I want to help
Sites with the Czech flag 🇨🇿 are in Czech, but can be viewed in English using Google Translate.
Financial support
- ADRA – helps directly on the ground
- Embassy of Ukraine in Prague - Relief Account for the defense of Ukraine
- 🇨🇿 Salvation Army – humanitarian aid in Ukraine and in Czechia
- 🇨🇿 Care.cz – humanitarian aid on the ground
- Citychurch.cz – direct help for Ukrainian families fleeing the war
- 🇨🇿 Czech Red Cross – medical aid
- People In Need – long-term humanitarian aid since 2014
- Diaconia Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren – help on the ground through Ukrainian partners
- 🇨🇿 Donio: Help Ukrainians keep their head above water – therapeutic aid for people affected by the war and their relatives in Czechia
- 🇨🇿 Donio: #ForUkraine – aid on the ground and in Czechia
- Masaryk University financial assistance – aid for students and academics
- Caritas Czech Republic – essentials for war-affected people
- Post Bellum – medical products and protective gear; fundraiser by the Memory of Nations organization
- Direct support for the Come Back Alive charity – support for the Ukrainian Armed Forces
- 🇨🇿 Direct donations to the Ukrainian Armed Forces – organized by the Embassy of Ukraine in Prague
- Direct donations to the Ukrainian Armed Forces – direct support, various currencies, account opened by the National Bank of Ukraine
- Nesehnutí (Independent Social Ecological Movement) – support for civil society representatives, journalists, the media
- Organization for Aid to Refugees – help for refugees and foreigners in Czechia
- 🇨🇿 Association for Integration and Migration – help for war refugees in Czechia
- 🇨🇿 UNICEF – aid for children; choose the project “Pomoc na Ukrajině” (“Help in Ukraine”)
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MAGNA – humanitarian aid for children and families in need
- 🇨🇿 OSF Foundation collection – help for Roma children, families and communities in Ukraine
- znesnáze21: Save Ukraine! – Collection co-organized with non-profit organization ADRA
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Evropské hodnoty - Foundation Collection
How to help Ukraine defend against the Russian information war. -
🇨🇿 Fundraiser by the city of Týnec nad Sázavou
Fundraiser for the war refugees accommodated in the city of Týnec nad Sázavou and near vicinity. -
Sue Ryder
Fundraiser helping senior citizens in Ukrainian territory through the Ukrainian charity Turbota pro Lithni Ukraini.
Where to donate cryptocurrency (Bitcoin, ETH)
Collection points
Clothing
- 🇨🇿 Salvation Army – at Salvation Army branches, in collection containers
About Salvation Army in EN
Medical supplies
In a joint statement, the Ministry of Health (MZČR) and the State Institute for Drug Control asked the citizens of the Czech Republic not to buy up medical supplies in bulk with the intention of delivering them to Ukraine. In this regard, MZČR coordinates offers of assistance from manufacturers and distributors directly with the Czech Association of Pharmaceutical Companies and the Czech Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry. Other organizations offering assistance can contact MZČR directly at [email protected].
- 🇨🇿 Czech Red Cross – in the centers of all Regional CRC Associations
- 🇨🇿 Single Mothers Club – medical supplies
- 🇨🇿 House of National Minorities in cooperation with the Embassy of Ukraine in Prague
Prague: Vocelova 3, Praha 2, Phone: +420 777 686 240, every day, 8:00–20:00 – collection of medical and military equipment
Other
- 🇨🇿 Brno for Ukraine - Collection of hygiene packages
MENDELU
Generála Píky 7, Brno-Královo Pole, every day, 11:00–19:00
Goose on a String Theatre (Divadlo Husa na provázku)
Zelný trh 9, Brno-střed, every day, 10:00–20:00 - 🇨🇿 Czech Red Cross - in the centers of all the CRC Regional Associations. We recommend checking in advance what kind of material is being collected at a particular center.
- Humanitarian aid collection by Tomas Bata University in Zlín
University Rectorate, T. G. Masaryka 5555, 760 01 Zlín
every working day, 10:00-18:00 - 🇨🇿 Celonárodní Sbírka IT, pomoz i ty - tech equipment collection at 5 collection points in Prague and Brno - computers, tablets, cell phones, power banks and chargers
- Collection of food and essential toiletries in all regional Food Banks in CZ (find your nearest Food Bank here)
- 🇨🇿 Sbírka společnosti Podané ruce
Brno: Bohéma vaccination center (Janáček Theater), 8:00 to 19:00
Olomouc: Opletalova 1 (u Mořice), Mon-Fri, Phone: +420 774 701 570.
Zlín: Gahurova 1563/5, 760 01 Zlín, Mon-Fri: 9:00 - 16:00, Phone: +420 774 256 510 - 🇨🇿 Silicon Hill, Student Union Club ČVUT – sleeping bags, blankets, mats, warm clothes, medical and hygiene products. Please send an email in advance to [email protected].
