July 1-8, 2023

Fastiv, 1.07-8.07.23

Praised be Jesus Christ!

​Today is the 500th day of full-scale war! So many days of pain, losses and tears; in the midst of this “night of suffering” we believe in the “dawn of victory.” All these five hundred days are also a great gift from thousands of people who supported our hands, accompanied us in prayer and served with us. We thank you, our friends and partners, for being by our side.

This week, in particular the last days we spent in Kherson, we visited villages and delivered humanitarian aid to people who lost their homes due to flooding due to the explosion of the Kakhovka dam – in total, during these weeks, we delivered 760 beds and blankets, but from what we can see, the needs are much greater. 1,500 households were destroyed in the Korabelnyi neighborhood in Kherson. On the one hand, people want to rebuild their homes, and on the other hand, the enemy is constantly shelling. For example, in the village of Inhulets, whom we help, they destroyed a school at night.

The villages of Sadove and Antonivka and Kherson itself are also suffering. In the coming weeks, we are making it our priority to collect office equipment that has been used and is in good condition or new for the victims in the flooded areas. ​

We remember our servicemen who make requests, as well as their families, who receive help at our Center six days a week. This week, we distributed 1,811 food packages, a total of 14,475 kg of humanitarian aid.

Thanks to everyone who supported our humanitarian mission to Kherson: Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland for the donated beds and blankets for the victims. Thanks to Strategic Reserve Agency for fast and free delivery of aid to Fastov. Also to the NGO Dovira for the vegetables for the social kitchen, which we delivered to Kherson. Thanks for delivering to our social kitchen instant soups from Canada, as well as gift sets prepared by children from the Netherlands, thank you for the Partnership to Mr. Oleg Ovechko, director of the International Charitable Foundation for the Development of Medicine and MEPPEL HELPS UKRAINE.

I wish peaceful days and nights to all good people.

With prayers Fr. Mykhailo Romaniv OP