# Ukraine OE/Volunteer libguide?
**URL:** https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/ukraine-oe-volunteer-libguide/3645
**Category:** Open Education Week
**Created:** [March 29, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/ukraine-oe-volunteer-libguide/3645 "2022-03-29T14:18:53Z")
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### Author:  [@peskorm](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/peskorm)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/ukraine-oe-volunteer-libguide/3645/1 "2022-03-29T14:18:53Z")
I’m wondering if anyone has put together a libguide of OE resources or other ways that people can volunteer their time and skills to help Ukrainians/refugees?
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### Author:  [@cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/ukraine-oe-volunteer-libguide/3645/2 "2022-03-29T15:07:16Z")
Hi Robin! We are seeing much interest in putting open education to work in this situation.
There was [an initial call for action here](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/oer-in-ukrainian-to-help-ukrainian-children-and-youth-refugees/3549) from an organization in Norway and [more responses to a topic we started for Open Education Week](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/a-call-for-ukrainian-oer-for-refugee-learners/3550).
A number of things are happening here- if you have suggestions, especially for how to mobilize translators or location relevant OER, please share in one of those topics.
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### Author:  [@peskorm](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/peskorm)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/ukraine-oe-volunteer-libguide/3645/3 "2022-03-29T16:25:51Z")
I feel frustrated every time there is some major humanitarian disaster, and all it seems like I can contribute is money (which, shockingly, as a librarian I don’t have a huge amount of… who would have thought librarians don’t sleep on beds of gold?) …Anyways, I want to do more. I was thinking in terms of volunteering with upper-level English courses (I’m not a certified ESL instructor, but could work at it). Or perhaps even instruction on more basic topics using google translate? Maybe even a pen-pal type program for students AND for instructors- although I’m sure that displaced Ukrainian teachers are very busy, I think there is something to be said for developing inter-personal relationships, and though it might only be on a small scale, it might help increase empathy and understanding among people who are so thoroughly distanced from the reality that refugees have experienced.
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### Author:  [@peskorm](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/peskorm)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/ukraine-oe-volunteer-libguide/3645/4 "2022-04-06T14:38:56Z")
I’m not sure if this has been talked about, but after attending a virtual project muse event, this was pointed to as one of the examples of humanities in OE, and I thought there might be interest here as well: [scienceforukraine.eu](https://scienceforukraine.eu)