In response to a Ukrainian colleague and to concerns expressed by Russian and other IARPP members, we decided to start this fund to support our colleagues in Ukraine who, as you know, are in dire straits. Due to the war, they are unable to earn money and have few funds on which to subsist. Nearly all have shifted to seeing their patients pro bono; many, perhaps most, have been forced to leave their homes and cities.
We have been fundraising on their behalf with the aim of giving financial support for food and other essentials to as many therapists and their dependents as possible, whether or not the applicants are IARPP members. The IARPP Board and Executive Director are administering the fund; our Ukrainian member “on the ground” is soliciting applications; and in conjunction with Board Member Joyce Slochower (USA), who has prior experience in this area at IARPP and the NYU Postdoctoral Program, the Ukrainian member is vetting the applicants and their level of need. The funds we’ve raised are transferred directly to those requesting aid; there is no middleman. Applicants receive the full amount we award (usually about $1000), most within a matter of weeks if not days of their request. We are steadily distributing funding directly to over 80 applicants, but the pile of applications is growing.
To date, we have raised and distributed about $110,000. This amount reflects the contributions of over 560 donors, about half of whom are IARPP members.
We are so grateful for and moved by this extraordinary show of support for the Ukrainian people. Tragically, though, Putin’s continuing assault means that there is increasing and often dire need, and we have exhausted our funding. The need has been so overwhelming, in fact, that our initial funds were depleted in two days, and so we had to temporarily close our application process.
Please help us continue to support our Ukrainian colleagues by giving as generously as you can, and perhaps even making a second donation if circumstances allow. If possible, we also hope that you will consider forwarding this request to anyone who might be interested in participating, as well as posting on your listservs, websites, or social media if you are comfortable doing so.
With gratitude,
The IARPP Board of Directors
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Responses from some of the
Ukrainian recipients of emergency aid:
– Thank you very much. This help is very important for me and my family in these hard times.
– I’m insanely grateful to you. You are incredible. It will be very supportive for me and the people I worth with, for medicine and help. May miracles happen to you. Life brings incredible wonderful surprises.
– Thank you. I gladly accept, and I continue to work as a volunteer for the benefit of Ukraine and the world.
– I sincerely thank you. Glory to Ukraine.
– Dear colleagues! Thank you very much for your support! Thanks to your help, I will pay for housing and will not have debts for the period February-May. Utilities will receive payments. Peace and tranquility in Ukraine is now really being built with the help of the whole world! Accept the warmest gratitude and faith in our victory!
– Thank you for your very valuable support for the opportunity to work, help each other and contribute to the development of our country.
– Thank you so much for the help and support. It makes all the difference.
– Your help is very supportive of people’s faith in what I do. I will continue to work for the benefit of our people and I will remember you.
– There are not enough words – thank you!
