Companies and Private Citizens Are Stepping Up To Help Ukrainians

In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine that has already driven 1.7 million Ukrainians from their country, companies and private citizens are stepping up to provide urgent humanitarian assistance. Their efforts are a reminder that individuals and businesses are key to relief efforts, especially during crises that demand quick and localized responses.

Companies are helping to bolster evacuation efforts at the Ukrainian border and beyond. Uber is "providing unlimited free trips between the Ukrainian border and Polish cities to support refugees and their families," the company announced in a statement last week. The Hungarian airline Wizz Air is offering Ukrainian refugees 100,000 free seats aboard flights departing from Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania, and it will offer "rescue fare" to Ukrainians stuck elsewhere.