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Ukraine Crisis: The Dublin locations accepting humanitarian donations for Ukraine
The Art of Coffee is accepting donations across all of its Dublin branches.
A number of businesses in Dublin are now accepting humanitarian donations for Ukraine in the wake of the Russian invasion.
To help Ukrainian civilians, businesses are asking for donations of essential items like clothes, blankets, medicine and nappies.
The Irish Government is contributing towards an EU fund to supply non-lethal aid to Ukraine.
The donated items will be couriered by Green Speed to Poland and will be handed out to Ukrainian refugees crossing the border into Poland.
The Dublin drop off points for donations are:
· 40 Landsdowne Village, Sandymount, 0872474317
· Green Speed Head office, Unit 3, Park West drive, O’Casey Avenue, Dublin 12, D12XH68
The items that organisers are looking for included thermal blankets, sleeping bags, mattresses, toothpaste, toothbrush, towels, tampons, disposable plates and cutlery, baby wipes, gloves and facemasks, sterile dressings, first aid bandages with dressings, nappies and incontinence pads for adults, power banks, pet food for cats and dogs, batteries and noise-cancelling headphones.
Inchicore
Rascals Brewing in Inchicore has also set up a collection point for Ukraine. Rascals Eircode is D08HF68.
On Tuesday morning, a truck will collect care products from the brewery to deliver them to Poland. They are looking for donations of blankets, sleeping bags, torches, crayons, dry food etc and are asking that they be packed in a cardboard box with the items identified.
Blanchardstown
2 Coolmine Lawn, Dublin 15, D15 A71H will be accepting donations Monday to Friday from 4pm. The contact number is 0873181825
1104 Huntstown Avenue, Dublin 15, D15 FWH2 is accepting donations all day until Wednesday, March 2. The contact number is 0851570327.
Polish Book Shop, Moore Street Mall, Lidl Basement D01K447. Donations are being accepted Mon-Fri 10am – 7pm, Saturday 10am – 6pm and Sunday from 12pm – 6pm
Solidarity with Ukraine Irish Redemptorists
The Irish Redemptorists like so many other citizens and groups are deeply perplexed by the unfolding tragedy being inflicted on the Ukrainian population as the Ukraine courageously defends itself from an inexplicable war unleashed by Russia.
The Redemptorists in the Ukraine are immersed in local communities and have opened their houses and churches as sanctuaries for displaced families crippled with fear and anxiety.
Present in Tschernihiv in the north of Ukraine and Berdyansk, in the east of Ukraine, an d Lviv as well in several locations close the Polish border, in the Ukraine and parishioners are offering nourishment both physical and spiritual as families seek refuge in neighbouring countries.
The Redemptorists in Poland have established a humanitarian corridor to help deliver emergency supplies and funds. The Redemptorist Provincial in Poland is playing a leadership role in a coordinated approach to welcoming Ukrainian families as they flee the war, helping them towards shelter, food, and integrated support. In Slovakia, the Redemptorists have made their monastery in Kostlna available to host fleeing families who will cross from Ukraine to Slovakia.
The Redemptorists are appealing for financial support. If you would like to support our Solidarity with Ukraine campaign, please donate online at:
The Redemptorists are appealing for financial support. If you would like to support our Solidarity with Ukraine campaign, please donate online at: https://www.redemptoristsdundalk.ie/donate/
Or https://www.africaredemptorists.com/get-involved/donate
Or send your donation to:
Ukraine Appeal, Redemptorist Provincial Office, St. Joseph’s Monastery, St. Alphonsus Road Dundalk Co Louth. A91 F3FC
Or to Ukraine Appeal Redemptorist Solidarity Office, Scala, Castle Road, Cork T12 YV52
Ukraine
Statement from the Executive of the Association of Leaders of Missionaries and Religious of Ireland
on the war in Ukraine
It was with shock and disbelief that we awoke last Thursday morning to the news that the Russian Federation had invaded Ukraine. Our thoughts turned at once to the Ukrainian people who are now suffering greatly and to the innocents caught up in this struggle. The words of Pope St John XXIII in Pacem in terris come to mind: “Each (nation) has the right to exist, to develop, and to possess the necessary means and accept a primary responsibility for its own development. Each is also legitimately entitled to its good name and to the respect which is its due… some nations may have attained to a superior degree of scientific, cultural and economic development. But that does not entitle them to exert unjust political domination over other nations. It means that they have to make a greater contribution to the common cause of social progress.”
We offer our prayerful support to the missionaries and religious who have chosen to remain in Ukraine during this conflict and who have received refugees fleeing the fighting. May the Lord be close to you all in these terrible times, for “The Lord is close to the broken-hearted; those whose spirit is crushed he will save.” (Psalm 34,19)
Pope Francis has asked that Ash Wednesday become a day of special prayer and fasting for peace in Ukraine. We stand in solidarity with the suffering people of Ukraine and those people in the Russian Federation protesting against this war. We call on all our members and all people of good will to join with us on this Ash Wednesday in prayer and fasting for peace.
Abbot Brendan Coffey OSB President, AMRI
David Rose Secretary General, AMRI