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  • 24 May 2022, Rostov-on-Don, Russia: A refugee woman from Ukraine holds her child in her arms at the Iversky Convent in northern Rostov-on-Don. Following the eruption of war in Ukraine, many refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine have taken refuge across the border in neighbouring Russia. A few dozen of them are currently offered accommodation and food at the Iversky Convent of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in northern Rostov-on-Don. The convent has adapted housing normally offered to pilgrims visiting the convent to serve instead as accommodation for refugees from Ukraine, most of whom are women and children.
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  • 24 May 2022, Rostov-on-Don, Russia: A refugee woman from Ukraine holds her child in her arms at the Iversky Convent in northern Rostov-on-Don. Following the eruption of war in Ukraine, many refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine have taken refuge across the border in neighbouring Russia. A few dozen of them are currently offered accommodation and food at the Iversky Convent of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in northern Rostov-on-Don. The convent has adapted housing normally offered to pilgrims visiting the convent to serve instead as accommodation for refugees from Ukraine, most of whom are women and children.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: A pregnant woman holds the hand of her child at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: A child holds a woman's hand as they walk through the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 15 May 2022, Larnaca, Cyprus: H.E. Metropolitan Serafim Kykotis of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa (right) greets a young boy and his mother outside the Church of Saint Lazarus in Larnaca. Kykotis is one of the participants as an Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation to the World Council of Churches’ 11th Assembly brings together more than 50 delegates representing 20 Eastern and Oriental Orthodox member churches, in Cyprus on 9-16 May 2022. The purpose of the meeting is to study, discuss and reflect on the main theme of the WCC 11th Assembly, "Christ's love moves the world to reconciliation and unity" from an Orthodox perspective.
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  • 15 May 2022, Larnaca, Cyprus: A young boy curiously looks on as participants in an Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation visit the Church of Saint Lazarus in Larnaca. The Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation to the World Council of Churches’ 11th Assembly brings together more than 50 delegates representing 20 Eastern and Oriental Orthodox member churches, in Cyprus on 9-16 May 2022. The purpose of the meeting is to study, discuss and reflect on the main theme of the WCC 11th Assembly, "Christ's love moves the world to reconciliation and unity" from an Orthodox perspective.
    Cyprus-2022-Hillert-20220515_AH1_909...jpg
  • 15 May 2022, Larnaca, Cyprus: Dr Mor Coorilos Geevarghese of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch plays peekaboo with a young boy outside the Church of Saint Lazarus in Larnaca. Coorilos is one of the participants as an Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation to the World Council of Churches’ 11th Assembly brings together more than 50 delegates representing 20 Eastern and Oriental Orthodox member churches, in Cyprus on 9-16 May 2022. The purpose of the meeting is to study, discuss and reflect on the main theme of the WCC 11th Assembly, "Christ's love moves the world to reconciliation and unity" from an Orthodox perspective.
    Cyprus-2022-Hillert-20220515_AH1_909...jpg
  • 2 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: A group of Kuku refugee women from South Sudan form a circle at the God's Grace women's self-help group in the Palorinya refugee settlement in Obongi district, Uganda. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 2 April 2022, Obongi district, Uganda: A woman kisses her child on the cheek as they visit the Iboa Health Centre, Obongi district of northern Uganda, where the Lutheran World Federation in collaboration with Medical Teams International provide support to malnourished refugee children and mothers.
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  • 2 April 2022, Obongi district, Uganda: A woman holds a child in her lap while her other child plays with a doll at the Iboa Health Centre, Obongi district of northern Uganda, where the Lutheran World Federation in collaboration with Medical Teams International provide support to malnourished refugee children and mothers.
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  • 9 March 2022, Nyíregyháza, Hungary: 23-year-old mother Paulina from Ukraine holds her newborn child, in their new temporary home in Nyíregyháza. With the recent influx of refugees arriving in Hungary from the east following the Russian invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Nyíregyháza Kertváros is working hard to accommodate and support people arriving in the city. 23-year-old mother Paulina alongside her husband, a new-born baby and two daughters, is one of the beneficiaries, staying in a house offered as accommodation for incoming refugees by congregants from Nyíregyháza Kertváros. Being 8-months pregnant when starting the journey from Ukraine to neighboring Hungary, Paulina gave birth to her third child the same day she and her family crossed the border. Having started going into labour while still being on the way, Paulina was rushed from the border crossing to a nearby hospital in Fehérgyarmat in order to give birth. Hospital staff reportedly said it was a miracle the child and mother are both healthy and well.
