East SOS Is Raising Funds at the 2026 Opinion Festival for Pet Carriers for Animals Evacuated with Their Owners from Frontline Areas
At the Opinion Festival, it has become a tradition to create space not only for important conversations but also for acts of care.
This year, we’re inviting our participants to donate to a fundraiser for cardboard pet carriers for animals we evacuate from frontline areas alongside their owners.
Since 2022, we’ve seen people fleeing their homes because of the war take with them those who have become their source of comfort, friends, and family: their beloved pets. Over the years, our evacuation crews have transported all kinds of passengers in their vehicles: cats, dogs, parrots, hamsters, and, on one occasion, even beehives and an entire herd of goats.
Evacuation is highly stressful for animals, too. Loud noises, the journey itself, and sudden changes in their surroundings can frighten and disorient them. A pet carrier provides a safe space where animals can settle down a little and cope with the journey more easily.
The funds raised will go toward purchasing pet carriers, which East SOS teams will distribute to people traveling with animals at transit centers for evacuees and during evacuations from houses and apartments.
You can also bring a bag of dry pet food. We’ll pass it on to those who need it.
Every donation can make the journey to safety a little less stressful.
Banka by Monobank or bank details:
Recipient: CO “CF “East-SOS”
EDRPOU code: 39764400
IBAN: UA893005280000026007455028483
Payment reference: Charitable donation
PayPal: [email protected]
The Festival is organized by East SOS as part of the EMPOWER project, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the European Union and implemented by GIZ Ukraine, with additional support from Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe and the Estonian organization MONDO, and with assistance from the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
East SOS bears sole responsibility for the content of this publication. The content does not necessarily reflect the views of the Festival’s partners and donors.
The Festival’s media partners are Eastern Variant (Skhidnyi Variant), Rubryka, Free Radio (Vilne Radio), Hromadske Radio, Nakypilo.Radio, Eastern Point (Tochka Skhodu),Tribun, and UA.News.
