Ukraine emergency appeal

	Refugees on the platform of Lviv railway station are seen waiting for trains to Poland. Civilian homes and hospitals have been destroyed by the Russian military action, which caused many people to become homeless. Photo by: Pavlo Palamarchuk/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Since 24th February, the world has been in shock at the Russian invasion of Ukraine. More than 500,000 people have fled the country seeking safety. It’s unlike anything seen in Europe since the Second World War.

Act for Peace’s partners on the ground are providing emergency support to families arriving at the Beregszász and Uzhhorod reception centres in Eastern Ukraine. However, much more help will be needed for those forcibly displaced from their homes.

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We share with you the story from an ACT Alliance partner in Hungary of a young Ukrainian mother of three who is seeking refuge from this war. 

She described her family’s journey to Hungary’s Berehovo border crossing:

"My husband is on the frontlines. The women of my family have decided to take our children away from danger. We left Kherson and decided to reunite with my sister in Dnipro. By the time we were leaving Kherson we heard that Dnipro was being bombed so we had to take a different way. My children were asking where are we going and I couldn’t come up with an answer. We heard that the Polish border is completely jammed, so we decided to cross the mountains and try to make it into Hungary. My sister is still on the way, I have no idea where she or my nieces are."

The ACT Alliance partners have already sent truckloads of relief to support families forced to flee their homes due to the war. The shipments include 28 tons of canned food, flour, sugar, oil, rice, pasta, biscuits, long-life milk, tea and hygiene products which will be distributed at the Beregszász and Uzhhorod reception centres in Eastern Ukraine. 

Please help provide practical and emotional support to families devastated by this conflict by giving urgently today: 

 Give now to the Ukraine appeal 

Firefighters work on a fire after bombings on the eastern Ukraine town of Chuguiv on February 24, 2022, as Russian armed forces invade Ukraine from several directions, using rocket systems and helicopters to attack Ukrainian position in the south. Photo credit: ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images

First shipment of relief supplies by Act for Peace’s ACT Alliance partners in Hungary. Photo credit: Daniel Fekete/HiA