Faith initiatives for Ukraine
from Religion Media Centre:
The Global Sanctuary Foundation, set up by Dr Krish Kandiah to help refugees, has set up a website and asked people to come forward to help. It has already collected 10,000 names of individuals, churches and other organisations offering help. It is working alongside Reset, a charity set up to help refugees.
Rabbi Jonathan Romain has set up the “Ukrainetransport” scheme, echoing the kindertransport which brought refugees to the UK in WW2. More than 600 families have volunteered to host Ukrainian refugees already. He is working with “Refugees At Home” and has received offers from all nations in the UK.
Jeremy Posen, a Jewish father of ten from north London has heroically led a rescue operation from Odessa, moving 1000 people including 270 orphans to safety in Romania. The two week mission was organised by the Jewish charity Tikva. The Jewish Chronicle reports that the group faced air strikes and shelling as they set off in 24 buses, accompanied by four food trucks.
A 90 year old survivor of the Holocaust is among the Ukrainians who have already arrived in the UK. Jewish News reports that Kateryna Razumenko and her 62 year old daughter Larysa, made the journey from Kharkiv and will live with relatives in Mill Hill.
The Sikh humanitarian agency based in Hayes, NishkamSWAT, is taking out a lorry load of aid collected and donated by its supporters. And Khalsa Aid has mobilised to help refugees fleeing Ukraine at the borders, giving food at reception centres and on trains.
The Racial Justice Advocacy Forum, an ecumenical campaign group, is campaigning for justice for all people fleeing Ukraine, irrespective of race. It says: “Black and Brown people, and people of Muslim faith affiliation, are facing racism and prejudice as they seek to escape the conflict in Ukraine”. It says there are unjustifiable acts of discrimination taking place with people being prevented from leaving and condemns racism as profoundly disturbing.
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