Appeal for Ukraine – how you can help by donating to Unicef ​​and showing you stand for peace

Dear Reader,

Death and devastation lurk on the streets of Ukraine, with homes and businesses destroyed, hundreds of thousands displaced and countless families separated by war.

The people of Ukraine are suffering, especially the children.

The reasons for the conflict have been widely reported on these pages and elsewhere.

Now the Irish Independent asks you to support the people of Ukraine.

Please donate what you can to Unicef ​​Ireland, which has been on the ground in Ukraine for more than 20 years.

Unicef ​​Ireland chief executive Peter Power said any donation will help.

“A augmentation team of humanitarian experts is currently en route to Ukraine, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia and will complement the 130 specialists we currently have in Ukraine. The immediate humanitarian need is to assist the hundreds of thousands of people who are now internally displaced in Ukraine, many of whom are making their way to the western border to enter the European Union. The humanitarian need is huge.”

Donations are possible at www.unicef.ie or by telephone on 01 878 3000. Unicef ​​also accepts donations by post and they can be addressed to Freepost, UNICEF Ireland, 33 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin 1. All check donations are payable to UNICEF Ireland.