Reliable and clear guide how to volunteer in Ukraine
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Let's win the war together
01
Where are you from ?
Choose the country from which you are coming to Ukraine
United Kingdom
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USA
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Canada
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France
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Germany
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Australia
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Spain
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Norway
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Sweden
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Visa-free up to 90 days within 180 days
Lithuania
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Latvia
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visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Japan
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visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Your country is not listed?
Please check the official website of Ministry of foreign affairs of Ukraine
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How to get to Ukraine now?
Choose the country through which you are planning to cross the border of Ukraine
To get to Ukraine via Poland is possible in such ways:
by bus
You can get to Ukraine via bus through any of these routes:
- Warsaw - Lviv: Ticket $20-25; Average trip duration 9-10h
- Krakow - Lviv: Ticket $25-35; average trip duration 6-8h
- Lublin - Lviv: Ticket $12-20; average trip duration 7-8h
To buy your bus ticket and get you on the way click below:
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by train
You can get a train to Ukraine through any of these routes:
- Przemysl - Kyiv: Ticket $27-55; average trip duration 9-15h
- Przemysl - Lviv: Ticket $11-15; average trip duration 2-3h
- Warszawa Wshodnia - Kyiv: Ticket $45-60; average trip duration 18-19h
- Сhelm - Kyiv: Ticket $36; average trip duration 13h
*Tickets for train Warszawa Wshodnia - Kyiv is possible to buy only in advance, to be precise 20 days before the planned date of departure. The sale opens at exactly 08:00 and you have approximately 5 minutes to make your purchase. In most cases, tickets are sold out within 2-5 minutes.
*Lviv is one of the largest cities in Ukraine, close to the polish border and easily accessible with great links to the rest of Ukraine, with beautiful Austrian architecture and a European feel we recommend you start your journey here.
To get to Ukraine via Slovakia is possible in such ways:
by bus
You can get to Ukraine via Bus through any of these routes:
- Košice - Lviv: Ticket $23-26; average Trip duration 9h
- Bratislava - Lviv: Ticket $38-46; average Trip duration 15-19h
To buy your bus ticket and get you on the way click below:
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by train
You can get a train to Ukraine through any of these routes:
- Košice - mukachevo after train change Mukachevo - Lviv: Ticket $10-15; average Trip duration 8h
- Košice - chop After train change Chop - Lviv: Ticket $10-15; average Trip duration 7h
*Lviv is one of the largest cities in Ukraine, close to the Slovakian border and easily accessible with great links to the rest of Ukraine, with beautiful Austrian architecture and a European feel we recommend you start your journey here.
To get to Ukraine via Hungary is possible in such ways:
by bus
You can get to Ukraine via Bus through any of these routes:
- Budapest - Lviv: Ticket $40-65; Average Trip duration 10-16h
- Nyíregyháza - Lviv: Ticket $15-20; Average Trip duration 9-10h
to buy your bus tickets and get you on the way click below:
INFOBUS
by train
You can get a train to Ukraine through any of these routes:
- Nyíregyháza - Chop after train change Chop - Lviv: Ticket $13-14; average trip duration 7-8h
- debrecen - Chop after train change Chop - Lviv: Ticket $13-15; average trip duration 8-9h
- budapest - Chop after train change Chop - Lviv: Ticket $22-25; average trip duration 11-16h
*Lviv is one of the largest cities in Ukraine, close to the hungarian border and easily accessible with great links to the rest of Ukraine, with beautiful Austrian architecture and a European feel we recommend you start your journey here.
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03
Where to volunteer in Ukraine?
Choose your volunteering organization to help Ukraine
Cooking meals for soldiers
Working hours:
Mon-Sun: 12:00 pm - 8 pm
Front Line Kitchen - founded by Oksana & Lyuda in 2014 in Lviv. It is an organisation specialised in the preparation of dehydrated ready meals for soldiers on the front line.
Type of work for volunteers:
- peeling/cutting vegetables/fruits;
- loading/unloading vehicles full of produce;
- precision weighing of ingredients and packaging of final product;
- organisation and cleaning.
Experience requirement:
- no experience
Skills requirement:
- no qualification
Time commitment:
- ideally 1 week minimum but 2/3 days is also fine
Accommodation:
- not provided
Food:
- not provided
Travel arrangements:
- centrally located, walking distance
Preliminary registration:
- not required
Volunteering from home
Working hours:
Flexible
The pen is mightier than the sword! If you don't have the possibility to come physically to volunteer in Ukraine - help us digitally become a part of our team.
