Issue 213 Spring 2016 - Love Without Borders

Since ChildAid supporters began their faithful giving for the children and families of Eastern Ukraine affected by the war, nearly £46,000 has been provided for emergency and restorative aid.

Both our EUREKA (Eastern Ukraine Relief & Emergency Kids Aid) appeal, and our partner, Love Without Borders, have already achieved much, including:

• 150 children have, on a regular basis for a year, received life-saving insulin and medical supplies until a local supply was established

• 100 families regularly receive emergency food packages (in fact with aid from all its international support Love Without Borders has distributed over 3 tons of aid per month during the last 12 months alone).

There is now a great need for the provision of psychological care. Children are crying all night long. Many people are taking sleeping and anti-psychotic drugs - there is already concern over addiction.

A large number of churches have disappeared. Many church leaders who were forced to leave in the early days of the conflict cannot return as they are on an “embargoed” list at the so-called border.

Where the non-Moscow Patriarch churches do meet, there are often unknown people just sitting and watching ... certainly not worshipping!

In response, Love Without Borders have built a spiritual base to fully transform lives, and at the border near Luhansk they have set up a temporary tent where:

•   Food and 2,000 Bibles have been handed to refugees and local people

•   1,000 children and 4,000 adults have received Christian literature to encourage and support them. 

The current urgency is to operate a “seeds & chicks programme”.

Last spring and summer huge areas of agricultural land, gardens and allotments were abandoned due to fighting. Although continuing, the fighting is not as fierce as September, but most people could not return to their homes during the winter due to the cold and damaged housing. Consequently, there are no seed stocks for this years crop.

Love Without Borders aim to supply 4,000 vulnerable families with seeds and chicks, as well as carry out house repairs following shelling and extensive looting.

Your help is vital to ensure families will be able to tend their land. Support us by clicking the link below.

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