Diverse Ukrainian organisations are transforming themselves to support their members as they navigate the difficult situation during the war. Support provided from companies, governmental organisations, NGOs and other actors range from providing information, evacuating colleagues and employees and their families, to financial, logistical and psychological help. One of the ways for organisations to keep track and communicate with their employees is the Together App, an open source solution created to help organisations to communicate and ensure the physical safety of their members in a simple…

A website set up by open source developers connects Ukrainian refugees in France with individuals and initiatives that want to give those fleeing shelter. Open source made it go live just days after the invasion. In a quick response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and consequent refugee wave, the project Find-Shelter website was set up. So far limited to France, the developers of the project have set out to gather and structure the contact information of French people who expressed desire to help and specifically give shelter to ukrainians refugees. The developers heard the many French…

Acquired by Airbnb.org, the platform UASupport provides an interactive map to help volunteers and NGOs offer housing aid to Ukrainians refugees and asylum seekers. Following the war in Ukraine, the open source community mobilitated to contribute, each one in their own way. In the case of Kemal Erdem, co-founder and CTO at zhiva.ai and in general a software engineer and consultant specialising in Javascript applications, the contribution is embodied in UASupport, a portal aimed to help Ukrainians asylum seekers fleeing the country. Specifically, it provides Ukranians with an interactive map…

Based on open technologies, this initiative aims to support the people in Ukraine by providing timely information on border crossings, missile alerts, missing person reporting, accommodation and medical assistance. In the wake of the start of the war in Ukraine, an international team of volunteers joined forces to launch a new website aiming to support Ukrainian citizens. Overall, the project has the main goal to facilitate the fleeing of people from Ukraine trying to seek refuge in a neighbouring country. On UASafety.org, which is the result of such an international cooperation based on open…