Over the past four years, the people of Ukraine have struggled to survive the ongoing conflict. The past few months have been especially challenging with brutal attacks, an historically cold winter, and widespread prolonged power outages. More and more people are without food, shelter, medicine, medical care, and other essentials. The requests for help continue to increase.
We feed tens of thousands of Jews in Ukraine on a regular basis, through distribution of food packages, operation of soup kitchens, and making home deliveries. Over the past couple of weeks we delivered special food parcels that included treats for the children in honor of the Purim holiday, along with nutritious items and staple foods. In many community centers and synagogues, boxes filled rooms and lined hallways; people came by the hundreds and even thousands to claim their much awaited package. Staff and volunteers travelled to remote areas to deliver the food, sometimes on foot where the roads were impassable. Others traveled to the homes of the elderly and infirm to deliver boxes of food along with words of comfort and encouragement.
It is our pleasure to share pictures from many Ukrainian cities where people were grateful for the aid we provided over the past couple of weeks. We hope and pray that next year at this time it will no longer be necessary to provide widespread humanitarian aid to the Jews of Ukraine.
Together we save lives and restore hope.
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