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<span style="color:#1D2228">Dear Xenopus researchers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1D2228">I know many of you are wondering what you can do to help the Ukrainian people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1D2228;background:white">I wanted to share
</span><span style="color:#1D2228">this article<span style="background:white"> with you all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1D2228;background:white">Christina @ Xenbase
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1D2228">Here are 15 verified charities working to help Ukrainians amid invasion<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="color:#1D2228;background:white">By Joyann Jeffrey for Yahoo!news, Friday March 11<sup>th</sup> 2011</span></b><b><span style="color:#1D2228"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">On Thursday, Feb. 24,<a href="https://www.today.com/news/news/russia-invasion-ukraine-attacks-explained-rcna17568" target="_blank"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#003ABC;text-decoration:none"> </span></span><span style="color:#003ABC">Russia
began its attack on Ukraine</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">With heavy casualties expected on both sides, you might be wondering how you can help.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">On TODAY last week, NBC News correspondent Kerry Sanders highlighted two organizations that are on the ground at the Ukrainian border providing food and shelter for refugees streaming out of the country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1D2228">Global Empowerment Mission<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="color:#1D2228"><a href="https://www.globalempowermentmission.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">The Miami-based organization Global Empowerment Mission</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is on the ground in the
tiny village of Medyka, Poland, using donations to buy refugees train and plane tickets to help them reach any family or friends they may have in Europe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">"They have an opportunity to stay with a friend of theirs, you know, (in) a bordering country where they’re in the warm and they can eat nice meals at the table," GEM founder Michael Capponi told Sanders.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228"><a href="https://www.globalempowermentmission.org/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#003ABC;text-decoration:none">globalempowermentmission.org</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1D2228">World Central Kitchen<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">For many refugees, food is an immediate need.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://wck.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">Chef Jose Andrés has set up his World Central Kitchen</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>on
the ground at the Ukraine-Poland border providing warm meals for the hungry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">"Nothing sends a bigger message of hope than a humble plate of food. And that’s the only thing we know how to do,"<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.today.com/food/news/jose-andres-feeding-refugees-ukraine-poland-border-rcna17937" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">Andrés
said</span></a>. "America is gonna be with the people of Ukraine."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228"><a href="https://wck.org/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#003ABC;text-decoration:none">WCK.org</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">TODAY also compiled a list of United States-based charities that will put your money to good use, based on information from their websites. Here are a few other organizations you can support:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1D2228">Maya's Hope<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">For the past 10 years,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://mayashope.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">Maya’s Hope</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>has been working to
help kids with special needs in Ukraine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">This charity has an emergency fund that they are using to send money to families, orphanages, and hospitals. However, they still haven't reached their goal of raising $100,000. According to their<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://donorbox.org/emergencyukraine" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">official
website</span></a>, they've only raised $83,291.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1D2228">JDC<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.jdc.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>has answered
the call for Ukraine. After helping to cultivate Jewish life there for the last three decades, JDC has involved itself in the crisis in Ukraine by activating its emergency hotlines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">JDC has already provided extra food and medicine to the "nearly 40,000 poor Jews it supports in 1,000 locations around the country," according to a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.jdc.org/press-releases/jdc-responds-in-ukraine/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">press
release</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">“While we pray for a peaceful resolution to this conflict, we are working around the clock to ensure tens of thousands of Ukraine’s neediest Jews have the critical care and support they need to survive these terrible events," Ariel
Zwang, JDC's CEO said in a statement. "We do not know what the days ahead will bring, but JDC will remain a lifeline to these Jews and to Jewish communities."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1D2228">Kidsave<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="color:#1D2228"><a href="https://www.kidsave.org/standwithukraine/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">Kidsave</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>aims to keep kids and families safe during Russia's invasion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">For the past three years, Kidsave has moved "more than 100 children out of orphanages in Mykolaiv and Kherson back to their biological families or into new, loving homes, with parents who truly care for them." However, when the war
