Four months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it’s clear that local volunteers and organisations in the country have borne the brunt of the humanitarian response.
Ad-hoc groups and more established Ukrainian organisations came together to evacuate people from towns and villages affected by the invasion, and get food, medicine and other vital supplies to people who needed them.
Soon Ukrainians – and foreigners who had come to help at the border – started asking the same questions: why were international NGOs absent on the ground while their fundraising drives for Ukraine seemed particularly active and successful across the world?
