Solidarity and Peace for Ukraine

Information for refugee students and researchers

In view of the war in Ukraine, the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt declares its solidarity with the displaced persons from Ukraine. A webportal of the International Office of the KU is now providing information on reception, support and financial aid for students and scientists from Ukraine and other crisis areas. The overview with the most important information and links are sorted according to the target group and are updated continuously. The measures to support refugee students and researchers are coordinated by the International Office.

For more information please see https://www.ku.de/en/international/translate-to-englisch-gefluechtete-und-gefaehrdete-personen.

Humanitarian aid campaign: Insulin for Ukraine

The KU has carried out an humanitarian aid campaign to help the Ukrainian population. Insulin worth 60,000 euros were transported to the Western Ukrainian city of Lviv. The delivery will help 5,000 patients get their insulin shots for one to two weeks.

The KU has joined forces with the aid agency Support International and the Eastern Church seminary Collegium Orientale to raise funds for medical supplies and medication to be sent to Ukraine. Support International and the KU are in close contact with Caritas Ukraine and the Catholic University in Lviv, a long-standing partner university of the KU. Our Ukrainian partners have reported that there is a great need for insulin at the moment.

On April 4, 21 coolers with insulin and additional crates with injection needles were delivered to Ukraine. The association "München hilft der Ukraine" was able to help out with a contact to facilitate air transport to the Polish-Ukrainian border. As part of the initiative "Ukraine Air Rescue", owners of small planes support an airlift for aid goods. For the insulin delivery, businessman Dirk Wember from Trossingen placed his propjet at the initiative's disposal. He was ready to fly from Munich to Donaueschingen at short notice before flying to Munich where the plane was loaded with goods at the Oberschleißheim airfield. He took the goods to Rzeszow in South-Eastern Poland, from where they were transported by refrigerator truck to Lviv.

Please make your donation to the bank account set up for this purpose by Support International e.V.:

Support International e.V.
Volksbank Freiburg
IBAN: DE32 6809 0000 0003 5025 11
BIC: GENODE61FR1
reference: Medizinische Hilfe Ukraine

Volunteers for Refugees: New online platform for volunteers

The KU would like to bring together volunteers that want to get involved in helping refugees from Ukraine and other countries.

In the last few days alone, more than 130 KU students and employees have signed up on the online portal and offered their help. "Despite the terrible news, this show of humanity is a small grain of hope", says President Gien.

The integration officer of the Eichstätt city council, Simone Zink says that the Eichstätt initiative "TUN-Starthilfe für Flüchtlinge" had been able to get important experience in organizing integration offers and language classes 2015, when a great number of refugees arrived in Germany. "We can now profit from this experience and start building a network of volunteers again", she says.

The online platform can be reached at www.ku.de/wirhelfen.

Donations can be made directly to the following donations account:

Apostolische Exarchie
IBAN: DE29  7509  0300  0102  1032  57
Liga-Bank München
reference: Ukraine Nothilfe Eichstätt

Donors can get a receipt for their donation. For donations up to 200 euros, a bank account statement is sufficient documentation for the tax authorities. The exarchy as an organization also guarantees the safe delivery of funds and aid goods to Ukraine.

Collegium Orientale has likewise set up an donation account for "Ukraine-Nothilfe":

IBAN: DE13750903000007625448
Liga Bank Eichstätt
BIC: GENODEF1M05
reference: Ukraine-Nothilfe

Donation level on May 20, 2022: 41,000 euros
 

In addition, Collegium Orientale students are collecting donated items to be taken to Munich from where relief transports will be organized. Much sought after are: camping mats, sleeping bags, gas stoves, flashlights and head lamps, power banks for smartphones, thermal underwear, gloves and mittens, durable food such as dry food, cereal bars, chocolate, canned food, diapers and baby food.

These items can be handed in with Malteser Eichstätt (Eichstätt Pater-Philipp-Jeningen-Platz 1, opposite pharmacy Domapotheke) on Fridays from 2 pm to 6 pm.

If you want to sign up as a volunteer for the donation collection point, please call Cordula Klenk (phone 01516 5912577) or Janka Böhm (0151 67731846). You can also find these contacts and a list of most needed items at www.malteser-eichstaett.de/ukraine.

Christian Alberter, director of the Malteser's Eichstätt branch says: "Thanks to our good network and the Malteser's capacities and experience in emergency management, we can offer support to Ukraine via three pillars: We can collect and distribute aid goods to existing projects, facilitate and support spontaneous aid measures and collect funds to be given to local projects and to Malteser International."