in Ukraine unfolded, they watched some of these kids be uprooted again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">Kidsave says that they are committed to providing each family with shelter in small villages, food and basic resources. They are also trying to help children in Kherson and Mykolaiv orphanages get to safety.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">"For these children who are still in orphanages, we will work to protect them and provide safe shelter for them until we can continue our search to find them permanent families," Kidsave told TODAY.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1D2228">Mercy Corps<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="color:#1D2228"><a href="https://www.mercycorps.org/donate/crisis-ukraine-give-now" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">Mercy Corps</span></a>' website states that they are currently<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">"</span></strong>on
the ground in Ukraine, Romania, and Poland, providing funding to local organizations that know their community needs best and working to meet urgent humanitarian needs."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">"We also plan to provide emergency cash assistance and connect people on the move with information, such as where to access basic services, information on safe routes, and their legal rights," they added.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">From 2015 to 2017, Mercy Corps helped out eastern Ukraine by providing emergency cash, food, water, and sanitation supplies to more than 200,000 people there. They told TODAY that they restored "war-damaged homes and provided small-business
development grants and training to help people earn income and support themselves and their families."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1D2228">Americares<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="color:#1D2228"><a href="https://www.americares.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">Americares</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>has deployed an emergency response team to Krakow, Poland, to provide aid to the Ukrainian
refugees there. According to their<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.americares.org/emergency-program/conflict-in-ukraine/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">press release</span></a>, they have been sending "large-scale
shipments of medicine and relief supplies" to the refugees and are prepared to "deliver medicine, medical supplies, emergency funding and relief items to the region" at will.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1D2228">United Way Worldwide<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">United Way Worldwide has just launched a global relief fund for the people in Ukraine called The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://secure.unitedway.org/a/unitedforukraine" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">United
for Ukraine fund</span></a>. The money raised will provide refugees with food, shelter, medicine, transportation and critical childcare supplies that infants need such as formula.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">Angela F. Williams, President and CEO, United Way Worldwide addressed the crisis in Ukraine in a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.unitedway.org/the-latest/press/united-way-worldwide-announces-launch-of-united-for-ukraine-fund" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">press
release</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">"There is no doubt that this situation is fluid and changing by the hour. And though the needs are great and will likely only grow and change over time, we will be there to support those in crisis," she said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">“United Way stands ready to mobilize the caring power of our global community to help ease the suffering of those whose lives have been upended, and whose future is uncertain," Williams added.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1D2228">World Health Organization<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.ukraine.who.foundation/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">WHO foundation</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is calling on people around
the world to help them provide aid to Ukraine. With everyone's help, the WHO foundation can reach its goal of raising $57.5 million to fund “immediate large-scale emergency response and health needs in Ukraine and the humanitarian response in neighboring countries.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">According to its<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://who.foundation/cms/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/WHO-Health-Emergency-Appeal-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">press release</span></a>,
the money will help Ukraine's neighboring countries deal with the overflow of patients in their hospitals as well as anyone who needs immediate medical assistance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">Not to mention, WHO will also help to support the mental health of anyone who has been affected by the crisis, including healthcare workers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1D2228">USA for UNHCR<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="color:#1D2228"><a href="https://www.unrefugees.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">USA for UNHCR</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>fundraises on behalf of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and recently, they made headlines
for<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.unrefugees.org/news/actors-blake-lively-and-ryan-reynolds-match-1-million-in-donations-to-support-displaced-families-from-ukraine/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">partnering with
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to help people in Ukraine. On Feb. 26, the couple announced that they were going to match donations of up to $1 million that the UN Refugee Agency was getting for Ukraine.
