Projects
August 6, 2024 Aid To Ukrainian Displaced Persons
Aid To Ukrainian Displaced Persons
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GoalThe goal of this project is to provide food, medical care, clothing, trauma counseling and meet the many needs of internally displace persons living in Western Ukraine.
SummaryThis project seeks to raise $111,765 in the next 3 years to meet the needs of displaced persons following the trauma of war in Ukraine.
DescriptionThe February 2022 invasion of Ukraine by Russia caused a massive displacement of people living on the Ukraine-Russia border. Most fled carrying only a single bag of belongings and chose 1 of 2 options: 1) leave Ukraine for another country, or 2) relocate to a peaceful part of Ukraine close to the border with Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. Historically this area is very poor, deriving most of its income from farming. Berehove, located near the Hungarian border had a population of around 23,000 people – most of them professionals who fled taking their expertise and income from the region. IDPs moved to Berehove but were dependent on the local government for their needs for housing, heat, food, physical and mental health care as they couldn’t fill the vacant professional roles. The Transcarpathian Baptist Charity Foundation (TBCF) was one of the first organizations to begin meeting these needs, and to this day, remain one of the primary sources of care for the ongoing IDP migration to this section of Ukraine. Adding additional IDPs to a region already strained required help from international and local aid agencies. TBCF has partnered with Hungarian Baptist Aid, FIDA, North Carolina Baptists, and Canadian Baptists to provide food, healthcare, trauma counseling, and hygiene kits. Unfortunately, aid has decreased over the last two years. TBCF has adapted by severely staffing to the bare minimum which means staff often work 12+ hours every day. With funding from this project, TBCF will be able to provide programs that build sustainability and care for the needs of the IDP’s while meeting health care deficits in this population. The need is very urgent as new IDP’s arrive daily. Some of them have lived in shelters for more than two years and the mental and physical toll on them is significant. There are also logistical costs associated with providing food, healthcare, clothing, and psychosocial services. The region had very limited resources for their citizens, even before the IDP’s arrived, and now they simply cannot meet everyone’s need without further aid. The project’s total cost is $111,765 over 3 years. The annual cost per year is expected to decrease, starting at $52,250 in the first year, $41,250 the second and $18,265 the third year.
Suggested GiftsA gift of $500 will cover the cost of translators for one week of mobile medical clinics. A gift of $1,000 will provide psychosocial support programs for 30 children for 6 weeks. A generous gift of $5,000 would provide food to feed 100 people for a month.
Prayer RequestsPray that this project will help IDPs assimilate following relocation. Pray for the staff of TBCF as they faithfully and sacrificially give of their time to ministry to those in need.
Managed ByEngel, Kristy