- 🇨🇿 Železnice pomáhá - Humanitarian trains to Ukraine
Collection of humanitarian aid with collection points across the country - 🇨🇿 Women's Educational Association Vesna - Collection for Ukraine
Ongoing collection of miscellaneous items in Brno -
🇨🇿 FandiMat - in-kind aid app
An app for coordinating in-kind (material) aid. Contains a list of in-kind collection points for Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees.
NOTE: Before you go to any collection points, first make sure that they are still receiving material. Some collections have already moved into the sorting process and do not have storage capacity. If you have any free time, you can help as a volunteer by appointment.
Humanitarian aid collection points
Prague
House of National Minorities
Vocelova 3, Praha 2, every day, 8:00-19:00 – collecting medical and military equipment. Tel. +420 776 869 307 a +420 776 869 274
See what’s currently needed on Facebook.
Student Dormitory Švehlova
The reception of the Švehlova Dormitory, Slavíkova 1499, Prague 3 (6:00–24:00), Kateřina Junáková, +420 770 141 722, [email protected]
See what’s currently needed on 🇨🇿 Facebook
Uhříněves
Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, Husova kaple, Husovo nám. 378/40, 104 00 Praha 22. Items collected are being announced on 🇨🇿 FacebookBrno
Faculty of Architecture, VUT
Galerie MINI, Poříčí 273/5, Brno (entered from the Bělidla street or through the main entrance; see this map),
Mon - Fri: 6:00 to 20:00, Sat - Sun: 08:00 to 18:00
See this map.
MENDELU
Generála Píky 7, Brno-Královo Pole, every day, 11:00–19:00
Expediční klubovna Brno
Jezuitská 1, Brno-střed
Mon-Sun 9:00 - 21:00
Pardubice
Vodovody a kanalizace
Milheimova 2927
Old train station (Staré vlakové nádraží)
Hlaváčova 2801
Church of Panna Marie Sedmibolestná
Bílé Předměstí, intersection of streets Štrossova and Dašická, 53003, Phone: +420 777 904 901 (every day)
Other cities and towns
Liberec
Greek Catholic Church, Malé náměstí 2, Phone: +420 603 321 578
Opatov – Fara
Opatov 10, 58805, Filip Boháč: Phone: 604 169 503 (private individual)
NOTE: Before you go to any collection points, first make sure that they are still receiving material. Some collections have already moved into the sorting process and do not have storage capacity. If you have any free time, you can help as a volunteer by appointment.
Other information
- People in Need – 8 most frequently asked questions about aid to Ukraine
- 🇨🇿 State guard – a table with links to help Ukraine
- 🇨🇿 Pirati.cz – Support Ukraine!
- 🇨🇿 Students for Liberty CZ – Invasion of Ukraine and how to help
Petitions
- No-Fly Zone for Ukraine – petition for a no-fly zone for Ukraine
- 🇨🇿 Stand with Ukraine – defending democracy, help for Ukraine, sanctions against Russia
- 🇨🇿 Pomozmeukrajine.cz – military and humanitarian support for Ukraine, sanctions against Russia
Accommodation
- 🇨🇿 Accommodation offers – Administration of Refugee Facilities of the Ministry of the Interior
- 🇨🇿 Option to offer accommodation in Prague – mediated by the city of Prague, form here
- 🇨🇿 Form for emergency accommodation offers in Brno and its surroundings – mediated by the Center for Foreigners of the South Moravian Region, Statutární město Brno, Diocesan Charity Brno
- In Zlín Region, these contacts are looking for flats for the current convoy of refugees: Michaela Ženožičková: tel. +420 739 482 306, Magdaléna Šimečková: tel. +420 774 129 672, mail: [email protected]
- 🇨🇿 Uprchlici-vitejte.cz – housing offers from private individuals, shared households
- Shelter for Ukraine – international system for accommodation offers
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I Can Help.Host
Leave your offer by filling the form. Just click the "+ CAN HELP" button.
Transport
- Drive for refugees – you will go to the Ukrainian border for specific people and take them to a designated, pre-arranged location where they will be accommodated. Coordinated by Pomáháme lidem na útěku
- 🇨🇿 Train to Ukraine – transportation for elderly people and mothers with children to the Czech Republic
Train to Ukraine (FB group) - DoDo – offers transport to the SK/UA borders, transports food, medicine, documents and other necessities. Can also provide cars to transport people. Contact: [email protected]
- Transport in Ukraine: https://www.ukrainenow.org/refuge (translate page to EN button at the page bottom)
Work & Requalification
- 🇨🇿 Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs – information for employers and foreigners in connection with the conflict in Ukraine
- Palacky University (Olomouc) is looking for translators, lawyers and psychologists to help Ukrainian students
- 🇨🇿 Jobs - Ukrainian initiative in the Czech Republic – advertising and job offers for Ukrainian citizens in the Czech Republic
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🇨🇿 NovaRobota.cz
Job portal for Ukrainians and employers -
Volunteering Centre at Palacký University Olomouc
The centre is active at the university as well as in the Regional assistance centre for Ukraine, in schools or hospitals. If you are interested in joining the volunteers, please fill in the form on the website. -
🇨🇿 Employing Ukrainians in practice. What you need to do and what was streamlined by Lex Ukraine?