And within 48 hours, Reynolds and Lively met their goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">According to the official website of USA for UNHCR, the money went towards providing "lifesaving aid, protection and hope for displaced families from Ukraine."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">But even with so much support, the organization knows that they still have<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://give.unrefugees.org/220224ukr_emer_d_4983/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">plenty
more people to help</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>so UNHCR says that they are currently “on the ground scaling its response to provide assistance and ensure those displaced find safety in welcoming arms in this moment of crisis."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1D2228">Global Giving Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">The Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund by Global Giving sprung into action once Russia declared war on Ukraine earlier this week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">According to the organization's<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/ukraine-crisis-relief-fund/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">official website</span></a>, your
donation will help "affected communities in Ukraine, with a focus on the most vulnerable, including children, who need access to food, medical services, and psychosocial support."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">Not only that, but the Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund will "support humanitarian assistance in impacted communities in Ukraine and surrounding regions where Ukrainian refugees have fled."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1D2228">International Rescue Committee<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">As the conflict in Ukraine escalates, the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://help.rescue.org/donate/ukraine-acq?ms=ws_resq_top_nav_btn_fy22_ukraine_mmus_feb_n6568&initialms=ws_resq_top_nav_btn_fy22_ukraine_mmus_feb_n6568" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">International
Rescue Committee</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is getting ready to prepare for the worst. Right now, it is mobilizing resources to aid the people in Ukraine who were forced to flee their homes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">"The IRC is meeting with partners and local civil society organizations in Poland and Ukraine to assess capacity for responding to an increase of refugees and people in need," said the organization on its<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.rescue.org/press-release/russia-invades-ukraine-and-civilians-desperately-seek-safety-irc-prepares-worst-and" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">official
website</span></a>. "We will work to respond where we are needed the most and with the services that are needed urgently. Whatever the needs are, we are preparing to meet them.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1D2228">Save the Children<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">According to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/ukraine" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">Save the Children</span></a>, there are 7.5 million kids who are
in danger of physical harm, emotional distress and displacement due to the invasion in Ukraine. Even before the conflict escalated this week, there were already 400,000 children there who needed humanitarian aid.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">That's why Save the Children has made their own<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://support.savethechildren.org/site/Donation2?df_id=5751&mfc_pref=T&5751.donation=form1" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">Ukraine
Crisis Relief Fund</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to help Ukrainian families now. On their official website, the organization said that it will use donations to help families meet their basic needs such as food, medicine and shelter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">Save the Children's specialist teams will also help Ukrainian children get access to education and psychosocial support.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228"><a href="https://razomforukraine.org/donate/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">Razom for Ukraine</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>has been helping Ukrainians since the organization was first established
in 2014. It aims to help Ukraine pursue a democratic society that has civil rights for all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">"This is not the first time we are all facing the hybrid war against us. And together we will stand strong!" the charity said on its<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/RazomForUkraine/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">Facebook
page.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">According to its<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://razomforukraine.org/about-us/our-story/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">official website</span></a>, the organization is named Razom for Ukraine
because Rzaom "means 'together' in Ukrainian and serves as a constant reminder of the community that it takes to create, build and do, to stay the path towards a more prosperous and democratic Ukraine."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1D2228">The International Committee of the Red Cross<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.icrc.org/en/donate/ukraine" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">International Committee of the Red Cross</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is
helping the Ukrainian Red Cross assist people who were affected by the conflict there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">Once war broke out, ICRC president Peter Maurer released a statement on the organization's<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.icrc.org/en/document/statement-icrc-president-peter-maurer-conflict-ukraine" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003ABC">website</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">"The ICRC’s priority is to assist those in need," he said. "This week we delivered 3,000 liters of potable water to Dokuchaevsk hospital and sent 7,000 liters to Donetsk municipality."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">"Recent work also includes visits to places of detention to help improve hygiene and nutrition," he added. "The security situation permitting, our teams now in Ukraine will continue their work to repair vital infrastructure, support
health facilities with medicines and equipment, and support families with food and hygiene items."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2228">"We will also continue our bilateral and confidential dialogue with the parties to the conflict to protect those affected by the fighting," Maurer continued.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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