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Ukraine
The Needs Persist, But So Do You
The Situation
Our neighbors in Ukraine have endured the immense hardships of war for two years and counting. As the war continues, the need for more sustainable support is growing alongside the continued need for emergency aid.
Your Impact
Compassionate friends of faith like you have rallied to mount the largest humanitarian response in Lutheran World Relief history. Here’s what your investment has accomplished so far:
Mobile medical clinic. Health care has been hard to access near the frontlines. A mobile clinic carries a team of doctors to hard-hit communities — sharing love in the form of essential medical services.
Shelter, supplies and trauma recovery. At the height of displacement, you supported six housing centers to offer safe refuge and meals to extremely vulnerable families. You also distributed supplies, including folding beds, pillows, heaters, cookstoves, firewood, laundry detergent, toilet paper and toys. And because the trauma of war is so deep and widespread, your generosity offers psychological care and counseling.
Agriculture support. Your generosity has launched a new effort to help more than 7,000 families restore small farms in the Kharkiv region, where significant farmland was destroyed during Russian occupation.
Behind the Scenes
“We will support these people and visit them under any circumstances … War is not just about the frontline. It is also about people who stay here and need our help.”
– Oleksii Bordunov
Caring For the Most Vulnerable
Frosia Aksenova, 96, (below) is from a small village near the Russian border. For months, occupying Russian soldiers used her village as a base for attacking nearby Kharkiv. Abandoned by her family, Frosia was found huddled in a basement — alone, malnourished and suffering from multiple broken bones.
Rescuers evacuating the area transported her to a Lutheran World Relief-supported housing center. This is where you surrounded her in Christ’s loving care. Safe and warm, Frosia receives food, shelter and medical care.
Because of your compassion, Frosia is no longer alone. She is being loved like the child of God that she is.
Your Reach So Far
