Ukraine
Humanitarian
Appeal
Closure
Ukraine
Humanitarian Appeal
Closure
The Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal closed for donations at the end of 2024, but DEC-funded programmes will continue until the end of August 2025, thanks to the incredible amount raised. In the first two years of the response our member charities and their local partner have supported an estimated 8.2 million people.*
Women in eastern Ukraine cycle to a psychological support session at a new village community centre supported by DEC funds through Christian Aid and their local partner. Image: Katya Moskalyuk/DEC
Our impact from March 2022 to August 2024:
569,000+
people given food assistance, including hot meals and food baskets
724,000+
people supported with improved water and sanitation facilities
565,000+
people provided with mental health and psychosocial support
134,000+
people provided with cash assistance to help them meet basic needs
When the conflict in Ukraine escalated in February 2022, the DEC launched an urgent appeal. The UK public responded with incredible generosity.
With an extraordinary £440 million raised, DEC charities have been providing vital food, clean water, shelter, healthcare, cash support, mental health services and so much more.
DEC appeals are designed to be time-limited emergency appeals, boosting our member charities’ ability to respond to a crisis at scale. DEC appeals are not ongoing fundraising causes, as this is the remit of our member charities and their continuing work across the world. Find out more here about when and why the DEC closes fundraising appeals, and what happens next.
The DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal closed for donations on 31 December 2024. Many DEC member charities and their local partners will continue this critical work longer term and warmly welcome donations to their own appeals.
Here is a list of our member charities' appeals you can continue to support:
- Action Against Hunger
- ActionAid
- Age International
- British Red Cross
- CARE International
- CAFOD
- International Rescue Committee
- Plan International
- Tearfund
- World Vision
*While efforts have been made to avoid counting people more than once, some individuals may have received assistance from multiple member charities offering different types of support.
Dzvenyslava* aged 21, during a vocational training session funded by donations to the DEC appeal. Image: Katya Moskalyuk/DEC
Dzvenyslava's Story
Dzvenyslava* lived in the city of Kherson until February 24, 2022 when she was forced to flee.
“I gave birth during the war, and it was tough. I couldn’t continue my studies or work as I have a small child,” says Dzvenyslava.
DEC funds are supporting a livelihoods project run by the local partner of DEC charity Oxfam. The project provides vocational and entrepreneurial training, as well as small business grants for residents and displaced people who have lost their jobs due to the conflict.
Now Dzvenyslava dreams of starting her own business.
"In the future, I want to work with other girls and build a team. I want to continue my new life in Mykolaiv and full my potential here."
Veronica, a piano teacher from Ukraine at the Carusel shelter in Bucharest, Romania. Image: Andreea Campeanu/DEC
Veronica's Story
Veronica, a 32-year-old single mother and piano teacher from Ukraine, was forced to flee her home when the conflict began and settled in Bucharest, Romania.
“As a single mother, I faced the daunting task of providing for my daughter while navigating a foreign environment,” she says.
Veronica found support in the services provided by the local partner of DEC charity Plan International UK. She took part in women's counselling sessions that helped her cope with the stress of displacement, and gradually adapted to her new life, embracing opportunities to teach piano and perform.
”I would like to thank you for the great help. This is very important for women like me who are here without any other family members. At a time of feeling overwhelmed I found my safe space in here."
Since early 2022 DEC charities have been working in Ukraine and neighbouring countries to deliver much-needed aid to people affected by the conflict, working with local partners who know the needs of their communities well and supporting them to scale up their work.
Moto Michikata previously worked as Grants Manager for the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. During her time she frequently visited DEC funded projects, both in Ukraine and neighbouring countries.
"Most of the local organisations in Ukraine are just accidental humanitarians. Similarly, some of them are just community groups who decided to help people, and now they are officially a charitable organisation. It's just amazing for us to see how much they have achieved."
"Most of the DEC members didn't have a country presence in Ukraine or in neighbouring countries... and local partners have had to learn so fast as to how international organisations work. I'm really impressed by the DEC members and local partners as to how much they have achieved," she says.
DEC Grants Manager Moto Michikata visiting a summer camp that supports 300 children in Odesa, Ukraine. Image: Alyona Puzanova/Christian Aid
Thanks to the incredible generosity of the UK public, the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal is the DEC’s longest running appeal, and has so far raised more than £440 million for the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and neighbouring countries.
As the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal comes to a close, DEC funding remains flexible, and our member agencies will be able to use the remaining money from this appeal wherever it’s needed most, until the end of August 2025.
