November 12-18, 2023

Fastiv,12.11.23 – 18.11.23

Praised be Jesus Christ!

It has become much colder, the autumn season encourages us to be close to those who need support the most. This week, our volunteers delivered humanitarian aid to Odesa, in particular, for those forcibly displaced from Kherson region, Kharkiv region and Donetsk, Konstantynivka and Siversk. People in Siversk live in difficult conditions: there are 900 people left in the city who live in basements, there is a lack of electricity and water, and there are many homeless animals.

We are asking for your help because we need: thermoses, batteries, candles, flashlights, household chemicals, gas burners, chemical heaters, sleeping bags. If you can share, bring it to the Martin Center, if you can support it with a donation so that we can buy it, we will be grateful for any form of help.

This week we supported Defenders from the International Battalion and families of the servicemen. We care about the safety and professionalism of our staff and volunteers. Today, 25 people, employees of the St. Martin de Porres Catholic School, or the Development Space, and volunteers took part in the certified first aid training, which was conducted by a trainer and a military doctor of the Red Cross of Ukraine, with the support of our Partners “Wings of Victory » Viktoriia Kramarenko Olaf Clemensen.

This week we received humanitarian aid from from the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland. Thank you for the fast logistics and delivery to Fastiv, Government Agency Strategic Reserves of the Republic of Poland. In the coming days blankets and beds will be delivered to shelters in the Kherson Region. This week, 1,397 food kits with a total of 11,546 kg of humanitarian aid were distributed to the most needy. Let’s not stop. Thank you to everyone who is around.

With prayers

Fr. Mykhailo Romaniv OP