Print Against War: Delivering Support to Ukraine
05 May 2022: Russian invasion of Ukraine has triggered a catastrophic humanitarian crisis with lives being lost and thrown into turmoil, properties and infrastructures destroyed and millions of livelihoods being threatened every day.
This new initiative, Print Against War, is calling upon printers and converters, publishers, influencers, and suppliers to the printing and packaging industry to join forces to support their colleagues during this incredibly difficult time. Beyond the war in Ukraine, the organization’s goals extend to an ongoing ability to help restore the socioeconomic fabric of printing in any region affected by war.
Print Against War, a nonprofit initiative of the nascent Meaningful Print Foundation, will help Ukrainian printing and packaging companies continue to operate, or provide support when they can again start up their productions. Together, Print Against War and the Meaningful Print Foundation are designed to mobilize the global printing and packaging industry to help stakeholders cope with wars, natural disasters, epidemics/pandemics and other damaging and disruptive occurrences. In addition, the Meaningful Print Foundation will work on long-term projects empowering the printing industry to make a positive impact on the planet by addressing gender equality, carbon neutralization, sustainable manufacturing, education for students in need, and inclusion of people with disabilities in the workforce.
The program is open to offers of help from vendors, printers and any other printing community members. To encourage the collection of donations from a broad base of users, Print Against War proposes that online printing and packaging businesses add a voluntary checkout donation option to their e-shops. This will allow a broad base of designers, agencies, print-service providers and individuals around the world to contribute. In addition, you can make direct donations or offer other forms of material help (e.g., provide consumables, paper, etc., for free or at special prices).
www.printagainstwar.org
