Crossing to Safety
Over the last year, the World Orphan Fund has provided food, clothing and supplies to help thousands of orphaned children in Ukraine. But the most…
A Terrifying Text
In early March, we received a terrifying text. A van delivering food and medicine to orphanages in the Kherson region of Ukraine had just been blown…
In the News: Ukraine Orphan Crisis
The recent trip to Ukraine by World Orphan Fund president, RJ Johnson, and board member, Joe Spadino generated some media stories while they were there…
Easter in Western Ukraine
On the Wednesday before Easter, World Orphan Fund president RJ Johnson and another board member, Joe Spadino, flew to Romania and crossed into Ukraine for…
Ukraine Orphan Crisis
Volunteers have made extraordinary efforts to get children out out of harms way in Ukraine following the Russian invasion. Some have been evacuated to the relative safety of western Ukraine, while many others have been evacuated to Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Moldova and other countries.
With bombings happening all around them they had to quickly gather their documents, papers and passports, and left with little except the clothing they were wearing and maybe a favorite toy.