Ukrainian Humanitarian Relief

Last month our congregation generously donated over $7,500 for relief for Ukrainian refugees, from a Special Sunday collection for Ukrainian Emergency Response and a Women’s Alliance grant to the International Convocation of UU Women. We have received two heartwarming responses.

This short video from Rev Kinga Szekely from the Hungarian Unitarian Church describes recent delivery of humanitarian goods into Ukraine that we helped support – Aid shipment to Beregszasz, 20 April 2022 – YouTube. Andrea Szekely, Administrator of the Organization that received our Women’s Alliance grant, wrote: “Thank you very much indeed for your generous support. With the war taking longer than expected, the resources have started to run low for most charity organizations. The local authorities have still not stepped up, humanitarian organizations are carrying the biggest part together with the local population. The refugees…are living from their savings and pray for the war to end soon. Some have finished their savings, they were not lucky to find adequate help so they are giving up and going back to Ukraine, even if their homes are still not safe. Our aid shipments to Ukraine are continuing, we have already delivered 4 shipments . As you can see the needs are still there, our work needs to continue, we cannot abandon these families that are counting and depending on us right now.”

Anyone still wishing to donate to the Ukrainian relief may donate online to the UUSC Emergency Response , or send them a check at UUSC PO Box 808, Newark NJ 07101-0808, and you can put UU Society Schenectady in the memo line.