humanitarian aid
UcraineFaced with the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, Blythswood took immediate action. In response, we signed a partnership with Christian Aid from the UK to support Ukrainian refugees. These include a range of humanitarian activities such as sheltering and feeding internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees, distributing food and sanitation packages, providing cash aid and medicine vouchers.
The project was implemented with four partners from Ukraine – House of Mercy from Uzhgorod (Transcarpathia), Light of Reformation from Ternopil (Western Ukraine), Serve Now and Heritage Ukraine (Odessa) and three partners from Romania: the Certeze Baptist Church, the Between the Lakes Reformed Church from Cluj-Napoca and Asociaţia Gondviselés Segélyszervezet from Cluj-Napoca.
Since the beginning of the aggression, we have offered accommodation and financial aid at our headquarters in Florești to refugee families. In total, 6 families (21 people) passed through our gates, benefiting from our support in this period.
results in 2022
● 7984
people benefited from hygiene and sanitation packages (WASH = water, sanitation and hygiene)
● 1633
people benefited from medical assistance
● 21451
people benefited from shelter
● 549
people received protection (transport, basic needs, activities for children)
● 53512
people benefited from food packages
● 2810
people received financial aid (Multipurpose Cash)
We also offered SCLR (Survivor and Community-Led Response) micro-grants to groups and organisations in Cluj-Napoca. SCLR’s goal is to increase the scale, impact and momentum of crisis-affected people’s own initiatives in helping each other to survive with dignity, strengthen community well-being and begin to address the root causes of vulnerability.
We still wish to maintain the relationship with our partners and continue to support people affected by the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.