As our neighbors in Florida are facing a long recovery from a natural disaster, Legacy Collective has prepared a comprehensive response supporting those we feel to be some of the most vulnerable. We are addressing the unhoused, families, and individuals in under-resourced communities through food insecurity and home repair. We have thoroughly vetted the organizations below, and all donations will be divided amongst these nonprofits. Volunteer with World Central Kitchen in Florida.
DISASTER RELIEF FUND
Florida Relief Fund
Florida Relief Fund Partners
- Feeding Tampa Bay: Feeding Tampa Bay and our Disaster Readiness team are FEMA trained and prepared to handle disaster situations. In partnership with the Tampa Bay area Emergency Operations Centers, we work directly with local emergency management operations to provide food, water, and hygiene items during crisis situations. Feeding Tampa Bay provides food assistance for 10 counties.
- Hope Partnership aims to provide a holistic continuum of care in order to end homelessness and poverty in Central Florida. Hope Partnership is working with the unhoused and those in temporary housing in their community during this storm to ensure they are safely housed in shelters and will be caring for them following the storm during rebuilding efforts.
- World Central Kitchen deployed a team across Florida. Immediately following the storm’s passing, WCK distributed over 200,000 meals to impacted communities and continue to do so during the clean up efforts. Between the WCK Relief Kitchen and our local restaurant and food truck partners, we’re serving more than 40,000 meals each day as we continue to adapt to any evolving needs.
- Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay provides free critical home repair and affordable housing opportunities to neighbors in need in the Orlando and Central Florida region of Florida. RTTB is leading a coordinated, long-term response that includes all Florida based Rebuilding Together affiliates coming together for those affected across Southwest Florida.
Ukraine Relief Fund
As the Ukrainian people are facing a crisis, Legacy Collective has prepared a comprehensive response supporting those we feel to be some of the most vulnerable – women, children, and refugees. We have thoroughly vetted the organizations below, and all donations will be divided amongst these nonprofits.
Ukrainian Relief Fund Partners
- In Ukraine, the IRC is working with local partners to provide emergency assistance to internally displaced people. So far, we have supported evacuation efforts for women and children, provided critical information services about housing, employment, refugee rights and registration for displaced people, as well as provided psychosocial care through a dedicated hotline. In the immediate term, the IRC is quickly ramping up cash distributions in Ukraine, carrying out an initial pilot with 500 households as the team works closely with local authorities to identify priority locations for further cash distribution. We are also planning to distribute the first batch of locally procured medical equipment and supplies from a partner’s warehouse to an estimated ten health facilities in eastern Ukraine.
In Poland, where over 2 million refugees have fled, the IRC has established three offices and is ramping up staffing. With IRC support, the Polish Forum for Migration has trained a psychologist to provide services at two accommodation locations in Warsaw. Throughout the month of April, we will be distributing cash support—piloting cash delivery approaches both directly and with partners—to Ukrainians living in major cities, such as Warsaw. It is also a priority to train staff members from partner organizations in protection and safeguarding for women and children, including gender-based violence and prevention. And in Warsaw, we have launched a mobile service for mental health and psychosocial support to displaced people living in shelters and transit sites within the city.
- Due to the trauma of war, new moms are unable to provide for their infants with breast milk and are in need of formula which is in short supply. Without it, babies are dying. Love Does secured 3000 units of formula which is equivalent to 600 infants for 30 days/4 meals a day delivered to maternity wards in Kyiv. We are also working with our contacts on the ground to help with other urgent needs as well.
Of the 2.6million Ukrainian refugees that have fled to Poland, many are in refugee centers in Warsaw. Love Does secured 285,000 meals to be delivered to multiple centers. In addition, we staffed and supplied youth centers at the Warsaw Expo for 5000 Ukrainian refugees. These youth areas act as an oasis to give kids and families much needed activity, relief, support during this traumatic time as they wait to hear of their relative’s safety and whether they can return to Ukraine or will need to start a new life in another country.
There has been a large influx of Ukrainians entering the US through the Tijuana/San Diego border. They are allowed to stay in the US temporarily as a humanitarian parolee as they figure out their next steps. In this transition time, parolees are afforded very few services, so the needs are many. Love Does created and coordinated a San Diego Ukrainian task force made up of over 25 organizations to better serve this community. In addition, Love Does committed resources to provide for emergency housing for several individuals awaiting host families.
- Save the Children has been operating in Ukraine since 2014, including in the conflict-impacted regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.
This includes supporting their access to education, providing psychosocial support, distributing winter kits and hygiene kits, and providing cash grants to families so they can meet basic needs such as food, rent and medicines, or so they can invest in starting new businesses.
Our specialist teams are also providing children with access to safe, inclusive, quality education.