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  • 7 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: A woman carries her child across the platform at Nyugati station in Budapest. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, the Nyugati train station in Budapest has become a central entry point for refugees arriving by train from the Ukrainian border areas in northeast Hungary. At the station, a range of civil society organisations and other volunteers offer support to incoming refugees, including support in arranging free accommodation, tickets for onward travel, as well as necessary items such as snacks and food, diapers for the children, clothes and basic medical supplies.
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  • 7 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: A woman carries her child across the platform at Nyugati station in Budapest. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, the Nyugati train station in Budapest has become a central entry point for refugees arriving by train from the Ukrainian border areas in northeast Hungary. At the station, a range of civil society organisations and other volunteers offer support to incoming refugees, including support in arranging free accommodation, tickets for onward travel, as well as necessary items such as snacks and food, diapers for the children, clothes and basic medical supplies.
    Hungary-2022-Hillert-20220307_AH2_72...jpg
  • 7 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: A woman carries her child across the platform at Nyugati station in Budapest. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, the Nyugati train station in Budapest has become a central entry point for refugees arriving by train from the Ukrainian border areas in northeast Hungary. At the station, a range of civil society organisations and other volunteers offer support to incoming refugees, including support in arranging free accommodation, tickets for onward travel, as well as necessary items such as snacks and food, diapers for the children, clothes and basic medical supplies.
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  • 7 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: People embrace after arrival by train at Nyugati station in Budapest. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, the Nyugati train station in Budapest has become a central entry point for refugees arriving by train from the Ukrainian border areas in northeast Hungary. At the station, a range of civil society organisations and other volunteers offer support to incoming refugees, including support in arranging free accommodation, tickets for onward travel, as well as necessary items such as snacks and food, diapers for the children, clothes and basic medical supplies.
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  • 6 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: A man carries a young girl in his arms, as on 6 March, hundreds of people gather for a charity concert organised at the Lutheran church at Deák tér in Budapest, to mobilise support for the work for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have crossed the border from Ukraine into Hungary in the past few days — fleeing the atrocities of war, since Russia military forces began its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.
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  • 6 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: A man carries a young girl in his arms, as on 6 March, hundreds of people gather for a charity concert organised at the Lutheran church at Deák tér in Budapest, to mobilise support for the work for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have crossed the border from Ukraine into Hungary in the past few days — fleeing the atrocities of war, since Russia military forces began its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.
    Hungary-2022-Hillert-20220306_AH2_70...jpg
  • 6 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: A man carries a young girl in his arms, as on 6 March, hundreds of people gather for a charity concert organised at the Lutheran church at Deák tér in Budapest, to mobilise support for the work for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have crossed the border from Ukraine into Hungary in the past few days — fleeing the atrocities of war, since Russia military forces began its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.
    Hungary-2022-Hillert-20220306_AH2_70...jpg
  • 6 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: On 6 March, hundreds of people gather for a charity concert organised at the Lutheran church at Deák tér in Budapest, to mobilise support for the work for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have crossed the border from Ukraine into Hungary in the past few days — fleeing the atrocities of war, since Russia military forces began its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.
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  • 12 March, 2022, Veľký Slavkov, Slovakia: Ukrainian refugee woman Lesia Drobot and her 1-year-old child Milana at a repurposed youth centre in Veľký Slavkov. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have crossed the border into Slovakia in search of refuge, and many are being hosted by local parishes around Slovakia, until they can find more permanent accommodation.
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  • 12 March, 2022, Veľký Slavkov, Slovakia: Slovakian-born pastor Drahus Oslik holds one-year-old child Milana, a refugee child from Ukraine now staying at a repurposed youth centre in Veľký Slavkov. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have crossed the border into Slovakia in search of refuge, and many are being hosted by local parishes around Slovakia, until they can find more permanent accommodation.
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  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: Two children embrace as they play together after arriving at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.
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  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: A boy holds his younger brother in his lap, after arriving at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.
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  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: Maria Bychko from Charkiv has arrived at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing in Slovakia with her six-month-old child. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.hygiene items and other necessities.
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  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: Maria Bychko from Charkiv has arrived at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing in Slovakia with her six-month-old child. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.hygiene items and other necessities.
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  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: A farther and his son walk at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.
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  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: Two people embrace by the bus stop taking refugees who have arrived at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing from Ukraine, onward into Slovakia. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.
    Slovakia-2022-Hillert-20220311_AH2_8...jpg
  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: Christian volunteer Nicol Bandurcinova greets a little girl who has just arrived as a refugee from Ukraine, at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.
