Ukraine Emergency Response
The Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 unleashed a major humanitarian crisis in Europe. People in the Ukraine are in need of essential provisions including water, food, medicine, shelter, etc. The numbers change from day to day. What remains consistent is that millions of Ukrainians have been forced to flee their homes - and millions more have been forced to flee their homeland since the Russian invasion began. While the majority fled to Poland, tens of thousands fled to other neighboring countries, including Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova.
The Opportunity
The Goal
Our goal is to send at least another $40,000 of assistance in 2024 to assist church-based ministries in Ukraine that are helping widows and the fatherless.
The Strategy
The Progress
We are thankful to our generous financial partners as we have received $223,600 in donations to assist the people of Ukraine through Ukrainian churches since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In February 2024, we sent just under $20,500 to our church partner in Slovakia to support current priority needs as determined by church leaders in Ukraine. In 2023, we contributed just under $19,400 of assistance to support churched based ministries helping widows and the fatherless. In 2022, we sent nearly $170,000 of assistance that helped Ukrainian pastors (and their families) stay in their communities by assisting them with costs related to heating and power.food and other basic assistance to vulnerable people in Ukraine. In 2022, we also provided several vehicles to help get assistance to where it was most needed - and to help get people out of conflict zones. Funds have provided shelter, meals, clothing, transportation, and other kinds of practical assistance. Showers, toilets, and washing machines have been installed to help those sheltering uprooted Ukrainians meet these basic needs.