Within the UFA, a group of colleagues has come together who are extremely committed to providing help for Ukraine. The “Ukraine Aid” working group and individual employees have already been able to implement many initiatives:

Truck donation campaign from Potsdam to the border
On Tuesday, May 3, 2022, two vans from UFA will drive with a team from Potsdam to the Polish/Ukrainian border and hand over donations that we can collect in advance free of charge in a hall on the Studio Babelsberg premises. We would like to thank Lichthaus Berlin for putting us in touch with the city of Chelm and its refugee shelters and for providing us with help and advice during the Ukraine aid transport campaign. We would also like to thank Roadia GmbH for their generous donation of baby food in particular.

If you would also like to donate, you can do so via Paypal. Donations in kind can be handed in at the reception in Potsdam until 29.04.22: UFA GmbH, Dianastraße 21, 14482 Potsdam. We are currently looking for radios, old cell phones and power banks, as well as hygiene articles, non-perishable food and medicines.

Fundraising campaign for Ukrainian refugees in Cologne
Patrick Schmitz (Editor/ Producer UFA Show & Factual) is in close contact with Ukrainian refugees who are housed in his immediate neighborhood in Bergheim. He continues to collect donations in kind and has already been able to help many people and their children.

GZSZ costume auction: Almost 6,000 collected
On April 2, Thorsten Maisel, costume designer for GZSZ, auctioned off clothes and shoes from the GZSZ set. All proceeds went to “RTL wir helfen Kindern” for the Ukraine.

Photo shoot campaign by Florian Reick (Digitalteam UFA GmbH, Potsdam) – €1580 donated
Florian took professional photos in his home town of Großbeeren in return for donations. 50% went to UN refugee aid, 50% to Doctors Without Borders.

SOKO LEIPZIG campaign Buses to the border
The team led by Tanya Mallory (producer) and Alexander Müller (1st production manager) launched an appeal for donations to hire a coach to drive to a Polish-Ukrainian border crossing. They were able to successfully and safely transport refugee women and children to safe places.