Europe
Ukraine
Russian’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 unleashed a major humanitarian crisis in Europe. People in Ukraine need essential provisions including safety, food, medicine, shelter, supportive community and hope. The numbers change from day to day. What remains consistent is that millions of Ukrainians have been forced to flee their homes. Many have crossed international borders to find safety, while millions more are displaced inside Ukraine.
Our Mission
We are focusing our response on helping people in Ukraine survive. We are doing this by supporting the work of Ukrainian churches in their communities. After years at war, the churches in Ukraine continue to meet the great physical, emotional and spiritual needs of their people. Through their actions, they demonstrate that God sees, God hears, and God cares. To this end, we are partnering with a church in Slovakia, near the Ukraine border. They communicate with church leaders throughout Ukraine, identify current priorities, and find ways to get resources where they are most needed. We have helped churches in Ukraine provide food, medicine, clothing, transportation, and other practical assistance. We have helped them outfit shelters with showers, toilets and washing machines. We have helped them purchase vehicles to bring relief and to transport people out of conflict zones to safety.
Our Ministries
Churches in Ukraine are doing everything they can to help in this protracted crisis. They have identified two main priorities which IAFR is helping support:
They need funding to help transport people out of conflict zones. IAFR has helped tens of thousands of people get to safety since 2022.
They need funding to support programs providing food and medical assistance to displaced people, particularly the elderly and children.
