The Reverend Daniel Rift (Director, ELCA World Hunger and Lutheran Disaster Response Fund) has sent the following update on the gifts to Lutheran Disaster Response in Ukraine:
Because of your generosity, $1 million will support the Lutheran World Federation and these member churches:
- German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine
- Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland
- Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia
- Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Romania
These churches are distributing hygiene supplies, food, medicine, bedding and psychosocial and pastoral care to refugees and internally displaced people, most of whom are women and children. But more work remains. Your gifts to “Eastern Europe Crisis Response” will be used to in full (100%) to address the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and neighboring countries.
We know there are many organizations that you can choose to support, but it is only by giving to Lutheran Disaster Response that guarantees your gift will fund ELCA-supported work through faith partners in the region. You can make your donation here. You can also donate on our website and scroll to Give to Disaster Relief.
Please watch this video from the Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton about the situation in Eastern Europe and the ELCA’s response.