{"id":7874,"date":"2022-03-12T21:48:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T21:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/?p=7874"},"modified":"2022-03-28T15:14:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T15:14:14","slug":"pray-for-ukraine-but-donate-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/pray-for-ukraine-but-donate-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Pray for Ukraine, but donate too"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>If you&#8217;re feeling helpless as maternity hospitals, kindergartens and children&#8217;s cancer hospitals are routinely bombed, yes, please do pray. But also, please donate. This is a war of attrition and Ukrainians are dedicated to the freedom of their country but they&#8217;re outnumbered. Please donate. Canadians, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cufoundation.ca\/\">Canada-Ukraine Foundation<\/a> is the most efficient way to give Ukraine help. Money is best so the exact supplies needed can be purchased.<\/p>\r\n<p>I had also been recommending the Red Cross because the Canadian government is matching donations, but I&#8217;m alarmed with their negotiations with Lavrov and their potential opening of an office in Rostov-on-Don, which basically legitimizes the abduction of Ukrainians in the Russian &#8220;humanitarian&#8221; corridors. I think many Red Cross donators would be appalled that their well-meaning donations would go to such a use. More on this in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine-asks-red-cross-not-open-office-russias-rostov-on-don-2022-03-27\/\">Reuters<\/a> story.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you are American, the <a href=\"https:\/\/usukraine.org\/take-action\/donate\/\">US-Ukraine Foundation<\/a> is the best place.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"588\" height=\"864\" class=\"wp-image-7875\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/martinspringett.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/martinspringett.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/martinspringett-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/martinspringett-102x150.jpg 102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 85vw, 588px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>This evocative painting was created by my friend and artist, Martin Springett.<a href=\"https:\/\/martinspringett.com\/\">https:\/\/martinspringett.com\/<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re feeling helpless as maternity hospitals, kindergartens and children&#8217;s cancer hospitals are routinely bombed, yes, please do pray. But also, please donate. This is a war of attrition and Ukrainians are dedicated to the freedom of their country but they&#8217;re outnumbered. Please donate. Canadians, the Canada-Ukraine Foundation is the most efficient way to give &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/pray-for-ukraine-but-donate-too\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pray for Ukraine, but donate too&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[262],"tags":[612,615,606,614,605,613],"class_list":["post-7874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-stories","tag-canada-ukraine-foundation","tag-donate","tag-putin","tag-red-cross","tag-ukraine-war","tag-us-ukraine-foundation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7874"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7891,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7874\/revisions\/7891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}