Actors Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher are raising funds — and donating $3 million themselves -- to provide immediate refugee and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, which is where Kunis was born.
In just one day, nearly 30,000 people have donated to their GoFundMe to raise nearly $15 million.
The scale of need is enormous. On Tuesday, the United Nations issued an appeal for $1.7 billion to help with aid efforts, estimating that 12 million people in Ukraine and 4 million refugees could be in need of relief and protection in the coming months.Many corporations have committed to help. Amazon pledged $5 million to the U.N.'s refugee agency and other humanitarian organizations and plans to match up to $5 million more in donations made by its employees.
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