A few months ago, IAPH and The Seafarers’ Charity initiated an emergency appeal to support Ukrainian port workers and their families, but now urged that more action is necessary.
As IAPH said, since then the situation has only deteriorated. Namely, the port cities of Mariupol, Berdyansk and Kherson have fallen and Black Sea ports like Odesa remain under continuous threat. Meanwhile, port workers are making efforts to organise grain exports from the Danube ports to alleviate global food shortages.
Our campaign has so far yielded USD 18,877.50. This initial sum will be made available to the Maritime Transport Workers Trade Union of Ukraine (MTWTU) and its welfare fund Mortrans to provide relief to port workers and their families
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However, IAPH noted that “still the sum collected to date is very modest compared to the actual needs on the ground.” That is why is strongly encourages the public you to make a generous donation on a corporate and/or personal basis.
Donations will be administered and overseen by The Seafarers’ Charity, a grant funder which has embedded and well-established governance mechanisms and processes for monitoring and evaluation to ensure efficiency and transparency.
All donors will receive a copy of the impact report produced at the end of the year to show where the funds have been spent.