    Slovakia-2022-Hillert-20220311_AH2_8...jpg
  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: Christian volunteer Nicol Bandurcinova greets a little girl who has just arrived as a refugee from Ukraine, at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.
    Slovakia-2022-Hillert-20220311_AH2_8...jpg
  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: Christian volunteer Nicol Bandurcinova greets a little girl who has just arrived as a refugee from Ukraine, petting her a small dog which has travelled wrapped in a bag, at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.
    Slovakia-2022-Hillert-20220311_AH2_8...jpg
  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: Christian volunteer Nicol Bandurcinova greets a little girl who has just arrived as a refugee from Ukraine, at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.
    Slovakia-2022-Hillert-20220311_AH1_4...jpg
  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: Christian volunteer Nicol Bandurcinova greets a little girl who has just arrived as a refugee from Ukraine, at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.
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  • 24 May 2022, Rostov-on-Don, Russia: A refugee woman from Ukraine holds her child in her arms at the Iversky Convent in northern Rostov-on-Don. Following the eruption of war in Ukraine, many refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine have taken refuge across the border in neighbouring Russia. A few dozen of them are currently offered accommodation and food at the Iversky Convent of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in northern Rostov-on-Don. The convent has adapted housing normally offered to pilgrims visiting the convent to serve instead as accommodation for refugees from Ukraine, most of whom are women and children.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Alexandra, a refugee from Yasynuvata in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, who arrived in Russia to seek refuge with her two children, holds her daughter in her arms. The family is now staying at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Alexandra, a refugee from Yasynuvata in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, who arrived in Russia to seek refuge with her two children, kisses her daughter on the cheek. The family is now staying at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
    Russia-2022-Hillert-20220523_AH2_848...jpg
  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia:  A child holds their mother's hand while walking through a pathway at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: A woman carries a young child in her arms at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
    Russia-2022-Hillert-20220523_AH2_844...jpg
  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: A woman lays her hand on a young boy's shoulder at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: A child holds a woman's hand as they walk through the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 24 May 2022, Shakhty, Russia: A young boy sits in his father's arms at the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) Shakhty diocese's aid centre for Ukrainian refugees at the Church of the Don Icon of the Mother of God, in Shakhty, southwest Russia. Following the eruption of war in Ukraine, many refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine have taken refuge across the border in neighbouring Russia. Located close to the border, Shakhty diocese receives refugees mainly from the Luhansk area of Donbas, the majority of whom are women and children. The aid centre serves as a collection and distribution point for aid to refugees arriving from neighbouring Ukraine, close to a million of whom have fled to Russia according to mid-May figures from the United Nations (UNHCR) following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.
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  • 24 May 2022, Shakhty, Russia: A young boy sits in his father's arms at the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) Shakhty diocese's aid centre for Ukrainian refugees at the Church of the Don Icon of the Mother of God, in Shakhty, southwest Russia. Following the eruption of war in Ukraine, many refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine have taken refuge across the border in neighbouring Russia. Located close to the border, Shakhty diocese receives refugees mainly from the Luhansk area of Donbas, the majority of whom are women and children. The aid centre serves as a collection and distribution point for aid to refugees arriving from neighbouring Ukraine, close to a million of whom have fled to Russia according to mid-May figures from the United Nations (UNHCR) following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.
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  • 15 May 2022, Larnaca, Cyprus: Dr Mor Coorilos Geevarghese of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch plays peekaboo with a young boy outside the Church of Saint Lazarus in Larnaca. Coorilos is one of the participants as an Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation to the World Council of Churches’ 11th Assembly brings together more than 50 delegates representing 20 Eastern and Oriental Orthodox member churches, in Cyprus on 9-16 May 2022. The purpose of the meeting is to study, discuss and reflect on the main theme of the WCC 11th Assembly, "Christ's love moves the world to reconciliation and unity" from an Orthodox perspective.
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  • 27 March 2022, Moshi, Tanzania: A young girl lays her hand on a relative's shoulder as Sunday service gathers several hundred congregants in the Moshi Lutheran Cathedral, in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania’s northern diocese.
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  • 27 March 2022, Moshi, Tanzania: A young child rests in its mother's arms during Sunday service in the Moshi Lutheran Cathedral, in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania’s northern diocese.
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  • 27 March 2022, Moshi, Tanzania: A young child rests in its mother's arms during Sunday service in the Moshi Lutheran Cathedral, in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania’s northern diocese.
