Charity United is a 501(c)(3) US Public Charity that provides humanitarian aid to children and civilians in need — including, but not limited to, food, clothing, shelter, and education. Originally founded by Megan Tucker in 2015 during the refugee crisis, Charity United continues to provide humanitarian aid, now throughout several countries of the world. We have collaborated with nonprofit organiz
ations and grass-roots groups within Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Africa, and New Zealand, and have brought humanitarian aid to children and families in six continents. At Charity United we believe that all children in the world have the right to be cared for and the right to be protected — regardless of their race, nationality, or creed. Although we started with winter clothing, since 2019 our focus has been on literacy and education. OUR STORY
In November 2015 we founded the Winter Clothes for Refugees movement, to provide winter clothing to children and refugees as they passed through the Balkans while fleeing war-torn countries. Civilians and children fleeing war were exposed to the subzero temperatures of the Balkan winter, often without heat, shelter, proper clothing, or any way to obtain it. Over the course of three months, we raised funds to purchase and distribute clothing and supplies and to assist an estimated 100,000 refugees as they passed the Macedonian-Serbian border. You can read the full story on the Huffington Post at Meet the Woman Who Helped 100,000 Refugees Stay Warm Last Winter. As winter drew to an end, a new crisis unfolded. Political changes in Europe left tens of thousands of refugees, including thousands of babies and children, stranded in wilderness areas and sub-human camps throughout Europe; lacking necessities such as food, shelter, hygiene supplies, and the basics of survival. We decided we were in this for the long haul. We would not sit by and watch while babies went hungry and children slept in flooded tents with muddy blankets. We formed a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, accepting tax-deductible donations: Charity United. Since that time, Charity United has continued to provide aid to children, families, and other civilians in need throughout the world – whether that be food, shelter, clothing, education, hygiene supplies, or any other of the basic essentials of life. In 2018, we began to gradually shift our attention and focus to projects that would get at the root of the tragedies we saw around the world: education, and since 2019, our primary focus has been on literacy. Every donation we receive makes a direct difference in how many individuals we are able to help.
