August 12-19, 2023

Fastiv, 12-19.08.23

Praised be Jesus Christ!

Today we are all in Chernihiv with our hearts, our prayers and sympathy are with the residents of the city. Yesterday we returned from Kherson Oblast, where both the city itself and its surroundings are constantly suffering from shelling. Despite the difficult reality, people help each other and our social kitchen also works. Our volunteer friends, who help bedridden and disabled people, often struggle alone with the challenges of time and are in great need of support.

We delivered essential products, household chemicals, diapers, and wheelchairs to the Kherson region. There is a need for a special vehicle for evacuation and we are asking all our friends for help so that we can purchase it as soon as possible. Household chemicals were taken to the affected village of Inhulets. The houses in this village were flooded to a height of up to four meters, people waited for a long time for the water to recede, and our first trip to deliver essential products to Inhulets was by boat. Now we brought 52 refrigerators, 40 microwaves, 12 electric stoves for the victims. People were waiting for help and treated us with fresh milk, cheese, and warm dishes. We took 466 beds and the same number of blankets to Kherson districts affected by flooding: Korabelny, Naftogavan, Ostriv.

These much-needed sleeping beds and blankets were donated by the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland and the Agency for Strategic Reserves, for which we sincerely thank you. Thank you for the sacrificial and generous support of the Zupa Charitable Fund in Monciak and the Dominican Pastorate of Górka, all the charitable help is already with the needy!

This week, we provided 2,322 basic food kits for civilians affected by military aggression (which is 18,060 kg of humanitarian aid). We thank the tireless volunteer Mr. Ireneusz Gaiun, who delivered humanitarian aid from Poland today.

We ask you to support our project to evacuate people with limited mobility in Kherson, as well as the collection of household appliances and furniture for victims of the explosion of the dam at the Kakhovka HPP. Let us not lose hope that we will overcome everything together.

With prayers

Fr. Mykhailo Romaniv OP