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  • 2 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: A group of Kuku refugee women from South Sudan form a circle at the God's Grace women's self-help group in the Palorinya refugee settlement in Obongi district, Uganda. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 2 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: A group of Kuku refugee women from South Sudan form a circle at the God's Grace women's self-help group in the Palorinya refugee settlement in Obongi district, Uganda. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 2 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: A group of Kuku refugee women from South Sudan form the God's Grace women's self-help group in the Palorinya refugee settlement in Obongi district, Uganda. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 2 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: A group of Kuku refugee women from South Sudan form the God's Grace women's self-help group in the Palorinya refugee settlement in Obongi district, Uganda. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 2 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: Bishop Jones Ole Meliyio of the Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church helps carry a child during a session with the God's Grace women's self-help group in the Palorinya refugee settlement in Obongi district, Uganda. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 2 April 2022, Obongi district, Uganda: A woman holds a child in her lap while her other child plays with a doll at the Iboa Health Centre, Obongi district of northern Uganda, where the Lutheran World Federation in collaboration with Medical Teams International provide support to malnourished refugee children and mothers.
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  • 2 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: A group of Kuku refugee women from South Sudan form a circle at the God's Grace women's self-help group in the Palorinya refugee settlement in Obongi district, Uganda. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 2 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: A group of Kuku refugee women from South Sudan form a circle at the God's Grace women's self-help group in the Palorinya refugee settlement in Obongi district, Uganda. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 10 March 2022, Záhony, Hungary: An aid worker gives a Ukrainian refugee woman a helping hand as a large group of Ukrainian refugees arrive at the train station in Záhony, Hungary. A town of some 3,500 residents, Záhony has become a key border crossing for Ukrainians going to Hungary, particularly by train. Záhony residents support incoming refugees in a variety of ways, and a local high school has been repurposed to serve as a temporary centre for accommodation with a capacity for 250 refugees, as they pass through the town on their way onward into Hungary or other neighbouring countries. Following the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, more than 200,000 people have crossed the border from Ukraine into Hungary, to seek refuge from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation.
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  • 10 March 2022, Záhony, Hungary: A customs officer helps carry a child across the platform at Záhony train station in northeastern Hungary. Ukrainian refugees arrive daily at the train station in Záhony, Hungary. A town of some 3,500 residents, Záhony has become a key border crossing for Ukrainians going to Hungary, particularly by train. Záhony residents support incoming refugees in a variety of ways, and a local high school has been repurposed to serve as a temporary centre for accommodation with a capacity for 250 refugees, as they pass through the town on their way onward into Hungary or other neighbouring countries. Following the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, more than 200,000 people have crossed the border from Ukraine into Hungary, to seek refuge from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation.
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  • 10 March 2022, Záhony, Hungary: A customs officer helps carry a child across the platform at Záhony train station in northeastern Hungary. Ukrainian refugees arrive daily at the train station in Záhony, Hungary. A town of some 3,500 residents, Záhony has become a key border crossing for Ukrainians going to Hungary, particularly by train. Záhony residents support incoming refugees in a variety of ways, and a local high school has been repurposed to serve as a temporary centre for accommodation with a capacity for 250 refugees, as they pass through the town on their way onward into Hungary or other neighbouring countries. Following the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, more than 200,000 people have crossed the border from Ukraine into Hungary, to seek refuge from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation.
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  • 9 March 2022, Nyíregyháza, Hungary: 23-year-old mother Paulina from Ukraine holds her newborn child, in their new temporary home in Nyíregyháza. With the recent influx of refugees arriving in Hungary from the east following the Russian invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Nyíregyháza Kertváros is working hard to accommodate and support people arriving in the city. 23-year-old mother Paulina alongside her husband, a new-born baby and two daughters, is one of the beneficiaries, staying in a house offered as accommodation for incoming refugees by congregants from Nyíregyháza Kertváros. Being 8-months pregnant when starting the journey from Ukraine to neighboring Hungary, Paulina gave birth to her third child the same day she and her family crossed the border. Having started going into labour while still being on the way, Paulina was rushed from the border crossing to a nearby hospital in Fehérgyarmat in order to give birth. Hospital staff reportedly said it was a miracle the child and mother are both healthy and well.
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  • 7 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: A woman holds a child's hand at Nyugati station in Budapest. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, the Nyugati train station in Budapest has become a central entry point for refugees arriving by train from the Ukrainian border areas in northeast Hungary. At the station, a range of civil society organisations and other volunteers offer support to incoming refugees, including support in arranging free accommodation, tickets for onward travel, as well as necessary items such as snacks and food, diapers for the children, clothes and basic medical supplies.
