Ukrainian Missionary Humanitarian Aid

Tatyana Belous (Manchester, NH) is raising money to support the humanitarian aid efforts of her cousins in Ukraine. Donations will be transferred directly to them to keep their operation going.

Tatyana's cousin lives in Ukraine where her cousin's husband is the pastor of a local church. Once the war began, instead of fleeing, they believed it was their calling to stay and be the hands and feet of Jesus to all the people who are stranded in underground shelters and basements in Ukraine. They have shifted their ministry efforts to provide humanitarian aid to the poor, elderly, crippled and needy who were not able to flee Ukraine. Tatyana's cousins have gained a fleet of vans and a team of volunteers who are working around the clock. These volunteers are driving to buy or acquire goods and medications all around Ukraine and are driving them back to the ministry. The goods are then divided, packed and distributed to shelters.

(Photo: Goods ready to be packed and distributed.)

They are also helping people who are in dangerous hot spots to evacuate. Once goods and medications are dropped off at the dangerous hot spots, they then load the vans up with refugees and drive them to a safe place.

(Photo: A group of refugees that were taken to safety.)

The work that this humanitarian operation is doing is truly self sacrificial. As they are putting their lives on the line each and everyday. Drivers are making their way through war zones to get to hard to reach shelters and risk getting caught in crossfires and bombings.

A statement from Tatyana's Cousin:

"We acquire cargo and goods and deliver it to churches who help refugees, to the most difficult areas and hot spots. Few people take risks there, but our volunteers go. We pick up people from there or try to pick up people from basements and help them flee. Some we bring to stay with us for 1-2 nights and then we take them to the border where it is safe and where there are few people. We also deliver medicines that come or are brought to us from different pharmacies - we also deliver to hospitals in hot spots. Tomorrow they are going to dangerous zone, they are taking them to a bombed-out church - and they already know who to help. And whoever is found sick and crippled is then taken, even under fire. In our church we pack packages for families who need food.

In the village we try to settle people who have nowhere to go, but then we find places for them to go and take them there.

One person, respecting our church, left us 9 new cars for transportation, they are semi-vans, and he left for Europe. But he is planning to come back and take them back later. But this is a good thing for us. We drive these cars now. And now I constantly feed 13-14 drivers 3 times, and lay down to sleep, wash and wash. And now there is not a moment for any fears, etc. Drivers are the kind of guys that come at any time and leave when needed, and I adapt to them. Some have lunch at 5 o'clock, and some have dinner at 5-30, and that's how it is every day.

I can't even sleep. But thank God we live in this village, people here bring potatoes, vegetables, and today they brought some canned food. Sometimes it turns out to buy bread. Thank God we received milk powder some time ago, probably 6 months ago, and now it is so useful. God blesses me very much, He did not turn off the light and there is always water. I can endlessly wash dishes and thank God .. It's just a miracle."