Russia-Ukraine crisis: Bethenny Frankel says her BStrong Foundation is hoping to help 1M refugees
foxnews.comBethenny Frankel is doing what she can to help amid the crisis in Ukraine. The philanthropist and entrepreneur joined Fox News Channel’s "The Story with Martha MacCallum" on Thursday to discuss her worldwide initiative to help aid Ukrainian citizens affected by the Russian invasion.
The former "Real Housewives of New York City" star, 51, is hoping to help 1 million refugees, and said her BStrong worldwide initiative and its partners, are currently in the "process" of "working on 1,000 people right now to get them relocated." "To make it clear, the mandate is refugees out and aid in – and that's of Ukraine," she said, explaining that relocation efforts "are very organized in having travel partners to book [refugees] tickets by plane, by train and handle transportation for them to get these refugees to where they need to go." While many of the country’s citizens have fled to nearby Poland, Frankel said her nonprofit is working on a "very substantial lodging partnership" that "will be a way that we can get these people some place to stay around Poland or in other countries." The businesswoman described the relocation plan as "really good" and "tight-knit" in its organization and explained to MacCallum that "we've raised more than $6 million" for an average of "about a million dollars a day, and that money is for mostly relocation." Frankel – with the help of Global Empowerment Mission – has already sent $10 million in aid to Ukrainian citizens affected by the Russian invasion through her disaster relief initiative.
She launched BStrong in 2017 and Frankel and her team have put in immense hours along with donated resources and aid to immediately assist people in need during major disasters around the world, including in.
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