The extent and rate at which the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prompted Finnish people to make donations was exceptional. In less than a month and a half, Finns had donated EUR 53 million to collections to help Ukraine. Many organisations reported to having received record-amounts of donations, particularly for supporting Ukrainian families and children. Some Finns also arranged collections of material aid themselves and even personally delivered stuff to Ukraine in vans. However, organisations emphasise that providing assistance via trusted organisations has been proven to the best way to help. It guarantees that the aid given includes the necessary amounts of medicines, food, hospital supplies and other kind of assistance needed at any given time. That also ensures that the aid is delivered through official channels, which reduces the risk of exploitation or black-market trading.