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St. John's Cathedral Members are helping Ukraine

Our members are on the ground and have set up relief funds to help those in Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees. See the stories below and find donation links to send funds right where they are needed. The two organizations where members are serving include Committee for Open Democracy and Florida Urgent Rescue. Thank you for your generosity and keeping the people of Ukraine in your prayers.

Practicing Resurrection in Ukraine

Dear Cathedral Family, Bruce Barcelo is a faithful member of our Cathedral for many years. For decades, he has traveled back and forth to Ukraine to teach them about democracy. When the war began, he immediately got on his computer and basica...

Last week alone, HelpUkraine22 distributed $160k in donations as micro-grants to various NGOs and community-based organizations in most of Ukraine’s regions. (See table.) To date, direct humanitarian support from HelpUkraine22 to Ukrainians in need has nearly reached $500,000.

Organization type*	Oblast*	Purpose
Maternity hospital	Kyiv	Providing hygienic products, blankets, flashlights, bedding, food, and extra clothes for women and children at a maternity hospital outside of Kyiv, as they are forced to live at least half of the day in a bomb shelter.
Social services provider	Luhansk	Providing canned food, hygienic supplies, generators, and fuel to a besieged region in northern Luhansk for distribution to vulnerable community members, including the elderly.
Children’s disability services provider	Donetsk	Purchasing and delivering hygiene products, diapers, medicine and food to families that with special needs children.
Charitable collective	Sumy	Providing family doctors with essential medicines (which are unavailable) for their patients, i.e. cardiovascular, hypoglycaemic, gastrointestinal, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, hormonal.
Civic initiative	Donetsk	Purchasing and delivering hygienic, food, and clothing supplies to local community and IDPs in eastern Ukraine, as well as to families of children with special needs.
Civic initiative	Zaporizhia	Purchasing and delivering of: diapers, baby food, baby formula, and weekly food for families at risk; care packages for elderly; 1500 hygiene kits for IDPs in region.
Journalists group	Chernivtsi	Furnishing a safe place for temporary residence for internally IDPs and at-risk individuals, such as human rights defenders and journalists, fleeing from Donetsk.
Women’s shelter	Lviv	Financing of psychologists, coordinators, guards, administrators, lawyers, as well as anti-trafficking training and support, for a 24/7 shelter for women and children at risk of gender-based violence and/or human trafficking. Providing furnishings, beds, blankets, hygienic supplies, food, and other necessary materials.
Civic initiative	Donetsk	Providing trauma-based first-aid medicine, food, hygienic products, and a mobile power supply for civilians unable to leave local communities within 50km of the (former) contact line.
Civic initiative	Donetsk	Purchasing and delivering, basic food and hygienic supplies for local residents who are unable to leave or get food on their own.
Civic initiative	Luhansk	Purchasing and delivering high calorie, canned and non-perishable food supplies to a city that is running out of food and to those who are unable to leave and are facing starvation risk.
Children’s hospital	Kyiv	Direct payment of key medical supplies that are out of stock; payment of additional staff.
Children’s hospital	Kharkiv	Providing medical assistance to residents of the region and IDPs from combat-affected areas.
Rare diseases hospital	Kyiv	Providing medical assistance to patients with rare (orphan) diseases, both residents and IDPs.

* In order to protect recipients, the names and exact locations of organizations have been redacted.

Helping Ukraine: Caroline Cozens

Cathedral member Caroline Cozens is now on the ground in Ukraine, helping to rescue stranded pets and entire fur families. She volunteers with the Jacksonville-based nonprofit, Florida Urgent Rescue (F.U.R.), which is working with European rescue...

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