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5 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ • Січень-Лютий 2023 UNWLA CONTINUES TO KEEP UKRAINE WARM THIS WINTER Oka Hrycak , Chair, UNWLA Social Welfare Committee In the December 2022 issue of Our Life , we reported on the launch of the UNWLA’s Keep Ukraine Warm campaign, with the goal of raising $500,000 for winter relief items, including clothing, blankets, sleeping bags, wood-burning stoves, generators, and window repairs in Ukrainian homes. Thankfully, donations continue to pour into the campaign, as residents in Ukraine deal with limited electricity and, as a result, unpredictable access to heat, lights, and water. AICM Calls for Additional Help The UNWLA has partnered with the Association Internationale de Coopération Médicale (AICM– Ukraine) since shortly after the escalation of the war. In his De - cember 3 report, the director of AICM–Ukraine, Christian Carrer, made an additional plea for help. He shared that distribution of hu - manitarian aid has now spread over six oblasts. Staff has increased, and AICM–Ukraine delivers the first UNWLA generator donated in Kharkiv oblast. Children Enjoy Respite from Worries In late November, Father Taras Mykhalchuk, director of Sts. Peter and Paul Garrison Church in Lviv, organized the Always Close camp for children of our hero-defend - ers; the camp was supported by the UNWLA. Children were able to leave the difficult situations in their homes for a physically and spiritually warm atmosphere. Clothing and daily living supplies were provided for those in need. The camp, led by Father Roman Mentuch, included a program of games and fun-filled days. Chil - dren also attended master classes where they could choose activities such as dancing, drawing, bracelet weaving, and photography. Excur - sions were organized, including to Ivan Franko’s parental home in Nahuievychi. Also, priests and counselors had opportunities to lead children in liturgy and prayers for peace, and to conduct cate - chism lessons. Father Mentuch declared it a true respite for the children from their worries. Campers at the Always Close camp. AICM–Ukraine workers unpacking wood stoves at a psychiatric hospital in Poltava. smaller trucks have been acquired to better handle remote areas. Aid has diversified to accommodate the needs of a complicated winter. In addition to medicine and food, more than 1,500 wood stoves have been provided, along with blan - kets, electric heaters, solar lamps, drinking water, and generators, most of the items obtained with donations from our members and supporters. Special shelters estab - lished in cities by the President of Ukraine have received survival kits and supplies to make the atmos - phere warm and comfortable. Re - cently, a psychiatric hospital in Pol - tava received hundreds of wood stoves and other necessary sup - plies as it began to absorb a great number of patients from hospitals in newly liberated territories.
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