Connecting those in need with those who want to help.
Sunflower Network is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization focused on providing direct and essential aid to Ukrainians in need. By connecting our global partners with our trusted local relationships we are able to ensure that the needed supplies are finding their way into trusted hands within the country. To date Sunflower Network has delivered over $4,000,000 in critical relief - from 4x4 vehicles, ambulances, and field medical supplies, to hygiene products, generators, and warm clothes.
On one of our early trips to Ukraine, we connected deeply to the art, fashion and music radiating from the country and its people. In October 2022, our team opened up our first pop-up art gallery in an old hair salon in New York City raised $200,000 for our mission and garnered 800 opening night attendees. Since then we have expanded our footprint to Los Angeles and Aspen, and created three successful art exhibitions, a fashion show, and a pop-up streetwear shop that have enabled the direct delivery of crucial humanitarian aid while fostering a deep sense of humanity across borders.
Origin
I spent the conflict’s opening month trying to figure out how to help Ukraine. Doing so was astonishingly difficult: every organization with which I spoke wanted money or nothing at all. Finally, fed up, I departed for Eastern Europe to see for myself.
I gleaned three key insights during my first few weeks in Romania, Poland, and Ukraine:
More Ukrainian women and children are returning home than leaving
Ukraine desperately needs supplies that are readily available abroad
Local networks have emerged to distribute goods throughout Ukraine
Ukraine’s greatest humanitarian need is support for the 40+ million people throughout the country struggling to cope in the wake of a destroyed supply chain. Our greatest opportunity is to construct an emergency supply chain of food, hygiene, medical, and other products into Ukraine.
Local Ukrainian networks do the hard work — delivering supplies throughout the country’s dangerous war zones. Sunflower Network’s mission is to provide people who want to help the opportunity to directly activate and empower Ukraine’s emergency supply chain.
Dustin J Ross, Founder
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Sunflower Network is a growing network of people. Join Sunflower Network by sourcing supplies from your business or network, or bring your skills to the team as a Sunflower Network partner by getting in touch and telling us about yourself!