Key populations, including people who use drugs, are vulnerable worldwide under punitive drug laws and inadequate service provision, but during such a time of war and conflict in Ukraine, key populations are even more vulnerable.
Here are a list of resources, fundraisers and statements that we have gathered so far.
- International Network of People Who Uses Drugs’ Global Call for Solidarity with People who Use Drugs in Ukraine
- Insights’ offer of support and shelter to trans* people still in Ukraine
- Eurasian Harm Reduction Associations’ EHRA crowdfunding campaign to support community of people who use drugs and harm reduction activists in Ukraine and Joint Open Letter on the Humanitarian Corridor in Ukraine
- #MYBRAINMYCHOICE #StandWithUkraine webpage with resources: Help with and without money
- Drug Reporter’s video on Harm Reduction During Wartime in Ukraine
- Safe Bow is offering support inluding high-risk border crossings to vulnerable people, through Fundly and through people filling out this form for support in evacuation
- TGEU’s has put together a resources page
- Alliance for Public Health’s statement in connection with Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine
- International Drug Policy Network’s webpage with information, analysis and support resources on Ukraine’s crisis
- Queer Spaces Network support for Transgender people fleeing Ukraine
Youth RISE stands with the people of Ukraine and those suffering under Putins regime in Russia, Putin must stop this senseless war now.