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  • 7 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: A woman and child enter Nyugati station in Budapest, where support is offered through supplies, food and information for newly arrived refugees from Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, the Nyugati train station in Budapest has become a central entry point for refugees arriving by train from the Ukrainian border areas in northeast Hungary. At the station, a range of civil society organisations and other volunteers offer support to incoming refugees, including support in arranging free accommodation, tickets for onward travel, as well as necessary items such as snacks and food, diapers for the children, clothes and basic medical supplies.
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  • 7 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: A woman carries her child across the platform at Nyugati station in Budapest. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, the Nyugati train station in Budapest has become a central entry point for refugees arriving by train from the Ukrainian border areas in northeast Hungary. At the station, a range of civil society organisations and other volunteers offer support to incoming refugees, including support in arranging free accommodation, tickets for onward travel, as well as necessary items such as snacks and food, diapers for the children, clothes and basic medical supplies.
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  • 7 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: A woman carries her child across the platform at Nyugati station in Budapest. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, the Nyugati train station in Budapest has become a central entry point for refugees arriving by train from the Ukrainian border areas in northeast Hungary. At the station, a range of civil society organisations and other volunteers offer support to incoming refugees, including support in arranging free accommodation, tickets for onward travel, as well as necessary items such as snacks and food, diapers for the children, clothes and basic medical supplies.
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  • 7 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: People embrace after arrival by train at Nyugati station in Budapest. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, the Nyugati train station in Budapest has become a central entry point for refugees arriving by train from the Ukrainian border areas in northeast Hungary. At the station, a range of civil society organisations and other volunteers offer support to incoming refugees, including support in arranging free accommodation, tickets for onward travel, as well as necessary items such as snacks and food, diapers for the children, clothes and basic medical supplies.
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  • 6 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: A man carries a young girl in his arms, as on 6 March, hundreds of people gather for a charity concert organised at the Lutheran church at Deák tér in Budapest, to mobilise support for the work for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have crossed the border from Ukraine into Hungary in the past few days — fleeing the atrocities of war, since Russia military forces began its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.
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  • 6 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: A man carries a young girl in his arms, as on 6 March, hundreds of people gather for a charity concert organised at the Lutheran church at Deák tér in Budapest, to mobilise support for the work for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have crossed the border from Ukraine into Hungary in the past few days — fleeing the atrocities of war, since Russia military forces began its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.
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  • 6 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: A man carries a young girl in his arms, as on 6 March, hundreds of people gather for a charity concert organised at the Lutheran church at Deák tér in Budapest, to mobilise support for the work for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have crossed the border from Ukraine into Hungary in the past few days — fleeing the atrocities of war, since Russia military forces began its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.
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  • 18 March 2022, Bucharest, Romania: A father holds his child in his arms, as afamily of Ukrainian refugees participate in an activity for children at the AIDRom offices in Bucharest, where they have been offered shelter. <br />
Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military starting on 24 February 2022, close to half a million refugees have fled across the Ukrainian border into Romania. While many of them continue onward to other European countries, a large number of people are expected to stay in Romania to settle medium or long-term.
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  • 12 March, 2022, Veľký Slavkov, Slovakia: Ukrainian refugee woman Lesia Drobot plays with her 1-year-old child Milana at a repurposed youth centre in Veľký Slavkov. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have crossed the border into Slovakia in search of refuge, and many are being hosted by local parishes around Slovakia, until they can find more permanent accommodation.
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  • 12 March, 2022, Poprad, Slovakia: Ukrainian refugee woman Irina Jarova holds the hand of her son, 34-year-old Andrej Jarovi. The two are among a couple of families staying in a repurposed parsonage belonging to the Poprad Lutheran Church, opened up by the local parish as a way of offering accommodation to incoming refugees from Ukraine. Andrej and his mother fled from their home in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine following the Russian invasion of the country. While the family wanted to stay and were long incredulous to the possibility of a war being immanent, when Russian missiles hitting the city started destroying houses in their own neighbourhood, they realised they had to flee. With support from the Red Cross, they made it to Vyšné Nemecké, the border crossing connecting Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine, and found refuge in Slovakia.
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  • 12 March, 2022, Poprad, Slovakia: Ukrainian refugee woman Irina Jarova holds the hand of her son, 34-year-old Andrej Jarovi. The two are among a couple of families staying in a repurposed parsonage belonging to the Poprad Lutheran Church, opened up by the local parish as a way of offering accommodation to incoming refugees from Ukraine. Andrej and his mother fled from their home in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine following the Russian invasion of the country. While the family wanted to stay and were long incredulous to the possibility of a war being immanent, when Russian missiles hitting the city started destroying houses in their own neighbourhood, they realised they had to flee. With support from the Red Cross, they made it to Vyšné Nemecké, the border crossing connecting Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine, and found refuge in Slovakia.
