On February 24, 2022, Russian forces began a military assault on the country of Ukraine. An estimated 5.5 million people were forced to flee across international borders in the fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II. Another 6.5 million people were displaced inside the war-torn country itself.

We partnering with World Relief to provide humanitarian assistance to people fleeing or displaced by the conflict. Relief support included essential supplies, personal hygiene items, temporary shelter, food, medical care, psychological support and more.  World Relief worked alongside local partners to procure and distribute the relief supplies across Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Moldova.  ODW’s support contributed 2.3% of World Relief’s total emergency response in Ukraine, directly impacting over 8,000 people!