Type of work for volunteers:
- enhance awareness about volunteering opportunities across Ukraine;
- research and development of new ways to help more people discover Volunteering opportunities across Ukraine.
Experience requirements:
- knowledge of marketing/PR;
- know about Twitter spaces/NAFO community;
- know about Ukraine.
Skills requirements:
- no qualification
Time commitment:
- couple days per week
Preliminary registration:
- Required, please fill in contact form below on our website.
Building project
Working hours:
FLK Building is temporary building project for a new premises for Front Line Kitchen. Help is needed for an internal refurb job.
Project period:
- 15.04.2023 - 15.05.2023
Type of work for volunteers:
- internal refurb job
Experience requirements:
- no experience
Skills requirements:
- no qualification
Accommodation:
- not provided
Food:
- not provided
Travel arrangements:
- centrally located, walking distance
Preliminary registration:
- Required, via DM in Twitter
Rebuilding
Working hours:
Dobrobat is volunteering building division focuses on the primary restoration of damaged housing. Main task is quick restoration of damaged houses in order to help as many people as possible.
Type of work for volunteers:
- covering destroyed roofs;
- repairing broken windows;
- underpinning damaged walls;
- etc.
Experience requirements:
- no experience
Skills requirements:
- no qualification
Time commitment:
- usually a long weekend Friday-Sunday
Accommodation:
- accommodation usually not included (unless longer project)
Food:
- lunch provided
Travel arrangements:
- bus to worksite usually from Zhytomyrska underground station;
- stay locally in Kyiv centre
Preliminary registration:
- Required, via link in Telegram chat
Personal Development & Community rebuilding
Working hours:
Building Ukraine Together is a non-profit dedicated to creating opportunities to change the country through volunteering for the youth.
Type of work for volunteers:
- rebuilding of damaged or destroyed houses, schools;
- evening activities, group conversations;
- personal development;
- morning exercise routines.
Experience requirements:
- no experience
Skills requirements:
- no qualification
Time commitment:
- 1 week commitment usually
Accommodation:
- provided on all camps
Food:
- included
Travel arrangements:
- bus pick up from Zhytomyrska or central Kyiv usually to the camp site but changes on region
Preliminary registration:
- Required, by filling in application form on the website
Rebuilding
Working hours:
Mon-Sun: 9:00 am - 8 pm
Brave to Rebuild - was founded in May 2022, specialised in rebuilding destroyed houses in the Kyiv region and doing humanitarian trips to Kharkiv and Kherson region.
Type of work for volunteers:
- covering destroyed roofs;
- demolition of debris and basic repair work;
- underpinning damaged walls;
- etc.
Experience requirements:
- no experience
Skills requirements:
- no qualification
Time commitment:
- every weekend Saturday-Sunday from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (possible to come for 1 day)
Accommodation:
- not provided
Food:
- not provided
Travel arrangements:
- transfer from the Kyiv metro station - "Akademmistechko" to the facilities and back
Preliminary registration:
- Required, in WhatsApp group
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Where will you stay?
You have successfully found how you will help Ukraine!
Now it’s time to choose your accommodation
To book your next stay and get your trip on the way click below:
Lviv, Kyiv & every other city within Ukraine has multiple beautiful hotels/hostels and apartments for stay!
Starting at just $4 a night for a Hostel and $18 a night for a private apartment accommodation is also very affordable and luxury costs less than you would think.
*Please make sure to book via our referral links above, it costs nothing more to you but helps keep this website running.
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05
Join private volunteering group
Join the private group chat for verified volunteers and get access to exclusive activities
To join this exclusive community of volunteers and get exclusive content such as must see places/must eat and helpful tips whilst in Ukraine send us your Booking.com confirmation number. Booked by the link above.
For the security purposes and data protection of each member only those booking by the link above can be added to this group. Without booking by the above link we cannot confirm to other members that only verified volunteers are within the groups. As we cannot see the booking.
Once your booking is made enter the booking number below and your request will automatically be sent to our verification system.
(Please wait up to 24 hours)
If you forgot to book via the above link please know you can cancel any booking made in Ukraine Free of Charge and rebook via the link.
We look forward to you being a part of our growing community and to share with you list of tips and tricks, city guides and lots of helpful information while being in Ukraine.
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