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A year at war - 38 million euros donated to Ukraine!

23.02.2023
The 38 million euro donation consists of monetary and technical donations to provide real and necessary assistance in Ukraine's fight against the Russian invasion. 90 Latvian societies and foundations are involved in providing assistance. The biggest aid providers have been 8 NGOs:
  • business organization Ziedot.lv (19.7 million euros),
  • the "Entrepreneurs for Peace" fund (5.5 million),
  • association "Tavi draugi" (5 million),
  • Twitter Convoy/ Association Agendum (4 million euros),
  • "TEV" association (4 million),
  • Confederation of Ukrainian associations living in Latvia "VICHE" (1 million euros),
  • Association of Samaritans of Latvia (850 thousand euros) and
  • the association "Viegli palīdzēt" (790 thousand euros).

The largest amount of aid has been directed to support defenders of Ukraine. 21 million euros have been used for defense purposes. 52 thousand square meters of camouflage nets, 120 thousand drone 3D tails, 15,000 canned game, 200,000 trench candles, 5 tons of knitted socks, 6,000 bullets, 82 quadricycles, 325 generators, walkie-talkies, drones, drone catchers were sent to Ukraine in more than 1,200 cars, tractors and military scooters.

14.6 million euros from donations have been used for humanitarian aid and medical aid in Ukraine. 614 humanitarian aid cargoes have been sent to Ukraine, loaded with thousands of tons of food and hygiene goods, baby food and diapers, medicines, dressing materials, equipment and beds for hospitals, 100 tons of warm clothes, micro-generation stations, batteries and charging stations, warm air blowers , a total of almost 500 units, LED bulbs and batteries, animal feed. For the support of war refugees from Ukraine, the society has donated 2.4 million euros to provide social, medical, food, medical and psycho-emotional support. Charity warehouse palidzibaskarte.lv was created, a bilingual Latvian-Ukrainian alphabet was published, soup kitchens, day centers were opened, summer camps and excursions were organized, Latvian language was taught, cultural and sports events were organized.
The largest amount of donations can be received by bank transfer. This is followed by donations of goods and services, calls to charity phones and cash in donation boxes. In support of Ukraine, charity concerts, theater performances and various cultural events have been held every weekend. During the year, 26 charity initiatives were active on the charity portal Ziedot.lv, to which fellow citizens and companies could donate to support Ukraine. The largest donation to Ziedot.lv was 1 million euros from SIA Gaujas Koks, 1 million US dollars was donated by the Republic of Taiwan to support refugees. Compatriots abroad and diaspora organizations have been generous donors. A total of 331,336 residents, 2,068 companies and 15 municipalities donated on the Ziedot.lv website. Support for Ukraine continues, the portal Ziedot.lv has 16 different initiatives to support Ukraine!    

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Ziedot.lv is a charity organization founded in 2003 with the mission to channel individual and business donations to people in need. Ziedot.lv is offering a safe, easy and transparent way to support carefully verified and selected charity projects, to follow-up their progress and be sure your donation has reached the goal.


Donation Statistics

This year

1 259 721.95 €