Minneapolis-based Alight raising money to get food to Lviv in Ukraine

Minneapolis-based Alight has place out a get in touch with for donations to assistance Ukrainians in Lviv.

The non-profit organization, which gives humanitarian guidance to those in require all over the world, just lately set out a request to elevate $14 thousand to mail 10 tons of food items to Ukrainians in the metropolis.

Alight has by now surpassed that purpose and is now seeking to double it, with the hopes of sending 20 tons of food to Lviv.

“Food shortage is getting to be a actually critical issue inside of Ukraine,” explained Alissa Jordan, world-wide activations lead with Alight, in an job interview with 5 EYEWITNESS News.

“Some of the foods we would be sending are shelf-stable, [like] canned meat, canned veggies and soup, cereal, pasta, and then infant foodstuff,” Jordan observed.

Alight is also sending health care provides and volunteers to the Ukraine-Polish border to assistance the refugees fleeing the conflict.

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