Help for children in Ukraine – questions and answers

The most effective way is through a trusted organisation: a donation, needed items, volunteering or getting your company involved. Before you donate, check the organisation’s registration number, its financial reports and whether it shows the results of its work.

In Christmas in the line of fire you can:

• give a gift to a child on the front line – PLN 200 = 1 gift,
• donate items from our needs list,
• pack gifts at the Superelf Factory in Warsaw,
• bid in our charity auction from 1 December,
• if you pay tax in Poland, give 1.5% of your tax: KRS 0000881474.

Children who live 0–30 km from the front line spend most of their time in shelters and basements. The most direct help is a Christmas gift: a warm blanket, a torch with batteries and sweets, and a cuddly toy for younger children.

PLN 200 covers the full cost of one parcel, including the box and transport. The gifts are handed over by soldiers of Ukrainian civil-military cooperation units (CIMIC), because civilian volunteers can no longer get there. Give a gift.

Christmas in the line of fire helps children who live in Ukraine, on the front line. Families from Ukraine who are in Warsaw get help all year round at the UNITERS Foundation Help Point at al. Jerozolimskie 30, open six days a week. More at uniters.org.pl.

Yes. In towns and villages 0–30 km from the front line, children still spend most of their time in shelters, and civilian volunteers can no longer get there. In 2024 we delivered 5,026 parcels, in 2025 – 6,904. For 2026 we plan 10,000 gifts.

Check the registration number, financial reports and whether the organisation shows the results of its work. The UNITERS Foundation (United Volunteers) has worked since 2014 and is a Polish public benefit organisation: KRS 0000881474, NIP 5242913528. You will find our reports under Reports.

The campaign is held under the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. On 19 December 2025 the President of Ukraine visited the Superelf Factory, and the foundation’s founder Halyna Andrushkov received the Golden Heart order. The campaign has been covered by Polish Radio, PAP and OKO.press, among others – see Media about us.

You have three options:

• online on the Donate page – BLIK, card or Apple Pay via secure Stripe payment,
• PayPal – the link is on the Donate page,
• bank transfer to the UNITERS Foundation – details under “What are the bank details?”.

The appeal runs until 25 December inclusive.

1. Go to the Donate page or click an amount on the home page.
2. Choose a one-off or monthly donation and the amount, e.g. PLN 200 – a whole gift.
3. On the secure Stripe page choose BLIK, card or Apple Pay.
4. You will receive a payment confirmation by email.

Yes. After choosing an amount, select BLIK on the Stripe payment page and enter the code from your banking app. You can also pay by card or Apple Pay.

Recipient: Fundacja UNITERS (United Volunteers). Transfer title: Darowizna – Święta na linii ognia.

• PLN: PL55 1090 1841 0000 0001 4887 5552 (Erste Bank Polska, formerly Santander)
• EUR: PL26 1090 1056 0000 0001 4990 9682, SWIFT: WBKPPLPP
• USD: PL83 1090 1056 0000 0001 4990 9723, SWIFT: WBKPPLPP
• UAH: Monobank 4441 1144 4612 9023

You can copy the numbers with one click at the bottom of the home page.

PLN 200 covers the full cost of one gift: contents, box and transport. Every amount helps – you can give e.g. PLN 50 or 100, or any other amount.

Yes. On the Donate page choose “Monthly” and an amount from PLN 25. You can change or stop your donation at any time – just write to kontakt@uniters.org.pl.

Yes. On the Donate page you can choose PLN, EUR or USD and pay by card. You can also transfer to our EUR or USD accounts (SWIFT: WBKPPLPP), donate via PayPal or send hryvnias to Monobank.

Gifts for children on the front line: the contents of the parcels, boxes and transport. Some gifts are made from in-kind donations from companies and individuals, and money fills in missing products, packaging and logistics. Donations to the campaign are not used for other foundation goals – other programmes are accounted for separately.

In Poland, yes. The UNITERS Foundation is a public benefit organisation (OPP). Individuals can deduct donations in PIT up to 6% of income (tax scale) or revenue (lump-sum tax), and companies paying CIT up to 10% of income. Proof is the payment confirmation to the foundation’s account. If you need a certificate, write to kontakt@uniters.org.pl. Outside Poland, rules depend on your country’s tax law.

If you file a tax return in Poland, enter KRS 0000881474 (UNITERS Foundation) in your PIT. It costs you nothing – the 1.5% goes to the state budget anyway.

Each gift contains, among other things, a warm blanket, a torch with batteries and sweets, and a cuddly toy for younger children. We pack the gifts at the Superelf Factory in Warsaw (al. Jerozolimskie 30). We never include used items.

Children aged 0–16 from towns and villages 0–30 km from the front line in Ukraine.

We pack the gifts in Warsaw and hand them over to Ukrainian civil-military cooperation units (CIMIC). Soldiers deliver them and hand them to children in shelters, basements and homes, often between air-raid alerts. Every handover is documented.

Because it is too dangerous for civilians on the front line. In 2025 a drone destroyed a military vehicle carrying parcels from the Superelves. Even so, the gifts keep reaching the children.

Every handover is documented with photos and records. We will publish the 2026 campaign report by 15 January 2027. Partner companies receive a report with the number of gifts delivered.

The appeal runs until 25 December inclusive. The Superelf Factory packs gifts from mid-November to mid-December.

At the Superelf Factory: al. Jerozolimskie 30, Warsaw, Mon–Sat 12:00–19:00. We most need warm blankets, torches and batteries, hand warmers, sweets and cuddly toys, and for packing: 25×25 cm boxes, tape and wrapping paper. Items must be new and unwrapped – we pack them ourselves so that every gift is checked and complete. Write to us and we will send the current needs list.

Come to the Superelf Factory at al. Jerozolimskie 30 and pack gifts with us for children on the front line – on your own, with your family or with your team from work. No experience needed. We pack from mid-November to mid-December, Mon–Sat 12:00–19:00. Sign up using the form.

A company can fund gifts (50 gifts – PLN 10,000, 100 – PLN 20,000, 250 – PLN 50,000), donate products, bring its team for employee volunteering or become a campaign partner. Details: For companies.

The auction starts on 1 December on facebook.com/swietabeztaty. Each item is a separate post (LOT) – you bid in the comments. The proceeds go to gifts for children on the front line. How to bid.

It is the UNITERS Foundation’s Christmas campaign, run since 2014. It began with gifts for the children of soldiers who died defending Ukraine. Since 2014 the Superelves have given children 390,894 gifts. More about the campaign.

Christmas in the line of fire is the edition run since 2022 for children who live 0–30 km from the front line. In 2026 it is the 13th edition of Christmas without father. The campaign will return to its original form when meetings with children are safe again. More about this edition.

Email: kontakt@uniters.org.pl, phone: +48 798 962 050. Superelf Factory: al. Jerozolimskie 30, 00-024 Warsaw, Mon–Sat 12:00–19:00.