Red Cross volunteers distribute food and aid at Csengersimai on the Hungary Romania border
(Picture: Lucy Young)The Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal has raised more than £300 million of which £75 million will be spent by its 13 UK member charities within six months.
The proposals submitted for approval by the DEC reveal that the charities will collectively allocate 22 per cent of the £75 million to deliver cash handouts — with 21 per cent set aside for primary healthcare in the form of trauma kits, first aid kits, oxygen compressors and pharmaceutical products.
