Ukraine Updates - SEND International

PRAY

Prayer is essential in this crisis. But it can be hard to know what to pray. These resources can help guide you and your church as you engage in this vital work.

"Each of your prayers is like a nugget of gold, like a drop of rain, like another minute of life. We greatly appreciate it!"
-E in Ukraine

Visit our "11 ways to pray during the crisis in Ukraine" guide for more ideas on how to pray.

PRAYER GUIDE

GIVE

100% of donations given to the Help Ukraine project go to relief efforts

Help Ukraine

In: Ukraine

As the crisis in Ukraine escalates, the need for assistance will grow. We do not yet know what the needs will be but your gift today will enable us to provide rapid relief when those acute needs... Read More »

God is using your gifts!

Your gifts to Help Ukraine have already funded 200+ emergency relief projects and helped an estimated 130,000+ people in Ukraine and surrounding countries.

How your gifts are making a difference

One group is baking bread for many refugees who come through their city. They bake 1,200 loaves every day and distribute them throughout the city. Over 3,000 people are fed each day with this bread.

A pastor and his wife are hosting 32 people per week in their home. Their church has hosted more than 600 people and they anticipate more will come through. They barely have time to wash the sheets before the next group arrives.

Seven churches are partnering to help refugees coming through their city. Each day, over 300 people from eastern and central Ukraine arrive by bus. The churches buy one ton of food and relief supplies every day and divide it into boxes, including a Scripture piece. Their young leaders distribute them among the refugees.

On the border with Poland, the line of refugees stretched over four miles long. One group set up tents, proving over 6,000 hot meals, Scripture, and spiritual help.

One organization has taken four tons of food items and Scripture to people in need. Many of them do so at the risk of their own lives as airstrikes and missiles regularly fly over their heads.

15-20 people are currently sheltering in a church basement. The church is housing these refugees and taking them to the border. They are maintaining a food bank and received funds for heat, electricity, water, transportation, food and medicine.

People in one location risk their lives as they go throughout the neighborhoods and nearby cities to deliver spiritual and physical help. They are bringing people to the shelter or helping them move towards western Ukraine.

People are fleeing the conflict zone, stopping for one or two nights in the city before continuing on west. Believers there are working around the clock to prepare food and places to sleep. “Believers and unbelievers are coming to us and we are happy to give them hope in Jesus.”

Many people in eastern Ukraine are trying to evacuate to the west. One group has 3-4 cars and move as many people as can fit. The cars are in various states of repair. These funds help with repairs and fuel.

A family of 15 (most of the children are adopted), was displaced when their home was destroyed by a bomb. One of their daughters, who is living with them, is going to have a baby soon. These funds helped provide food, medicine, hygiene supplies, and funds to pay doctors.

The leader of a ministry for disabled people received funds to make food packages and buy fuel for evacuation.

Churches in one area are constantly helping people as they come through on their way west. Every day, groups of 40-50 people come through one church. They spend about $150/day on food, clothing, housing, and transportation.

A church is preparing food and medicine packages for at-risk people in the community. It costs them $11-12 to make one package and they are trying to 100. They are also feeding and housing many refugees on the route west.

One of our seminary graduates and his wife are caring for displaced people, especially large families, elderly, and sick people in bomb shelters, providing food, medicine and other supplies to people who cannot easily move about.

SENDing Help:

Blankets
Food
Water
Laundry detergent

Clothing (some people fled in their pajamas)
Cleaning supplies
Electricity

Heat
Mattresses
Sheets
Diapers
Hygiene products

Medicine
Van purchase
Car repairs
Fuel

SENDing Hope:

50,000 Bibles
Gospel literature
Daily church services

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