Listed companies, private companies, organizations and foundations provide financial resources and material aid, as well as moral support for Ukrainian citizens in their homeland and in Poland. The activities from February 25-26 are presented below.
Parallel to its military operations, Russia launched an information war on the Internet. More and more false information is beginning to appear in the Polish infosphere, intended to weaken our society’s support for Ukrainians. NASK will support Internet users in verifying information – the profiles of # EnableVerification on Facebook and Twitter are launched (@VeryNASK). Experienced experts will use them to verify rumors circulating on the Internet and indicate potential manifestations of disinformation activities.
“The psychological and propaganda impact on the Internet is an important part of the so-called hybrid activities, which are aimed at upsetting the morale of public opinion and deepening social divisions. To counter this, it is necessary to monitor the false information circulating on the Internet and provide the society with reliable knowledge and tools to deal with flood of disinformation,” said Minister Janusz Cieszyński, secretary of state in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, government plenipotentiary for cybersecurity.
Examples of attempts to influence public mood in Poland are collected and analyzed by the NASK Department for Counteracting Disinformation. These include rumors that refugees coming from Ukraine may take up places in hospitals needed by Polish patients. The financial costs of support for people to whom Poland will provide shelter are also emphasized. There are also attempts to cause panic, e.g. by sending messages that the eastern regions of Poland will soon run out of fuel at gas stations due to the blockade of oil imports from Russia.
PKO Bank Polski wrote on their Twitter profile: We abolish the fees for a quick transfer to Kredobank and for ordering a foreign transfer to any bank in Ukraine. We hope that with this gesture we will help our neighbors from Ukraine at this difficult time. # Help for Ukraine.
The Biedronka network made a decision to grant all employees Ukrainian citizenship, employed under an employment contract, non-returnable financial support in the amount of PLN 1,000. This is a gesture of solidarity between the network and Ukrainian employees, especially important for those whose families remained in Ukraine.
The Biedronka team consists of almost 80,000 people on a daily basis. An important part of it are people from Ukraine. It is a group of over 1,800 employees who service our customers in stores every day, work in Biedronka distribution centers and in offices.
Non-returnable random grants will be paid under the program “You can count on Biedronka”, after the employee submits the application through the website www.dlanaswjm.pl in a quick and simplified procedure. The first payments under this program will go to the beneficiaries as early as next week, almost immediately after the first applications from employees are received.
The PGE Foundation made a donation of PLN 100,000 to Caritas of the Rzeszów Diocese for the purpose of targeted aid for refugees from war zones in Ukraine. Support for those in need is coordinated by the Voivode of Podkarpacie.
Our response to the needs of people who suffered as a result of unjustified aggression from Russia is immediate. Our duty is to help refugees from Ukraine who found themselves in a dramatic situation” – said the president of Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) Wojciech Dąbrowski.
The purpose of the donation is to help the victims of Russian aggression in Ukraine. It will consist in admitting refugees to Caritas centers, providing them with accommodation, food, clothing, possible medical care and other necessary forms of support. The support will be distributed in close cooperation with the district Office in Rzeszów.
In the face of the war in Ukraine and the tragedy of Ukrainian citizens seeking refuge in our country, Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo together with the PGNiG SA Foundation Ignacy Łukasiewicz and in cooperation with the Marshal’s Office of the Lubelskie district, it organizes support for reception points operating at the Polish-Ukrainian border.
“In the face of the tragedy that affected our Ukrainian neighbors, support is our civic duty. PGNiG, as a socially responsible company, immediately decided to engage in aid activities,” emphasized Paweł Majewski, president of PGNiG.
There are four reception centers for refugees from Ukraine in the Lubelskie district. They are located near the Polish-Ukrainian border crossings in Dorohusk, Dołhobyczów, Hrebenne and Zosin. At the beginning of next week, thanks to PGNiG’s commitment, it will go to each of them 5,000 bottles of water and packed lunch, incl. bars, cookies, rice wafers.
The current activities of PGNiG and the PGNiG SA Foundation Ignacy Łukasiewicz is in line with the appeal of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of State Assets Jacek Sasin, who encouraged State Treasury companies to undertake such activities.
Pomagam.pl – the organizer of the official # SolidarniZUkrainą fundraiser – has launched a new functionality that allows you to set up a corporate “virtual can” as part of the main campaign. “Companies, organizations, unions and local governments have great power – the power to conduct organized activities” – the organizers write in a press release. At https://pomagam.pl/firmydlaukrainy, each organization can set up an online fundraiser to help our neighbors and quickly start collecting funds in a verified place. The website also has ready-made collection promotion tools: convenient options for sharing on social media and an automatically created widget-code to be placed on a website or blog.
All costs are covered by the Pomagam.pl portal – 100% of the amount paid goes to the indicated foundation.
Over PLN 1.5 million has already been collected at the collection https://pomagam.pl/solidarnizukraina. All funds will be donated to humanitarian aid, the website does not charge any commission.
Ukrainian citizens can travel in class 2 free of charge on economic category trains TLK and IC PKP Intercity in domestic transport. The journey is carried out on the basis of a passport proving Ukrainian citizenship, the company said.
Source: ISBnews
