Help for Ukrainian people this winter

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3. That's a good action on behalf of

people who will need them.

I am thinking of people in their homes after 5pm when the sun is down. They will be in darkness when electrical power is off. They will have no means of heat unless they have a home in which they can safely burn wood. They will need their whole bodies warmed up while indoors.

Those of us in cold winter climates know how cold it can get indoors when there is a power outage for a few hours or days. Imagine an entire winter like that. Babies and old people will be most vulnerable, but everyone will be in danger of frostbite or freezing to death.

You can pile on blankets, but when it is consistently cold day after day after day, the cold seeps in through blankets.

Without gas or electricity, people would not even have the ability to make hot drinks or hot food for themselves.

Battery powered heaters exist for camping purposes. They could be used for warming up one room in a house. Battery powered blankets and sleeping bags could enable people to stay warm while getting needed rest. They could be used for warming themselves up in the daytime.

Battery powered lanterns could give them light during long winter nights. Used sparingly (to preserve the battery power) they would allow people to see when necessary.