We must continue to support Ukraine

This month marks a grim milestone – the three-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine. Elim supports the work of relief charity Samaritan’s Purse, who continue their vital work in the war zone.

Every week, pastor Daniel’s church provides food for 1,600 people. Every month, it provides water for 30,000 in its area.

This is just one example of the ongoing relief projects Samaritan’s Purse is supporting three years into the conflict in Ukraine.

Daniel’s relationship with the charity dates back to well before this crisis. He had received an Operation Christmas Child shoebox as a child and his church, Good News Church in Marhanets, in southern Ukraine, had partnered with the organisation for many years since then. This longstanding partnership meant that when Russia destroyed the Kakhovaka Dam in June 2023, Samaritan’s Purse called immediately to ask how they could help.

“I shared the need for clean drinking water and went to meet the team,” Daniel says. “Shortly afterwards, they came to Marhanets to drill a well, install two reverse osmosis water treatment systems and provide a van which until this day delivers clean drinking water to between 1,000 and 1,500 homes each day.”

Essential food items and hygiene kits were also supplied, with up to 1,000 people coming to the church each day to receive aid.

Today, with Marhanets located near the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, the town is a target for Russian shelling. The need for help remains and the provision of water and food is ongoing.

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