Dear Everyone,
The flu epidemic in Ukraine deepens and broadens its geographical scale.  After 4 days of quarantine in Ukraine, there have been 64 deaths from the ‘flu A/H1N1.  Quarantine has been declared for 3 weeks in all the educational establishments of Ukraine.  It is forbidden to move from one region to another region of Western Ukraine; this brings difficulties to our activities with the CRI Homes.
In November, we will not be able to have sponsors to Ukraine.  Seven persons from our staff are at home, sick with the common flu.
The government and President of Ukraine appealed for help to other countries with a request for medical commodities (vaccines, medications, mittens) and also to charity organizations to multiply their delivery of humanitarian help.
We don’t yet know the real situation in our country, but if I have any more information, I will inform you.  Please, pray for Ukraine!

With warmest regards
Mykola Bogdanets
MWB Ukraine

A message from Volodymyr Brychuk, one of our workers in Ukraine

“Every year our workers celebrate Easter in the Ukrainian Children’s Homes and Community Centres. A puppet theatre and songs about the Easter story makes it a very special day for everyone. Afterwards a lot of time is spent with the children many of whom love having their photo taken together. Lyuda, who works on emotional support and Inna who heads up our Bible Correspondence Course are particularly popular.
The children learn that the centre of Easter is not a bunny, nor painted egg, nor the special Ukrainian Easter pie.The centre of Easter Jesus who died for us, came back to life and now lives forever and welcomes anyone who would come to Him.
May God bless all the people who made it possible for us to conduct these events. All together we are working in the Lord’s Great Commission to “Go and teach….”

The distribution of Operation Christmas Love parcels is underway.  We have received three videos showing the work so far - one from Ukraine, Romania and Moldova.

This year we are aiming to distribute 30,000 parcels to some of the neediest people in Eastern Europe.  Each parcel is packed full of basic food supplies and some Christmas treats.  They are a real lifeline for many and bring hope to all that receive them.

Click here to watch the distribution in action - and please contact us if you would like to contribute towards Operation Christmas Love

Many have died and over 20,000 thousand have been made homeless by devastating floods across Eastern Europe. 

Hundreds of towns and villages have been flooded as a result of 5 days of constant heavy rain.    People’s homes have been swept away in the deluge in Ukraine, Romania and Moldova.   Many houses in rural areas are made out of little more than mud and straw and cannot withstand the torents of the last week.

16 people have died in Ukraine, five of which are children.   In Romania there have been 4 deaths reported.  Thousands of kilometers of road are unusable and thousands of wells were destroyed.   In Moldova, wells have also become contaminated by the flood waters and many are left without drinking water.

Next year will see a tragic shortage of food as many crops have been destroyed by the waters.

And of course, it’s the poorest that will suffer the most.

Mission Without Borders is already bringing relief to the most vulnerable and helping them to bring about a better future.