Hi everyone. I have been following the war for a long time but sadly haven't been able to do much for actual support. This week however I wrote my representatives about Taurus (following actionforukraine.org) and also wanted to look into other ways of supporting. Let me tell you that I'm a thirty-something from Germany, working full-time and I have a young kid. So my time is limited but I could spare some Euros. I want to donate into something that focuses on political lobbying in EU or Germany and ideally is "inside the system" e.g. a registered charity that's tax-deductable etc. I was looking into VITSCHE but also was wondering if you guys have good suggestions? Maybe also other ideas for what could be done kinda on the side?

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[–] khannie@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Can't speak to tax deductible donations unfortunately.

Donations I've given have gone to a few different places. Direct to the Ukrainian government via United24, SWEOD who is a nice Swedish lad who does demining work in Ukraine including a lot of training. He has ended up giving his gear to folks he trains so I throw him a few quid when I can.

I've also sent money to serhiiiam on Reddit. S/he is well vetted and seems to do good work. They have revolut as well which makes it easy for me.

There are others too but I can't find one that I think is very deserving as the video that interviewed and linked them is gone. :(

Edit: Suchomimus (incredible youtube channel covering the war) also does fundraiser requests from what I consider well vetted folks on the ground in Ukraine. I give to those where I can too.

[–] Malte@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for the links, I'll look into it!

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Also no clue if it is deductible for you, but I would like to second donations to United24 as it is Ukraine’s official fundraising source and where my donations have been going.