So far, we've had 2 rounds of donations (2 cars approximately) and we're planning to organize a big baby food purchase this week as well.Į in Germany reports an active program to support freelancers in Ukraine and the region, starting with becoming part of “ ,” providing project and job opportunity and coaching of refugees. All the colleagues and co-workers actively supported and participated, some directly buying food and some donating money to buy it. The donations are processed by the authority, and the food is delivered to Poland and, from there, sent to Western Ukraine (mainly L’viv) where distributed among those in need where possible. in Spain, a leading regional tech platform, organized a food collection and money fundraising led by the platform and coordinated with a Ukrainian NGO in Barcelona called "Smiles of Ukraine" authorized by the General Consulate of Ukraine. Companies can invite Ukrainian freelancers to sign up on GreenLight, and they will have them signed up and ready to work and get paid! They will provide the legal, tax, time and payment management, making it easy to hire international talent, and ensuring the company is protected. GreenLight.ai in the US has opened its infrastructure to enable companies to easily onboard and pay Ukrainian professionals, and they are waiving fees. in Denmark, a smaller regional tech platform focused on enterprise clients, noted that while their numbers are less than the large multinational platforms, they had arranged more than $66k worth of jobs for Ukrainian freelancers since the occupation. Additionally, they are working together with freelancer groups (“Vicos”) from our marketplace to help NGOs maximize their impact in the ongoing war through the #techforukraine initiative.” , a German platform expanding in the US, worked closely with freelancer-teams from Ukraine to help them find accommodation in Hungary.
Torc has partnered with a Ukrainian software development education/training organization to offer ongoing skill building and career growth opportunities to their platform. Torc in the US, a new freelance marketplace, reports that they’ve already identified 100s of available jobs for Ukrainian freelancers and is providing assistance to Ukrainian companies that need to hire top tech talent.
In addition to large platforms, regional and smaller platforms, startups and even ecosystem partners are participating: They have also produced "get started" guides in Ukrainian to enable freelancers to start outside of Ukraine (registrations, licenses, taxes), and released tax calculator functionality to help Ukrainians understand their net earnings in outside of Ukraine. They have made Ukrainian versions of all content and user flows for products in neighboring countries, e.g., Poland.
, a large Swedish platform has focused on helping freelancers and especially refugees.