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Lutheran Disaster Response Update on Ukraine

Posted by Deacon Nina Joygaard on

Lutheran Disaster Response Update
We received this message on March 10 from Lutheran Disaster Response:
 
Thank you for your outpouring of prayers and generosity — you are making a difference in the lives of people impacted by the war in Ukraine. Your gifts to Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR) during this crisis are already at work. Because of your generosity, $1 million will support the Lutheran World Federation and these member churches:
  • German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine
  • Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland
  • Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia
  • Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Romania
 
They are distributing hygiene supplies, food, medicine, bedding and psychosocial and pastoral care to refugees and internally displaced people, most of whom are women and children. Your support has made this possible, but more work remains. Your gifts to “Eastern Europe Crisis Response” will be used to in full (100%) to address the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and neighboring countries.
 
Additional responses through partners in these countries and others in the region are expected in the coming weeks and months, and Lutheran Disaster Response is committed to accompanying those partners as the situation evolves. We pray for the Roma communities and foreign nationals who are facing racial and ethnic discrimination at the borders as they flee Ukraine. Our companions are ensuring that people in these marginalized groups will be treated with respect and dignity as they seek safety.
 

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