Tragically, we know that orphans and vulnerable children and families will be impacted the hardest by this crisis. As conflicts continue the need to safely evacuate, care for, and provide for the orphans and vulnerable children and families of Ukraine is greater than ever before!
Over thirteen years ago, A Family for Every Orphan began serving vulnerable children and families in Ukraine. Today, we have a dozen Christian partners spread across the country that are providing emergency relief services to thousands of children and families in Ukraine, while ministering to their spiritual needs.
Our partners in Ukraine are working tirelessly to evacuate these children to safety in the west and across the border, ensure food and necessities are provided, and minister to and help vulnerable children and families who stayed behind. This vital work cannot be done without your support!
Evacuate orphans to safety
Provide food, shelter, medicine and necessities to children and families
Provide refugee support to orphans and families fleeing to Romania
Provide trauma care to vulnerable children and families
"Show your unfailing love in wonderful ways. By your mighty power you rescue those who seek refuge from their enemies. Guard me as you would guard your own eyes. Hide me in the shadow of your wings.”
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We can only imagine the trauma, anxiety, fear, stress, and uncertainty attached with scooping up one’s children and shuttling them from a war zone to
Nearly two out of every three children in Ukraine have been displaced by the war. Children have witnessed the horrors of war as they left everything
Every day, AFFEO partners in Ukraine are implementing solutions to help meet the evolving and growing needs of vulnerable children impacted by war, with a
Little five-month-old Alli had the sweetest laugh and his brother, Andriy, loved to play. The boys were happy and safe … until the war. When
Little Alli, just 5 months old, had the sweetest laugh and his brother, Andriy, loved to play. The boys were happy, they were safe… until
As Russian troops lined up 17 foster children and pointed their weapons at them, it was four-year-old Oleg who asked, “Do you want to kill us?”
The war in Ukraine passed its grim 100-day milestone on June 3, “…with no end in sight to the conflict that has sparked Europe’s biggest
Peter, an AFFEO partner serving in east Ukraine helps about 300 vulnerable children and families every week! These families are provided with food, evacuation assistance,
When Margarita and Miroslavi’s mother left their basement to prepare a meal, she never dreamed she wouldn’t return. There is no light or gas in
The mother of two 3-year-old twins, Margarita and Miroslavi, was tragically killed by a fragment from a Russian shell. To prepare food, their mom went
“We have a great debt to Ukraine for the very food we eat,” shares AFFEO Board Member, Dr. Richard Scheuerman during his interview on The
As Russian troops lined up 17 foster children and pointed their weapons at them, it was four-year-old Oleg who asked, “Do you want to kill us?”
The situation in Ukraine continues to be hazardous for vast numbers of people of all ages in the war zone as well as adjacent areas. War has the greatest impact on the most vulnerable that we serve – orphans. In the past decade, a remarkable collaborative among A Family For Every Orphan (AFFEO) partners, social service, and religious groups dramatically reduced the number of adoptable orphans—from approximately 30,000 to 5,000 through placement in foster and adoptive families. However, continued economic dislocations before the war led to nearly 100,000 “social orphans,” who are children with parents or guardians who retain parental rights but are unable to care for them. Tragically, we know war creates orphans and there are thousands more today.
AFFEO’s campaign with partner organizations to evacuate substantial numbers of orphans and vulnerable children to safe havens farther west resulted in the successful relocation of many thousands of children and caregivers. Relief from the US and other international relief agencies is supporting refugees in border countries, but it is estimated that at least half of Ukraine’s orphans remain inside country. They, along with others who are displaced and no longer receive salaries and income amidst the chaos, are heavily dependent on food relief.
The situation is dynamic throughout the country and especially in areas bordering the eastern war zone. AFFEO’s “Operation Harvest Hope” is a highly streamlined effort involving experienced partners with whom we have worked for many years. Funds received through Operation Harvest Hope are securely and directly sent to several Ukraine-based groups that operate bakeries, coffee houses, and other facilities serving orphanages, vulnerable children, and families in need.
One of our AFFEO inspirations, the late Rev. Peter Deyneka, Jr., once gave a talk about the “anonymous heroes” of the Bible—Naaman’s servant girl who told her master to bathe in the muddy waters of the Jordan River (II Kings 5—“Tell what you know”), the lad with five loaves and two fishes that miraculously fed the 5,000 (Matthew 14—“Share what you have”), and the Good Samaritan (Luke 10—”Do what you can”). We don’t know their names, but their selfless service made a world of difference to those in need.
In March, Richland, Washington, sixth grader Rachel, a former orphan from Sierra Leone, decided to sell eight berets she crocheted to help the orphans of Ukraine. She set up a table in front of a bakery—which was donating bread sales, and in one hour Rachel had sold them all. Generous passers-by also dropped off checks and dollars to support the cause. So, whether Rachel’s $3,500 Saturday or $3.50 from a lemonade stand, it will all make a difference to those who struggle daily to make ends meet and build better lives in a free Ukraine. “Tell what you know, share what you have, do what you can.”