loads of humanitarian work, from aiding refugees to training doctors. Donate here.
International Medical Corps is on the front lines and prepared to help citizens with emergency health care services, as well as mental health and psychosocial support. The agency is also keeping the pandemic top of mind throughout the crisis by prioritizing COVID-19 awareness and prevention services, to help keep displaced citizens safe from the pandemic. Donate here.
CARE is responding to the crisis by providing Ukrainians in need with food, hygiene kits, psychosocial support services, access to water, and access to cash. Donate here.
UNICEF is repairing schools damaged by the bombings and providing an emergency response to children affected by the conflict. Donate here.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency has stepped up its operations and is working with governments in neighboring countries "calling on them to keep borders open to those seeking safety and protection.” You can help support the UNHCR's work supporting refugees by donating here, and take action here to send a tweet urging governments and businesses to support the United Nations' urgent appeal for $1.7 billion to deliver life-saving humanitarian support.
OutRight Action is helping support LGBTQ+ groups and organizations on the ground, setting up shelters and providing safety for citizens. All donations made to OutRight will go directly to the cause. You can donate here.
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is deploying emergency operations in Ukraine and surrounding countries to provide food assistance to those fleeing the conflict. Donate here.
OutRight Action International Ukraine is stepping up to make sure that they are not left behind and that they are protected in this time of crisis. In times like these, LGBTQ+ members are often even more marginalised and exposed to vulnerability than usual. The organization will be helping to support LGBTQ+ groups and organizations on the ground who are setting up shelters and providing safety for citizens. All donations made to OutRight will go directly to the cause. Donate here.
Save the Children is working with partners to respond to meet the urgent needs of affected children and their families. It's ready to provide life-saving assistance, such as food, water, cash transfers, and safe places for children as people flee amid freezing temperatures and brutal conditions, and to scale up oprtions to ensure children impacted by the crisis have the support they need. Find out more and donate here.
SOS Children’s Villages has worked in Ukraine since 2003 and is coordinating an emergency response to support families who are living in the conflict areas and those who have been internally displaced. Find out more and donate here.
Médecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders runs a range of activities in Ukraine working with local volunteers, organizations, health care professionals and authorities to help people travel to health care facilities and access prescribed medications. Donate here.
Mercy Corps is mobilizing a team to the region to assess where help is most needed, and is anticipating providing emergency cash assistance, as well as supporting local organizations that know their community needs best. Between 2015 and 2017, Mercy Corps provided humanitarian assistance in eastern Ukraine, reaching more than 200,000 people with emergency cash, food, water, and sanitation supplies, small business development grants, restoring war-damaged homes and more. Find out more and donate here.
Medical Teams International is fundraising to send medical supplies to the region, with all procees going towards sending medicines and/or medical supplies. Learn more and donate here.
Voices of Children is a Ukrainian organization's Charitable Foundation that helps provide psychological and psychosocial support to children affectedby the armed conflict, according to its website. Voices of Children's efforts of support for kids include art therapy, video storytelling, providing mobile psychologists and even individual help for families. Donate here.
Sunflower of Peace is a nonprofit organization raising money to prepare first aid medical tactical backpacks for paramedics and doctors on the front lines. Each backpack is designed for groups of 5 to ten people and includes an array of first aid supplies — such as bandages, anti-hemorrhagic medicine and medical instruments, according to the organization's Facebook page. Donate here.
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is an international organization that families — providing assistance for resettlement in the U.S. Donate here.
Revived Soldiers Ukraine is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing aid to the people of Ukraine in support of their fundamental human rights and medical rehabilitation of Ukrainian soldiers. Donate here.
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) helps people affected by humanitarian crises—including the climate crisis—to survive, recover and rebuild their lives. Over 3.5 million refugees have been forced to flee Ukraine. Help the IRC send vital supplies to displaced children and families. Donate here.
Malteser International, located in Malta, is a non-profit organization that has been collecting basic necessities for people from Ukraine who have been forced to leave their homes. They are actively collecting everything from medicine to blankets to food and cash. Donate here.
Vostok SOS is located in Ukraine and is partners with the German-Swiss NGO Liberico. Vostok SOS helps Ukrainians evacuate their homes, helps them find shelter and maintains a hotline for Ukrainians in need. In the future, this organization hopes to provide trauma support to victims of the Russian invasion. Donate here.
United Help Ukraine, based in the United States, is a nonprofit that was formed after the 2014 annexation of Crimea. United Help Ukraine is raising money so that it can send first aid kits to Ukraine. Donate here.
World Central Kitchen - Washington, D.C.-based chef José Andrés is famous around the world for feeding those in need and he is in Europe along with his World Central Kitchen team who are helping to provide thousands of meals not only to those still in Ukraine but also to those who have found their way to Poland and Romania. Donate here.
Razom for Ukraine is a nonprofit which is collecting medical supplies and tactical medicine items and then will make sure they get into the hands of medical professionals in Ukraine. You can see what supplies they need and offer support here.
National Bank of Ukraine - Support is coming in from other countries to supply bullets, missiles, etc. but even with outside support, the Ukraine military is still struggling. National Bank of Ukraine has created an account where people can donate to Ukraine’s military. Donate here.
The Kyiv Independent is a newspaper in Ukraine that has covered the war and given the world constant updates even as the journalists do so in fear. Now, the Kyiv Independent has started a GoFundMe asking for support so that it can continue to inform the world what is happening inside its country. Donate here.
Project Hope is an international organization that is currently sending medical supplies to Ukrainians and you can make donations via its website. Donate here.
The Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund by Global Giving is accepting donations so that they can help focus on the most vulnerable Ukrainians including kids. The Global Giving Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund will also "support humanitarian assistance in impacted communities in Ukraine and surrounding regions where Ukrainian refugees have fled." Donate here.