On June 6, 2024, the conference «Church Aid: Challenges, Meanings, Resources» was held in Moscow.
The conference was organized by the Miloserdie.ru portal as part of its 20th anniversary with the support of the Presidential Grants Fund.
The conference was organized by the Miloserdie.ru portal as part of its 20th anniversary with the support of the Presidential Grants Fund.
It was attended by the interim chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service Archpriest Mikhail Potokin, editor-in-chief of the charity portal Miloserdie.ru Yulia Danilova, psychologist and reflexologist of the First Moscow hospice named after V.V. Millionshchikova Frederick Fredericka. Frederika de Graaf, president of the charity organization «Perspectives» Maria Ostrovskaya, head of the charity foundation «Center for Social Adaptation of St. Basil the Great» Juliana Nikitina, staff and experts of the Synodal Department for Charity, representatives of NGOs, church charity projects, journalists from the non-profit sector and academic researchers.
The participants of the conference discussed what makes up the activities of church NPOs, their main goals and objectives, issues of organizing assistance to wards.
In the course of the conference, Father Michael Potokin noted the importance of the spiritual component of any project help. The most important thing in helping our neighbors is to establish human relations with our charges, and without God it is impossible, » — said the priest.
He also emphasized that it is necessary to be involved in the pain of a person, his experiences, not necessarily to say something, sometimes you just need to be near the person.
He also emphasized that it is necessary to be complicit in the pain of a person, his experiences, not necessarily to say something, sometimes you just need to be near the person.
Father Michael also drew the attention of the conference participants to the fact that it is important to receive church projects' beneficiaries with such an inner disposition that the person seeking help feels love and respect.
The conference included discussions «Changing the world or changing ourselves? The true task of church NCOs», «Who are our wards for us». The conference participants discussed the stages of life of a church NPO, what are the points of growth and what is the key to the longevity of a church NPO, what is the balance between ecclesiasticism and secularism, how service to neighbors correlates with the calculated effectiveness of NPO activities.
The practical module of the forum was devoted to the practices of resource mobilization, correct routing of mentees and combating burnout.
Today the portal Miloserdiye.ru has 1 million unique readers per month. The portal publishes requests for help for the treatment of children and adults, rehabilitation for the disabled, the needs of people in need of medical care, as well as the needs of people with disabilities. of difficult life situations. In just 20 years, almost a billion rubles have been collected to help people.
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