Families in Ukraine need your help!

Our goal is moving families towards self-sufficiency...read below to find out more.

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The Sechka Family live in a rural area of the Sarny region in western Ukraine.

The family live in an old, dilapidated house. 

Mykhailo, 40, and his wife Nadiya, 31, work hard to provide for their family. They face a massive challenge as three of their five children have severe disabilities. 

One of their daughters is unable to walk at all. The health of their children means they need medical examinations, check-ups, and treatment. Which costs money. 

Mykhailo used to work in forestry, but when the war began, he lost most of his wages then he had to quit. Since then, he has focused on farming and keeps cows, pigs, geese, and poultry to survive. 

Son Mieko loves his parents and sees they are hardworking. Mykhailo must cultivate a lot of land to grow forage for the animals, and vegetables and grain for the family. He was using an old tractor that he bought 15 years ago. The tractor is 50 years old and required constant repair. Mykhailo says that after each working day he had to repair it and it wasn’t worth the money. Since then, the old tractor became a place where Mieko and his siblings play. 

Despite Mykhailo and Nadiya’s efforts, the family’s situation became very difficult. The loss of income, health issues and the ongoing war has taken its toll. Mieko’s family need help with resources, such as tools and machinery, so they can grow food for themselves. 

Right now, the Ukrainian economy is shrinking, and inflation is rising. So, supporting families just like Mieko’s with a self-sufficiency project will be a lifeline. Mieko’s anxiety and uncertainty and have resulted in physical and psychological issues. There is no doubt that the impact of war will be felt by his family and many others for years to come.

What you can do to help families just like Mieko's survive and thrive:

1. Consider donating towards a self-sufficiency project for a family like Mieko’s. This will give them the opportunity to not only survive but thrive ‒ $25 will provide a packet of seeds to grow life-sustaining fruits and vegetables.

2. A gift of $30 will supply an emergency food and hygiene parcel to help displaced and vulnerable people in the Ukraine. 

3. Sponsor a family: we have families in Ukraine waiting right now for sponsorship. You can enable and encourage a whole family to lift themselves out of poverty and become self-sufficient for $45 a month.

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What we do

Self-sufficiency projects can help families survive and thrive by themselves by planting crops and cultivating their land.

By providing them with seeds like cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbage, carrots, peppers, potatoes and many others and giving them the knowledge on how to attend to crops, and how to preserve food for the winter, gives them a sense of wellbeing and a hope for their future.

Self-sufficiency could also be providing families with the means to cultivate land by giving them a tractor or cultivating machinery so they can grow fruits and vegetables not only to eat but also to sell.

Seeds need to be sown, watered and tended as the small shoots appear and develop into crop-bearing plants. We have found that providing to seeds to families produces amazing fruit in their lives. It's a picture of what is happening to them. No matter what has brought them into poverty and hardship, all have the potential within themselves, with loving encouragement, to reach out for something better. But it's their own efforts and diligence that produce the results.

We provide boxes of seeds to families that have a suitable plot of land to grow and cultivate fruit and vegetables. We work alongside them to give them the skills they need to harvest several times a year. We help them grow food for their family to eat and food for them to sell to increase their income. Sowing seed also brings self-sufficiency and dignity.

"We were provided with seeds for tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbage, carrots, peppers, potatoes and many other vegetables. This produce will last us for the summer, and we'll preserve some for the winter."  Dida, Bulgaria.

"With every seed we plant, we have more hope," Ana Marie from Romania said. 

Just $25 buys one packet of quality seeds.

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families helped with donated goods, food, and hygiene items. 

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families were given seeds and tools to help grow their own food.

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families are being supported through sponsorship

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