#StandWithUkraine: Info and Links on How to Help

Gamecity Hamburg, the games-industry initiative of the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft, published this March 9, 2022 news post to express solidarity with Ukraine and direct readers to practical avenues of support following the Russian invasion. Alongside its sister initiatives nextMedia.Hamburg and Design Zentrum Hamburg, it curates official, community-run, and industry-specific resources for people in Hamburg and for those fleeing Ukraine.

The municipal resources come first. The City of Hamburg maintains a continuously updated page listing how residents can help, with financial and material donations, volunteering, and housing for refugees named as the most urgent needs. A separate city article gives refugees official guidance on visas, asylum, and housing, available in English, Ukrainian, and Russian. For local goods donations, the post points to the initiative Der Hafen hilft e.V., which collects supplies for delivery to Ukraine at a warehouse in Hamburg's Oberhafen provided by the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft.

The games-industry measures form the core of the post. A shared, evolving spreadsheet lists European studios offering offices, work spaces, and private housing to developers and others fleeing Ukraine, including the first Hamburg studios to offer sleeping and working space, with separate forms for adding office or housing offers. A Discord server connects developers worldwide to share practical information and coordinate support. The US-based Necrosoft Games, backed by more than 700 developers, launched the Bundle for Ukraine on itch.io, which delivers almost 1,000 games for a donation of $10 or more, with proceeds split equally between International Medical Corps and Voices of Children. Hamburg developers and studios also started Devs4Ukraine, which collects donations for charities active in Ukraine, shares information, and is preparing a Steam bundle whose proceeds will support aid organizations.

The post is a short, link-driven resource guide rather than an analytical study, focused on the early weeks of the crisis and combining Hamburg-specific aid with international games-community fundraising and housing efforts.