Keeping Someone Warm
Providing Life-Saving Heat
One of the major challenges for vulnerable people in Ukraine is that of staying warm in the winter. Heat is either impossible because of widespread utility disruption and infrastructure damage, or so expensive it is effectively out of reach for many. Many people in Ukraine are surviving on poverty-level pensions, are unemployed, and are struggling to begin again in a new place with few financial resources. By providing heating support such as firewood and warm blankets, or by operating warming centers, we can ensure the survival of many vulnerable Ukrainians through the upcoming winter months.
Meet Lydia (above). She lives alone. She used to work as a librarian in Kharkiv. Now she is retired and can’t walk well. This is what she told us about the firewood we delivered to her home:
“I did not expect all that firewood would be brought to me. When the forklift stopped near my house and dropped off the pallets of wood, I understood clearly that there is a God! Then I thought about about how I walk with a cane. I could not carry and store all that firewood myself. The snow had already begun to fall. It wouldn’t be good to leave firewood outside. I sat down and thought to myself. It is good that I have firewood, but how will I store it? Then my son and daughter-in-law arrived, and they helped with everything.”
After that, I truly understood that God exists. He is real and He loves me.”