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  • 12 March, 2022, Partizánska Ľupča, Slovakia: Rev. Jan Molcan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Partizánska Ľupča looks on as Ukrainian refugee children are playing in their home in the parish. The 150-person strong congregation has received and currently hosts 82 Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war caused by the Russian invasion of the country in late February. While 22 of the refugees live in a building connected to the parsonage, 60 are being hosted directly in families of the congregation.
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  • 12 March, 2022, Veľký Slavkov, Slovakia: Ukrainian refugee woman Lesia Drobot and her 1-year-old child Milana at a repurposed youth centre in Veľký Slavkov. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have crossed the border into Slovakia in search of refuge, and many are being hosted by local parishes around Slovakia, until they can find more permanent accommodation.
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  • 12 March, 2022, Veľký Slavkov, Slovakia: Ukrainian refugee woman Lesia Drobot and her 1-year-old child Milana at a repurposed youth centre in Veľký Slavkov. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have crossed the border into Slovakia in search of refuge, and many are being hosted by local parishes around Slovakia, until they can find more permanent accommodation.
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  • 12 March, 2022, Poprad, Slovakia: 20-year-old Anna Radchuk is caressed by her mother Tatiana (Tanya). Anna is one among a couple of families staying in a repurposed parsonage belonging to the Poprad Lutheran Church, opened up by the local parish as a way of offering accommodation to incoming refugees from Ukraine. <br />
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Anna and her family fled from their home in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine following the Russian invasion of the country. While the family wanted to stay and were long incredulous to the possibility of a war being immanent, when Russian missiles hitting the city started destroying houses in their own neighbourhood, they realised they had to flee. With support from the Red Cross, they made it to Vyšné Nemecké, the border crossing connecting Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine, and found refuge in Slovakia.
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  • 12 March, 2022, Poprad, Slovakia: 20-year-old Anna Radchuk is caressed by her father Sasha. Anna is one among a couple of families staying in a repurposed parsonage belonging to the Poprad Lutheran Church, opened up by the local parish as a way of offering accommodation to incoming refugees from Ukraine. <br />
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Anna and her family fled from their home in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine following the Russian invasion of the country. While the family wanted to stay and were long incredulous to the possibility of a war being immanent, when Russian missiles hitting the city started destroying houses in their own neighbourhood, they realised they had to flee. With support from the Red Cross, they made it to Vyšné Nemecké, the border crossing connecting Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine, and found refuge in Slovakia.
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  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: Maria Bychko from Charkiv has arrived at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing in Slovakia with her six-month-old child. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.hygiene items and other necessities.
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  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: Maria Bychko from Charkiv has arrived at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing in Slovakia with her six-month-old child. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.hygiene items and other necessities.
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  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: Maria Bychko from Charkiv has arrived at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing in Slovakia with her six-month-old child. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.hygiene items and other necessities.
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  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: Two refugees from Ukraine embrace by the bus stop taking refugees who have arrived at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing from Ukraine, onward into Slovakia. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.
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  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: Christian volunteer Nicol Bandurcinova greets a little girl who has just arrived as a refugee from Ukraine, at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.
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  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: Christian volunteer Nicol Bandurcinova greets a little girl who has just arrived as a refugee from Ukraine, at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.
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  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: Christian volunteer Nicol Bandurcinova greets a little girl who has just arrived as a refugee from Ukraine, petting her a small dog which has travelled wrapped in a bag, at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.
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  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: Christian volunteer Nicol Bandurcinova asks for the age of a little girl who has just arrived as a refugee from Ukraine, at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.
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  • 3 March 2017, Thaba Bosiu, Lesotho: Mr Scott Ramoriting. Staff from the Blue Cross Rehabilitation Centre for patients suffering from alcohol or drug abuse, visit the mountain of Thaba Bosiu ('Night Mountain'), in Lesotho. The rehabilitation centre is the only one of its kind in the country. Thaba Bosiu is a sandstone plateau some 24 kilometers east of Lesotho’s capital, Maseru. The name means Night Mountain, and surrounding the plateau is a small village and open plains. Thaba Bosiu was once the capital of Lesotho, and the mountain was the stronghold of the Basotho king when the kingdom of Lesotho was formed.
