The first group of volunteers from the Penza Eparchy traveled to Severodonetsk to help civilians. The group of five was sent from the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service. The Shakhtinsk Diocese helped send the volunteers to the conflict zone, as the route to Severodonetsk passed through Kamensk-Shakhtinsky. In Severodonetsk, volunteers of the Penza diocese will work for a week in the church center of humanitarian aid, to help the wards of the center at home.
«After the recent appeal of the Synodal Department for Charity to recruit volunteers to the conflict zone, the social department of the Penza diocese got in touch with us and offered a group of its volunteers at once. We urge other dioceses to join in helping the affected civilians of Donbass and organize their volunteer teams» — said Natalia Kulieva, coordinator of regional headquarters for refugee assistance, supervisor of social assistance to civilians in the conflict zone of the Synodal Department for Charity.
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A whole group of volunteers from the Penza diocese had previously taken foster care courses Saint Alexis Church Hospital, so volunteers will also be able to help the bedridden wards if needed.
Today, more than 2,000 Orthodox volunteers traveled to the war zone to care for hospital patients and provide social assistance to victims.
Today, more than 2,000 Orthodox volunteers traveled to the war zone to care for hospital patients and provide social assistance to the injured. They are helping in Gorlovka, Lugansk, Makeyevka, Donetsk, Mariupol, Severodonetsk, Volnovakha and Berdyansk.
To become a volunteer of the Synodal Department for Charity you can visit the website helpvbede.rf
.More news and stories about the Church's social ministry — in Telegram channel «Church Affairs» and in groups of the Synodal Department in VK, OK, in Youtube channel.
Help refugees and affected civilians — helpvbede.rf You can support church social projects on the Synodal Department for Charity's online platform «Let's Help» — mirom.help.
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