The Joy Foundation Ukrainian refugee shelter

Hope for the Children and The Christian Joy Foundation of Warsaw, Poland are now focused on helping Ukrainian refugees. Henryk Podsialy and the rest of the CJF volunteers have partnered with several Polish churches and Ukrainian language churches in Warsaw to shelter families fleeing the conflict in Ukraine. The refugees are mostly women and children who are arriving with only what they can wear and carry. Our vans are driving the 300 miles from Warsaw to the border to bring families back. We have purchased a large number of bunk beds from IKEA to convert rooms in the churches into dorm rooms.

Much of the food is donated, but we have to buy some as well. The food must be collected, transported and distributed.

Additionally, we are sending 18 wheelers full of food and supplies into Ukraine. Our drivers are delivering these items to churches that we have contact with and to friends and family of the Ukrainians we work with in Warsaw.

With fuel prices rising, one of our most significant expenses is desiel. Here is a way you can give money directly to work that is genuinely making a difference in the lives of our Ukrainian brothers and sisters.