In the face of such egregious human suffering, most of us long to help in some way. But how can we be most effective in our efforts? We recently traveled to Poland and Ukraine to find out.
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Help is Getting to Ukrainians
Donations from Meridian Magazine readers and others helped purchase bread, sausage, fruit, oil and other vital supplies that made their way safely across the Polish border this past week and into Ukrainian communities including the city of Dergachi, located north of Kharkiv.
Three Latter-day Saint Couples’ Efforts Open Ways for you to Directly Help Individual Families in Ukraine Now
A Utah couple who both served as missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ukraine and Russia are part of a lightning-speed effort that in less than one week has been able to get more than $70,000 of medical supplies, drones and other vital relief resources across one of Ukraine’s western borders and into Ukraine. And they’re working to continue the flow of donated goods.
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