Finns donate €10m, medicines, essentials to support Ukrainians

People in Finland have donated more than 10 million euros to support the Ukrainians following the Russia´s attack since 24 February.

In addition to financial support, people from all strata are also providing the Ukrainians with foods and essentials items particularly medicines at mobile collection centres in different parts of the country.

Until Friday, Unicef, the Finnish Red Cross and Finn Church Aid received more than 10 million euros for the Ukrainians, reported national broadcaster Yle on Sunday.

Finn Church Aid (FCA) on Saturday announced that, in cooperation with Hungarian Interchurch Aid, they are establishing operations in the city of Lviv and in the Transcarpathia region of Ukraine to aid those affected by the war, said FCA in a press release.

An appeal from FCA, the largest aid organisation in Finland, has so far raised euro 2 million for those affected by the attack.

Thousands of people from Kyiv and further east have fled towards the western city of Lviv where FCA’s partner, Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) has established a base for operations.

“As Lviv has yet not been the site of military action, HIA and FCA decided that it was an ideal location from which to help people in Ukraine,” said Jouni Hemberg, Executive Director, FCA.

As an immediate response to the people in Lviv, HIA is planning to meet basic needs with food, water, blankets and soap as they assess how to scale up the operation.