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  • 9 November 2021, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom: Telma Taurepang, an indigenous woman from Brazil holds the hands of crying and bowing climate activist group Red Rebels (Extinction Rebellion) member Kat Wild, a German woman living in the United Kingdom), as a group of red rebels joins indigenous people from the Brazilian rainforest, part of the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities, in protesting outside the venue of COP26 in Glasgow, under the slogan 'Landback',  demanding that Indigenous communities' voices be heard in the global climate negotiations. Glasgow hosts the United Nations climate change conference COP26, where world leaders gather to negotiate a response to the ongoing climate crisis and emergency.
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  • 9 November 2021, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom: Telma Taurepang, an indigenous woman from Brazil embraces crying climate activist group Red Rebels (Extinction Rebellion) member Kat Wild, a German woman living in the United Kingdom), as a group of red rebels joins indigenous people from the Brazilian rainforest, part of the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities, in protesting outside the venue of COP26 in Glasgow, under the slogan 'Landback',  demanding that Indigenous communities' voices be heard in the global climate negotiations. Glasgow hosts the United Nations climate change conference COP26, where world leaders gather to negotiate a response to the ongoing climate crisis and emergency.
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  • 2 November 2019, Ganta, Liberia: 38-year-old Rachel Zackpah tends to her two-day-old child in the ward at Ganta Hospital. Located in Nimba county, the Ganta United Methodist Hospital serves tens of thousands of patients each year. It is a founding member of the Christian Health Association of Liberia.
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  • 2 November 2019, Ganta, Liberia: 38-year-old Rachel Zackpah tends to her two-day-old child in the ward at Ganta Hospital. Located in Nimba county, the Ganta United Methodist Hospital serves tens of thousands of patients each year. It is a founding member of the Christian Health Association of Liberia.
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  • 15 April 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs) from the World Council of Churches gather in Saint Anne’s Basilica in Jerusalem. Through a candlelight ceremony, one group of EAs pass on the challenge of their ministry to another. Each group of accompaniers spends three months in the Holy Land, providing protective presence, monitoring human rights violations, and collecting documentation of life under occupation, as well as initiatives for peace.
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  • 15 April 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs) from the World Council of Churches gather in Saint Anne’s Basilica in Jerusalem. Through a candlelight ceremony, one group of EAs pass on the challenge of their ministry to another. Each group of accompaniers spends three months in the Holy Land, providing protective presence, monitoring human rights violations, and collecting documentation of life under occupation, as well as initiatives for peace.
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  • 14 September 2018, Damak, Nepal: Children in the Beldangi refugee camp in the Jhapa district of Nepal, which hosts more than 5,000 Bhutanese refugees.
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  • 17 June 2018, Bogis-Bossey, Switzerland: Representatives of churches worldwide gathered at the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Institute at Château de Bossey on 17 June, for a celebration to mark the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches. Taking place in connection with the WCC Central Committee meeting on 15-21 June, the event saw participation from a delegation from North Korea, as well as South Korea. At the end of the celebrations, North and South Koreans sang together the song "Arirang", a more than 600 year-old Korean folk song, by many considered as the unofficial national anthem of Korea. "The song is about love, about knowing that if you love me so much, even if you may go far away, we know that you will always come back, so we can be together as one, again," explained one of the South Koreans. Ri Kum Gyung beats the drum, and Rhee Hanbeet from the WCC youth commission, ECHOS, plays the piano to the song Arirang.
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  • 3 June 2018, Novi Sad, Serbia: Sunday service in the Eastern Orthodox Cathedral Church of the Holy Great Martyr George. On 31 May - 6 June 2018, in Novi Sad, Serbia, the Serbian Orthodox Church stood as one of the host churches of the Conference of European Churches General Assembly. More than 400 delegates, advisors, stewards, youth, staff, and distinguished guests took part in the Assembly and related events, gathered under the theme, “You shall be my witnesses".
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  • 17 June 2018, Bogis-Bossey, Switzerland: Representatives of churches worldwide gathered at the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Institute at Château de Bossey on 17 June, for a celebration to mark the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches. Taking place in connection with the WCC Central Committee meeting on 15-21 June, the event saw participation from a delegation from North Korea, as well as South Korea. At the end of the celebrations, North and South Koreans sang together the song "Arirang", a more than 600 year-old Korean folk song, by many considered as the unofficial national anthem of Korea. "The song is about love, about knowing that if you love me so much, even if you may go far away, we know that you will always come back, so we can be together as one, again," explained one of the South Koreans. Here, Jooseop Keum (right).
