many people. absolutely. we are heafina many people. absolutely. we are hearing stories many people. absolutely. we are hearing stories of many people. absolutely. we are hearing stories of children - many people. absolutely. we are hearing stories of children giving | hearing stories of children giving their pocket money, pensioners slicing some of their pension funds, and even the big corporate trust and foundations prioritising now to give to the ukraine appeal, and it has touched millions of hearts up and down the land. there is organisations creating marathons, dinners, sports events and everything else they can think of in order to support the humanitarian aid efforts in ukraine. it order to support the humanitarian aid efforts in ukraine. aid efforts in ukraine. it has been so aood aid efforts in ukraine. it has been so good to aid efforts in ukraine. it has been so good to talk aid efforts in ukraine. it has been so good to talk to aid efforts in ukraine. it has been
happening in china, we are in a position to work together to try to maybe not fix it, but come up with the best solution and unfortunate circumstance none of us could really control. none of us could really control- control. 0k, really interesting. - control. 0k, really interesting. daniel control. 0k, really- interesting. daniel stanton, thank you, and thank you for staying up for us, it is the early hours of the morning where you are. good to have you on the programme. thank you. happy to do it. over 2.3 million people have fled ukraine so far half of them children. and according to the un, in all, 12 million people are now in need of life saving assistance, almost a third of the country s population. the scale of the humanitarian crisis has prompted a vast fund raising response. the disasters emergency committee, made up of 15 uk charities says it has already raised £150 million via its ukraine appeal, receiving donations in its first four days at a rate of £1 million an hour
family, talk us through that. three generations family, talk us through that. three generations of family, talk us through that. three generations of the family, talk us through that. three generations of the royal family, talk us through that. three generations of the royal family, i family, talk us through that. ii ii” generations of the royal family, her generations of the royalfamily, her majesty the queen, prince charles and prince william have all donated to the cause and we are completely grateful for their generosity. we have also had support from celebrities across the uk, companies, corporate, trusts and foundations, but essentially this is a public appeal. a call to action for the british people, and the british people have responded in their thousands. all across the nation from scotland, wales, northern ireland and england and have contributed millions of pounds. £55 million, this is our biggest ever appeal since the tsunami of 2004 when i think that demonstrates
cross, wherever you are in the world. even if you re in my how many town of philadelphia, you can donate to the red cross philadelphia, this will get channeled through to the person on the ground. how do we know it s going to the ukraine appeal, though? is there somewhere on the website to click that makes sure or will they donate to it the local red cross? all the different red crosss have different websites in different ways. so they can engage. you can donate online. you can put on a request to where it goes, but i can t speak to all red crosss which i m supposed to. the best way is to really engage and show interest and then find out how to help. thanks very much. good luck to you and your team here in ukraine, the head of emergency operations in the country joining us on cnn. president dzelenskyy will take ms. plea for support next hour that follows his virtual address to the u.s. congress on
have a presence both in ukraine and in neighbouring countries. the overwhelming support received from the british public has been phenomenal. in the space ofjust one day, we have raised an amazing £55 million for the aid efforts, that is money that will help provide basic essential aid such as food, water, blankets, trauma care for the children that have been traumatised, healthcare and support to hospitals and clinics. this is aid that we are prioritising now in the coming weeks and months, and the british public are still continuing to give in their thousands up and down the country. i must also thank the uk government for supporting this appeal with £20 million and we hope more funds will come in the coming days and weeks. you are talking about the amount of support you have received which has been amazing. you have also had support from the royal