Together with schools and community centers, we work to help children overcome the mental and psychological impacts of their experiences of conflict and violence, and increase their resilience and ability to cope with stresses in their daily lives.
We call on all parties to the conflict in Ukraine to ensure full humanitarian access to all caught up in the Ukraine crisis.
- World Central Kitchen deployed a team across Florida. Immediately following the storm’s passing, WCK distributed over 200,000 meals to impacted communities and continue to do so during the clean up efforts. Between the WCK Relief Kitchen and our local restaurant and food truck partners, we’re serving more than 40,000 meals each day as we continue to adapt to any evolving needs.
Afghanistan Relief Fund
Afghanistan is in crisis and refugees are fleeing for their lives. When the world needs help, we’ve witnessed the Legacy Collective community step up time and again to answer the call. We’re asking for your help to send money for relief efforts in Afghanistan. The organizations we’ve chosen are fully-vetted and doing good work. These people need our help and we appreciate you extending support in their time of need!
Afghanistan Relief Fund Partners
- Women for Afghan Women (WAW) is the largest women’s organization in Afghanistan, with over 850 local Afghan staff working tirelessly to provide support services to women, children, and families. Working with strategic partners and local stakeholders, WAW’s ultimate goal in Afghanistan is to transform norms of violence and oppression into that of peace and equality. Women for Afghan Women is committed to working towards a world in which Afghan women and girls enjoy peace, justice, equality, and the freedom to participate in all spheres of life and live without fear. This grant will support the needs of Afghan women pertaining to this relief effort here in the Unites States and abroad.
- No One Left Behind is the only nationwide association of wartime allies in the US dedicated to ensuring that America keeps its promise to our interpreters from Iraq and Afghanistan. These brave men and women served right alongside US military and government personnel, and in many cases, directly saved American lives. Our vision is to see that each wartime ally is honored for his or her courageous service. We want their families to achieve the American Dream. This grant will help support the resettlement of refugees under the Afghan SIV (Special Immigrant Visa) Program.
- Due to the trauma of war, new moms are unable to provide for their infants with breast milk and are in need of formula which is in short supply. Without it, babies are dying. Love Does secured 3000 units of formula which is equivalent to 600 infants for 30 days/4 meals a day delivered to maternity wards in Kyiv. We are also working with our contacts on the ground to help with other urgent needs as well.
Of the 2.6million Ukrainian refugees that have fled to Poland, many are in refugee centers in Warsaw. Love Does secured 285,000 meals to be delivered to multiple centers. In addition, we staffed and supplied youth centers at the Warsaw Expo for 5000 Ukrainian refugees. These youth areas act as an oasis to give kids and families much needed activity, relief, support during this traumatic time as they wait to hear of their relative’s safety and whether they can return to Ukraine or will need to start a new life in another country.
There has been a large influx of Ukrainians entering the US through the Tijuana/San Diego border. They are allowed to stay in the US temporarily as a humanitarian parolee as they figure out their next steps. In this transition time, parolees are afforded very few services, so the needs are many. Love Does created and coordinated a San Diego Ukrainian task force made up of over 25 organizations to better serve this community. In addition, Love Does committed resources to provide for emergency housing for several individuals awaiting host families.
- Canopy NWA works to create a community where refugees are welcomed and equipped with all they need to build new lives and thrive. Through the Reception and Placement program, Canopy provides all newly-arriving refugee families with intensive case management and financial support for their first 90 days in the US. Many households are also eligible for the Matching Grant Program, which extends this service up to 180 days. This grant will support individuals and families resettling in the United States from Afghanistan.
- In Ukraine, the IRC is working with local partners to provide emergency assistance to internally displaced people. So far, we have supported evacuation efforts for women and children, provided critical information services about housing, employment, refugee rights and registration for displaced people, as well as provided psychosocial care through a dedicated hotline. In the immediate term, the IRC is quickly ramping up cash distributions in Ukraine, carrying out an initial pilot with 500 households as the team works closely with local authorities to identify priority locations for further cash distribution. We are also planning to distribute the first batch of locally procured medical equipment and supplies from a partner’s warehouse to an estimated ten health facilities in eastern Ukraine.
In Poland, where over 2 million refugees have fled, the IRC has established three offices and is ramping up staffing. With IRC support, the Polish Forum for Migration has trained a psychologist to provide services at two accommodation locations in Warsaw. Throughout the month of April, we will be distributing cash support—piloting cash delivery approaches both directly and with partners—to Ukrainians living in major cities, such as Warsaw. It is also a priority to train staff members from partner organizations in protection and safeguarding for women and children, including gender-based violence and prevention. And in Warsaw, we have launched a mobile service for mental health and psychosocial support to displaced people living in shelters and transit sites within the city.