GET INVOLVED
TODAY!
Join one of our many teams. Support Ukrainians in Europe by helping them determine if Waterloo Region and SW Ontario is the place for them to live. Connect with and support hosts who have welcomed Ukrainian families. Work with local churches and businesses to create various kits. Help create a safe place to live at one of the new Ukrainian guest houses. Jump into a new initiative with hundreds of volunteers supporting you
Ways You Can Help
Open Your Home
Do you have an interest in learning more about what it would be like to become a host?
Partner With Us
Help create kits, welcome or food baskets, or assist with urgent housing needs by creating warming stations, or invite us to talk at with your friends, church, organization or business.
Rent Your Property
Do you have a rental property you would be able to rent to Ukrainians coming to Waterloo Region?
It is extremely hard for them to find a rental unit with no current employment or credit history
Donate Financially
We are a volunteer-led organization with limited support from the Region of Waterloo. We urgently need help raising money to help provide shelter for Ukrainians in Waterloo Region.
Employment
Are you able to offer employment to Ukrainians? Ukrainians often need to find employment before or within the first few weeks of arriving. Even though many are highly educated they are willing to take on any work and this often means they won't have experience in these areas.
Some may not have the English skills you would normally expect.
Please be patient.
General Volunteering
Sign up to join our team. Help find and support current hosts, advocate and offer childcare and personal support to Ukrainian newcomers, and help with advertising and volunteer management. Click on the volunteer button to see more volunteer options.
Creating Kits or Help Support a Family
Each month we are welcoming dozens of Ukrainian families into Waterloo Region and surrounding areas. Most of the families opening up their homes were not prepared to support 1-6 extra people and they could use the help of our community.
Creating kits: Please do not create these kits before you contact us. If people create them without contacting us we may end up with 100 of one type and none of any other.
Support for individual families: Do you feel you can help support them in the short or long term? We can try and match you with a family that is of a similar age so that you can better connect.
- Multiple Dates
- Multiple Dates
- May 10, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.Location is TBDSave the date for our upcoming fundraising event. Attend to hear updates on local efforts as well as updates from frontline soldiers and volunteers in Ukraine. They ask us not to forget the Ukrainians in Canada and still arriving that need our help.
- Multiple Dates
- Multiple Dates
- Apr 02, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.Listowel, 465 Maitland Ave S, Listowel, ON N4W 2M7, CanadaJoin others in learning about the support needed by current Ukrainian newcomers in your area. Also, discuss the support Listowel and the surrounding areas can offer and further let's discuss what the future might look like if additional housing is created for people in need.
- Multiple Dates
- Mar 27, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.Listowel, 465 Maitland Ave S, Listowel, ON N4W 2M7, CanadaJoin others in learning about the support needed by current Ukrainian newcomers in your area. Also, discuss the support Listowel and the surrounding areas can offer and further let's discuss what the future might look like if additional housing is created for people in need.
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