Ukraine
13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: School director Luidmyla Kutchovera (left), Ichnya mayor Olena Buturlym (second left) and Bhoj Khanal (right), team leader of the Lutheran World Federation in Ukraine, greet an online handiwork class led by teacher Natalia Koval (centre). The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
LWF Team Leader Mark Mullan speaks about the situation in Kharkiv
LWF responds to the war directly through humanitarian programs in Poland and Ukraine and through its local member churches in Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, Estonia, and the Slovak Republic.
In response to the crisis in Ukraine, LWF Ukraine has established humanitarian operation in Kharkiv and Chernihiv oblasts in the areas of Shelter rehabilitation, Winterization, Education/school rehabilitation, Protection including Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), Multipurpose Cash Assistance and Livelihoods. LWF Ukraine aims to support internally displaced persons and other affected communities in the Kharkiv and Chernihiv oblasts operating through two offices in Kyiv and Kharkiv cities.
LWF Ukraine coordinates and works closely with the Government of Ukraine, local authorities, the LWF member church, ACT Alliance members, civil society organizations, UN agencies, local NGOs and other relevant actors.
“At times of war, we need to be aware that local authorities and the government simply do not have enough money to solve all the needs of their communities. Our main hope in this is that we can cooperate with organizations like the LWF to respond to all these needs”
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Local voices, local actions
Olena Veddoid, a 41-year-old mother of two (son 18, daughter 14), and her five-year-old cat Murchyk visit what used to be their family home in the village of Bil’machivka — a community of just over 500 people north of the town of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast — until an explosion razed it to the ground as Russian military forces advanced through Ichnya as they invaded Ukraine in the spring of 2022. Olena says her family were not at home when the explosion took place, but two of her four cats were killed, and as the family does not have the money or resources to rebuild the house, they are now living with relatives of her husband’s, where they will likely stay until the war is over.
Olena Vedmid with her black cat. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
"We would like to emphasize that a systematic human rights-based approach is needed to ensure that the rights of all Ukrainians are respected in the rebuilding and reconstruction process."
Jobs
LWF World Service is regularly looking for new staff to work in the field. A commitment to the human rights of every individual, regardless of their status, guides our work, actions, and operations. Our work is people-centred and community-based.
Contact
Josef Pfattner, Ukraine Response Coordinator (Geneva)
Email: [email protected]
Mark Mullan, Team Leader in Ukraine
Email: [email protected]
Kyiv office:
4 Muzeinyi Lane, Kyiv, Ukraine, 02000
Kharkiv office:
43 Sumska Street, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 61000
Partners
- ACT Alliance
- All We Can
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief
- Cordaid
- Chinese Rhenish Church Hong Kong Synod
- Christian World Service
- Corus International / Lutheran World Relief
- DAA-Austrian
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe
- Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland
- Evangelical Church of Brazil
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
- Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission
- German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine
- German National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation
- Humanosh Foundation
- Japan Lutheran Church
- Kerk in Actie
- Lutheran World Relief
- M Sansanaa
- Neighbor in Need
- Nezlamnyi Kharkiv
- Polska Akcja Humanitarna
- Relief Coordination Center
- Spilna Sprava Dlia Liudei
- United Church of Canada
- United Church of Christ, USA
- United Methodist Committee on Relief
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- World of Neighbors
- Youth Council of Kharkiv