Over 271,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in the U.S. just in the first year of a full-scale invasion by Putin’s regime, and they continue to come today. Displaced by the war, they are settling in communities across the U.S. Now they’re turning to you for help.
Nova Ukraine’s Emergency Housing Team has worked tirelessly to find temporary and long-term accommodations for refugees.
4,286+
Ukrainian Refugees Helped
by Emergency Housing Team
503+
Ukrainian Refugees Received Financial Aid
Our Stories
What We Do
Emergency Housing Team has provided help to thousands of Ukrainian refugee families in the U.S.
Our help to Ukrainian families includes the following:
- placing refugees in free housing from verified American hosts
- connecting refugees with local housing programs and rentals from refugee-friendly landlords
- assisting with transportation
- running a shelter in Orange County, California
- the shelter has hosted more than 100 Ukrainian refugees: 30 families, 30 children, 13 single refugees, 3 dogs and 6 cats
- working with the Adopt-a-Family program to support refugees financially
- providing free computers for children
- connecting refugees with refugee resettlement agencies
- helping with job search
- mediating conflicts with host families
- preparing and helping to run webinars for refugees in California
Major mass media have reported on our work:
- Deutsche Welle (in Russian): “Украинские беженцы в США: когда система приема дает сбои”
- The Wall Street Journal: “Some Ukrainians Struggle to Navigate Tight U.S. Housing Market”
- The World from PRX: “Finding home in California after fleeing war”
- Voice of America (in Russian): “Приют для беженцев”
- Voice of America (in Ukrainian): “Притулок для українських біженців в Каліфорнії: історії переселенців.”
- Voice of America (in Russian): “Волонтёрское движение в Калифорнии”
How You Can Support Refugees
You can sign up to host refugees if you have a spare bedroom or a guest house.
Ukrainian refugees wanting to come to the U.S. under the U4U program must first have a U.S. person willing to file the paperwork to support them. You can research the requirements here. We can match you with a Ukrainian family who needs help.
We seek volunteers with various backgrounds, talents, skill levels, and expertise. Contact us if you want to join our team.
Donate to Support Our Efforts
You can donate to a family or individual residing in Ukraine or a Ukrainian refugee family in the United States. After we send the funds to recipients, they send a photo or a personal message in return. In addition to the benefit of making a tax-free donation, the program allows you to experience the real impact of your contribution in a very personal and direct way.
Monetary funds remain the most impactful contribution individuals can make toward helping refugees. These funds are used for evacuations, shelters, food and water, and critical legal and medical support to help refugees find their way.
Please select “refugee support and resettlement” to allocate these funds to our refugee efforts.
Help a refugee family start their new life in the USA by donating a used car. All donations are tax-deductible. Cars must be in a running and safe condition.
Help Ukrainian Families Stay Connected! Computers 2 Kids (C2K) and Nova Ukraine have partnered to provide Ukrainian refugees in the US with refurbished and deeply discounted laptops/desktops. Your donated electronics will receive a second chance to help a Ukrainian family stay connected during their transition to the United States.
Please include the Technology Donation Form when mailing your donation.
Our Team
Maria Birch
Volunteer
Joe Choi
Volunteer
Tatiana Houser
Staff
Dima Korobskiy
Co-Team Lead
Daria Lazareva
Volunteer
Katya Moiseeva
Co-Team Lead
Ira Mokar
Volunteer
Inna Tregub
Volunteer
Nurida Tursunalieva
Staff
Alexander Waintrub
Volunteer
Latest Updates
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Finding a New Home in Emergency Housing Team’s Shelter
Nova Ukraine has collaborated with a church in Costa Mesa, Orange County, California, to provide shelter for Ukrainian families in one of their units on the church grounds. Initially, the…
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Christmas gifts for Ukrainian refugee children
In December 2022, the Emergency Housing Team launched a project called Santa for Ukraine. We asked Ukrainian children to write their wishes to Santa Claus. Then we created anonymous Amazon…
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Emergency Housing Team’s shelter in Southern California
In April 2022, our volunteer Tatiana arranged a shelter for Ukrainian families on the premises of a church in Costa Mesa. Initially, the shelter provided short-term accommodation for new-coming Ukrainians…