We covered the most important information in a Seduo workshop led by labor law expert Jakub Oliva. This article by LMC is a summary of the workshop.
School and children
- 🇨🇿 Educational program “Variants of People in Need” – a guide for teachers, supervision options for teachers
- META – support foreigners in learning the language and participating in Czech society
- 🇨🇿 Locika center – how to talk to children about war
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🇨🇿 Endowment fund Children of Ukraine
Teachers and educators with experience from Ukraine can volunteer to teach Ukrainian children in the Czech Republic -
🇨🇿 Free access to teaching resources from Škola Můj Projekt
The resources help developing civic competencies, and include material on how to discuss the Ukraine war situation in class - 🇨🇿 Czech Television portal on Ukraine for children, parents, and teachers
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🇨🇿 Methodical resources by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Recommendations for integrating Ukrainian children into the educational system. Made for kindergartens, elementary and secondary schools, and colleges, and their sponsors. -
Schola Empirica
Mentoring for teachers, introducing strategies to include and adapt children to new groups in kindergartens and elementary schools.
Psychological help
- 🇨🇿 Psychological help for citizens – directory of psychological help in the Czech Republic, via the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic
- 🇨🇿 Social clinic – psychotherapeutic assistance for people affected by the war in Ukraine
- 🇨🇿 VOS.health app – looking for Ukrainian translators and copywriters, Ukrainian-speaking psychologists and therapists
- Palacky University (Olomouc) is looking for translators, lawyers and psychologists to help Ukrainian students
Legal help
- YOUkraine
The YOUkraine initiative brings together independent experts and volunteers from the Czech Republic and abroad with focus on legal and psychological support, translation and interpretation, relocation and social services - Association for Integration and Migration – looking for volunteers, interns, sympathizers and more
- UA.Support
Pro bono legal help for Ukrainian refugees in different countries. - Palacky University (Olomouc) is looking for translators, lawyers and psychologists to help Ukrainian students
- 🇨🇿 Czech Bar Association - call for lawyers to volunteer their services to assist Ukrainians (asylum, labor, international law)
- PRO BONO consultations, organized by 🇨🇿 Veronika Plešková – looking for lawyers, translators, psychologists and more
Help for animals
Financial assistance
- Contribution to UA Animals, which distributes funds to various shelters and different parts of the country:
🇨🇿 Fundraiser for Animal Freedom NGO
UA Animals organization account on Patreon - Contribution to specific shelters
🇨🇿 Zahist shelter (Kyjev region) – small animals
🇨🇿 Friend shelter (Dnětropetrovsk region) – small animals
Vet Crew – wild animals (Insta)
🇺🇦 Fond Manchyk Olga – (Dněpropetrovsk small shelter) –- small animals (FB) - Ongoing fundraisers (directly via bank account):
@cat_dogs_dnipro
🇺🇦 @dniproanimals
🇺🇦 @shelter_sirius
Voluntary assistance to animals (temporary care, transport, homes)
- 🇨🇿 Veganfighter – form, where you can enroll as a volunteer for temporary or permanent care of UA animals transported to the Czech Republic (in Czech)
- 🇨🇿 Pes web – another form where you can volunteer for temporary or permanent care of small animals from Ukraine
- Europe-wide shared map – where you can also volunteer (Polish initiative – use in English / Polish)
Others
- 🇨🇿 Demagog.cz – help to prevent the spread of false information (call on FB)
- 🇨🇿 Help for Ukraine - fundraisers, web links, tips (Czech FB group)
- 🇨🇿 Volunteers for Expediční klubovna Brno – paramedics at the borders, processing fundraising and more (in Czech)
- 🇨🇿 SUMMARY How to send humanitarian and financial aid – article summarizing the best ways to help the people of Ukraine
- 🇸🇰 The War in Ukraine - A Huge Psychological Manual
- 🇨🇿 10 experiences to help people on the run
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Database of Ukrainian Rx-prescription medicine equivalents
Convert Ukrainian prescription medicine to equivalent European product -
🇨🇿 Defend Ukraine, Defend Czechia
Government website and directory helping the fight against disinformation. -
🇨🇿 Iniciativa Hlavák
Volunteers helping refugees that arrive at the Prague Main Train Station. They guide refugees in the station area, provide information and refreshments, and assist with transfers to coordination centers.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic warns against any trips to Ukraine.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic calls Czech citizens to leave Ukraine immediately.
The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Kiev and the Consulate General in Lviv were temporarily closed.
In case of emergency for Czech citizens in Ukraine, contact the emergency line of the Consulate General of Lviv at the telephone number +380 673 749 701, or on the Czech telephone number +420 222 264 234.
Source: 🇨🇿 Information for Czechs in Ukraine and for Ukrainians in the Czech Republic and Ukraine
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
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