DONATIONS IN FOOD, CLOTHES, ETC.
Red Cross is collecting help throughout the country
Croatian Red Cross is collecting material donations. Citizens can bring them to their nearest Red Cross location.
In Zagreb, you can bring the donations to the Collecting Center (Sabirni Centar) Siget 18A, Super Andrija – working days from 8AM to 8PM; Saturdays and Sundays from 8AM to 4PM.
Companies that want to donate some of the following products can contact the Red Cross via e-mail: redcross@hck.hr or prikupljanje-sredstava@hck.hr.
The products that refugees need are the following:
Toast/dry biscuit
Cheese 'singles' (wrapped slices)
Canned fish
Chicken pate
Dates/Raisins
Baby food ( jars – porridge, formulas for mixing with water)
Dry cookies – small packages
Mini soap bars
Wipes for disinfection, without alcohol
Baby diapers, various sizes
Sanitary pads
Medical supplies needed!
Ministry of Heath invited all citizens willing to assist the process of providing medical assistance to refugees by donating medicines, medical
supplies and equipment to contact the Crisis Headquarters of the Ministry of Health by email zdravstvo.donacije@miz.hr.
Rijeka: Palach is collecting donations
Palach (Kružna, 8, Rijeka) is now a collecting centre for items that will be distributed to refugees in the following days. You can bring donations every day from 9AM to 9PM.
Products needed:
Toast/dry biscuit
Cheese 'singles' (wrapped slices)
Canned fish
Chicken pate
Dates/Raisins
Baby food ( jars – porridge, formulas for mixing with water)
Dry cookies – small packages
Mini soap bars
Wipes for disinfection, without alcohol
Baby diapers, various sizes
Sanitary pads
Underwear (panties, boxers, socks, undervests)
NGO Roda is collecting baby slings until the end of September
All kinds of baby slings are needed – mei-tai, wraps, structured baby carriers... If you have pictorial manuals together with the slings, please bring them too. You can bring your donations to RODA's offices (Čanićeva 14, Zagreb), on working days from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM or to RODA's shop – Rodin let (Ilica 133, Zagreb), on working days from 9AM to 7PM. You can also send them via post (on your cost) to the addresses listed here.
Sisak: Caritas and Charity foundation Merhamet Sisak are collecting donations
Citizens can bring their donations every day to Caritas' residence (Trg Vere Grozaj bb, Sisak), or to Caritas' offices in their districts. You can also donate money by payment to the bank account HR9324070001500314548, with reference number HR00 092054 and indication Help for refugees (Pomoć izbjeglicama).
Charity foundation Merhamet Sisak is collecting primarily toiletries (shampoo, showering gel, soap), canned food without pork, baby food, crackers, dry biscuits. You can also bring groceries for hot meals: rice, pasta, beans, oil, etc. Bring your donations to Charity foundation Merhamet Sisak, H. N. Preporoda 10, Sisak Caprag on working days until 6PM.
Association Our Children Opatija is collecting donations
You can bring your donations to their offices at Maršala Tita 157, Opatija, on working days from 8AM to 8PM, and on Saturdays and Sundays from 10AM to 1PM. They are collecting the following products: paper tissues, wet tissues, baby diapers (all sizes), sanitary pads (toiletries in general), paper, crayons, toys (only rubber and plastic), coloring books and balls.
Otvorena mreža is collecting donations
Activists from Otvorena mreža are going to help organisations working in Beli Manastir and refugees - of course. They will help the Red Cros to establish wifi connections and offer other technical help.
They are collecting SIM cards, batteries, solar panels, internet routers, etc. Contact them via info@otvorenamreza.org or via phone: 091-3000-606.
Red Cross Beli Manastir is collecting donations
Red Cross Beli Manastir is collecting donations in their offices. They need toiletries (toothbrushes, soaps, toothpaste, razor blades), milk for babies, and food ready for consumption. For more information, contact: CK Beli Manastir : 031/703-422.
SDP Zagreb is collecting food and various products
DONATIONS IN MONEY
Red Cross is collecting money donations
You can makey paymnets to their bank account (Privredna banka Zagreb): IBAN HR6923400091511555516, reference number 14. For international payments : SWIFT: PBZGHR2X. Online donations via www.hck.hr. You can also call 060 9011 (price for one call is 6 kn and 25lp, VAT included).
Give donations to UNICEF
By payment to thei bank account HR9223600001501092532, reference number 15698-01 or via online payment on http://www.unicef.hr/donirajte.
Humanitarian association Naš san, Njihov osmijeh is also collecting money donations
You can make your payment to:
SOCIETE GENERALE - SPLITSKA BANKA d.d., Ruđera Boškovića 16, 21 000 Split
Swift: SOGEHR22
Humanitarian association Naš san Njihov Osmijeh, Prilaz Monte Cappelletta 3, 51 200 Pula
OIB: 55449734134, Societe Generale - Splitska banka d.d.
IBAN: HR98 2330 0031 1004 3839 8
Donate via crowdfunding campaign Lighten the Load: Helping Syrian Mothers with Baby Slings
The campaign starts on 21st of September. Read more here.
VOLUNTEERING
Developers, graphic designers needed
There is an intiative to make a platform/web to coordinate all information related to refugees. If you would like to participate in it, join the Open Zagreb Hack Night on 21st of September, at 6PM – at Zagreb's Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (Unska 3, Zagreb), in the TCR room on the ground floor.
Ready more about the project here: http://codeforcroatia.org
Volunteers needed in Varaždin
From 18th of September (at 8 PM), donations will be collected on town's main market (kiosks turned towards the children's playground). They are collecting toiletries and canned food, and are in the need of volunteers to help pack and arrange things. More here.
Volunteers needed in Rijeka
Palach needs volunteers who can help with packing donations and working in shifts for the acceptance of donations. NGO Drugo more asks volunteers to contact them via phone: 091 549 1884
Print Refugee Phrasebook
If you own a printer or know somebody who owns a printer – you can print Refugee Phrasebook to help refugees manage their way around Croatia easier. More about this here.
Ministry of Social Policy and Youth looking for volunteers
People interested in helping the refugees and with good knowledge of farsi, arabic, pashtu, somali or urdu - contact the Ministry of Social Policy and Youth, via phone: 01/555 7243 and 01/555 7104.
Volunteers for work with refugee children
Volunteers are needed for workshops with refugee children. Workshops will be organised by UNICEF, and a lot of people will be needed in order to carry out the project. Volunteers would work in shifts, 4 hours each day. The costs of transportation to the refugee camps and centres would be covered, and volunteers would probably also get some money for their work. For more on this project and ways you can get involved, contact modus@dpp.hr, or call 01/4826-111 and 095/4826-111.
Contact: 095 8452 828.
