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Let’s help Ukraine by way of kbd.information
Fancy keyboards and colourful switches are a pleasant pastime in peacetime, however in these darkish days, we have now to deal with those that combat actual battles.
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Revealed March 11, 2025
This month I am supporting Ukraine’s freedom fighters by sending all the cash I make by way of kbd.information (1), and doubling the quantity from my very own financial savings (2). Click on right here to donate!
First issues first: Wars are unhealthy. Everyone needs peace.
Nonetheless, as lots of , I reside fairly near the Ukrainian border. So these heroes on the frontline have been defending my ass too – for 3 years now.
Whereas it is surprising to look at some politicians throwing Ukraine below the bus, fortunately, we will act collectively and in addition individually to mitigate the harm and to repair this shitshow.
Due to this fact, this month I am sending to Ukraine all the cash I make by way of kbd.information (1), and doubling the quantity from my wage (2). Click on right here to donate!
The place does this donation go to?
It is a very focused donation to the 68th “Carpathian Dragons” battalion of the Ukrainian Military – by way of a basis involved with them and Ferenc Fegyir Sándor, a professor who turned well-known for giving lectures from the trenches (now Ukraine’s ambassador to Hungary).
These persons are dudes from Transcarpathia, Ukraine’s farthest area from Russia, but they’re preventing on the frontline, a thousand kilometers from their house. Lots of them are ethnic Hungarians.
Dragonfeeders
The help route has been nicely established and arranged for years by Hungarian civilians, the ‘Dragonfeeders’. This basis may be very clear, normally offering each day (!) studies on donations and all of the objects bought with the collected funds.
No weapons or explosives, they’ve a often up to date wish-list of apparatus wanted, as requested by the Dragons: autos, tires, aggregators, batteries, civilian drones, equipment, clothes, even books.
How a lot ought to I donate?
- Something between $5 to $350 is welcome.
- Please DO NOT donate lower than $5-10 due to the mounted charges of PayPal and different suppliers. Not a lot is left of a $1-2 donation.
- Please DO NOT donate greater than $350 (without delay). Solely if you would like to trigger me some hassle (additional taxes and administration).
- Be happy to donate straight (scroll down for English, or switch particulars under).
Whereas our position could seem minuscule on this battle, it is essential to grasp that the complete yearly help by the US authorities (now suspended) may very well be simply changed by e.g. each European citizen donating simply 30-40 euros for the trigger. Yep. I am greater than prepared to pay considerably extra to maintain loopy dictators at bay. (For comparability, the brand new tariffs are estimated to value the common American family $1,000 to $1,200 yearly.)
Different help choices
If you would like to help these freedom fighters in every other means, be at liberty to search for various choices accessible.
Direct cash switch to the Dragonfeeders:
- Beneficiary’s identify: Kárpátaljai Sárkányellátó Alapítvány
- Financial institution identify: OTP Financial institution Nyrt.
- SWIFT/BIC: OTPVHUHBXXX
- IBAN: HU22 11709002-25987157-00000000
- Discover: Please point out that it is a donation!
Many thanks. Act now.
(1) There could also be some folks amongst my common donors who do not need to help this trigger, so recurring donations arrange earlier are excluded from this initiation. New donations solely.
(2) I will double the quantity collected from my very own cash, as much as my month-to-month wage. (Truly, I’ve already superior the sum and supported the muse final week.)
Revealed on Tue eleventh Mar 2025. Featured in KBD #188.