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  • 17 June 2018, Bogis-Bossey, Switzerland: Representatives of churches worldwide gathered at the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Institute at Château de Bossey on 17 June, for a celebration to mark the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches. Taking place in connection with the WCC Central Committee meeting on 15-21 June, the event saw participation from a delegation from North Korea, as well as South Korea. At the end of the celebrations, North and South Koreans sang together the song "Arirang", a more than 600 year-old Korean folk song, by many considered as the unofficial national anthem of Korea. "The song is about love, about knowing that if you love me so much, even if you may go far away, we know that you will always come back, so we can be together as one, again," explained one of the South Koreans. Ri Kum Gyung beats the drum, and Rhee Hanbeet from the WCC youth commission, ECHOS, plays the piano to the song Arirang.
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  • 17 June 2018, Bogis-Bossey, Switzerland: Representatives of churches worldwide gathered at the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Institute at Château de Bossey on 17 June, for a celebration to mark the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches. Taking place in connection with the WCC Central Committee meeting on 15-21 June, the event saw participation from a delegation from North Korea, as well as South Korea. At the end of the celebrations, North and South Koreans sang together the song "Arirang", a more than 600 year-old Korean folk song, by many considered as the unofficial national anthem of Korea. "The song is about love, about knowing that if you love me so much, even if you may go far away, we know that you will always come back, so we can be together as one, again," explained one of the South Koreans. Here, Chairman Rev. Kang Myong Chol from the Korean Christian Federation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea plays the piano and sings a solo song.
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  • 9 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: Some 22 "Hibakusha", survivors from the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, joined Norwegian representatives the mayor of Oslo, principal of Oslo University, and the head of the Oslo Museum of National History for an event themed "Seeds for Peace" in the Oslo Botanical Garden. As a token of hope, together they planted seeds, as part of the Nobel Peace Prize celebrations in Oslo on 9-10 December. Oslo hosts the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony on 9-10 December 2017. The prize in 2017 goes to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". "Peace is more than absence of war," said Oslo governing mayor Raymond Johansen. "We need to look at peace also in a positive way, and governments cannot do this alone. For this, we need also civil society."
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  • 9 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: Some 22 "Hibakusha", survivors from the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, joined Norwegian representatives the mayor of Oslo, principal of Oslo University, and the head of the Oslo Museum of National History for an event themed "Seeds for Peace" in the Oslo Botanical Garden. As a token of hope, together they planted seeds, as part of the Nobel Peace Prize celebrations in Oslo on 9-10 December. Oslo hosts the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony on 9-10 December 2017. The prize in 2017 goes to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons".
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  • 9 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: Some 22 "Hibakusha", survivors from the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, joined Norwegian representatives the mayor of Oslo, principal of Oslo University, and the head of the Oslo Museum of National History for an event themed "Seeds for Peace" in the Oslo Botanical Garden. As a token of hope, together they planted seeds, as part of the Nobel Peace Prize celebrations in Oslo on 9-10 December. Oslo hosts the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony on 9-10 December 2017. The prize in 2017 goes to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons".
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  • 9 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: Some 22 "Hibakusha", survivors from the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, joined Norwegian representatives the mayor of Oslo, principal of Oslo University, and the head of the Oslo Museum of National History for an event themed "Seeds for Peace" in the Oslo Botanical Garden. As a token of hope, together they planted seeds, as part of the Nobel Peace Prize celebrations in Oslo on 9-10 December. Oslo hosts the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony on 9-10 December 2017. The prize in 2017 goes to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Masakazu Saito is a 94 year-old survivor of an atomic bombing. "I was told by the doctors 27 seven times that I will not survive," he says, bearing a crack in his skull from the time the bomb fell. Since then, he has started an organization called "Iwato Prefectural A-bomb Sufferers Association". "In a world where with today's technology, two bombs can kill the entire population of the Earth, killing women and men, adults and children: we cannot have this. Peace. No war." he says.
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  • 9 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: Some 22 "Hibakusha", survivors from the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, joined Norwegian representatives the mayor of Oslo, principal of Oslo University, and the head of the Oslo Museum of National History for an event themed "Seeds for Peace" in the Oslo Botanical Garden. As a token of hope, together they planted seeds, as part of the Nobel Peace Prize celebrations in Oslo on 9-10 December. Oslo hosts the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony on 9-10 December 2017. The prize in 2017 goes to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Masakazu Saito is a 94 year-old survivor of an atomic bombing. "I was told by the doctors 27 seven times that I will not survive," he says, bearing a crack in his skull from the time the bomb fell. Since then, he has started an organization called "Iwato Prefectural A-bomb Sufferers Association". "In a world where with today's technology, two bombs can kill the entire population of the Earth, killing women and men, adults and children: we cannot have this. Peace. No war." he says.
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