Ukraine Emergency Relief

There has been a major fuel shortage over the past 2 weeks which has required us to slow down our distributions. We are working on solutions so that we can get more food and supplies. An additional problem has been the length of time those who fled the conflict zones have gone without a regular income. Even with the fuel issue, HFL was able to send food to internally displaced people who are struggling to support themselves in addition to liberated and current conflict zones. We still managed to get to 6 areas in the North, East, and South part of the country. Albeit in less quantities, HFL continues to provide food and supplies to refugees and those hosting them in western Ukraine.   Over 500 deliveries supplying 750 tonnes (to date) of food and supplies and of course encouragement to keep going despite all that has and continues to happen to those affected by the war.

  Trip to the East Summary: Received a call from a community in eastern Ukraine that had been under Russian occupation for over 30 days requesting food as they have had to ration their own to eat only once a day. Their factory where the community worked had been destroyed which left little resources to purchase any food that was available. HFL partnering with a Ukrainian church, and a Dutch organization to provide food and supplies to this village. Through the devastation we travelled onward until we finally reached a village less than 10 km from the Russian border. This community was not touched but were cut off from supplies due to Russian troops occupying the North and South of them. Ukrainian forces pushed the Russians back which gave us the ability to deliver much needed food aid to mostly the elderly and disabled. Fuel was a major issue as most gas stations had 1 to 2 hour lines to only pump 5 to 10 liters, but we were able to overcome that. Many of the bridges were blown up but

 In December 2021, the Fraser Valley group sent boxes to Ukraine. As Russian forces were driven back, routes were opened and this past week our partners began receiving the boxes which included 39 of them to Poltava. Thank you so much to all for caring for the needs of Ukrainians. “We have 50,000 refugees officially registered in our town here and unofficially it’s about 100,000. We can’t express to you how much this help means to us. Many people received beddings, clothes, shoes and other supplies. The Lord is giving us tremendous opportunities to help people. I was also able to bring food supplies to many of the surrounding areas.” - Tent Ministry (Michael)