The story
When the gas and power are gone, a meal is a lifeline
Before the war, Toretsk was home to more than 30,000 people. By 2023 fewer than 10,000 remained — mostly elderly neighbors and families with nowhere else to go. Shops were closed, utilities cut, and winters long.
Working with local believers, we opened two kitchens in the city in 2023, each serving about 100 hot meals a day. As fighting reached Toretsk in 2024 — one of our kitchens there was hit — the team kept serving from Kramatorsk. In Chernivtsi, our larger kitchen has fed displaced families from across the country.
Warmth for the winter
Homes without gas or power receive wood-burning stoves. In January 2024 another 10 stoves reached Pastor Viktor in Toretsk to be shared with the families hit hardest by the war.
New partners, new places
In 2024 we reached families newly displaced to Druzhkivka, and began serving alongside Rise of Ukraine in Dnipro, who prepared 800 Christmas gifts for children affected by the war.
- Food supplies for daily meals
- Wood-burning stoves and firewood for winter
- Winter clothing and bedding
- Fuel and maintenance for the delivery van