{"id":128034,"date":"2022-03-05T18:12:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T16:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/?post_type=news&#038;p=128034"},"modified":"2022-03-10T16:38:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T14:38:59","slug":"finn-church-aid-supports-operations-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/latest-news\/news\/finn-church-aid-supports-operations-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Finn Church Aid supports operations in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finn Church Aid supports operations in Ukraine<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/medium_barabas-hungary-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128039\" width=\"779\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/medium_barabas-hungary-21.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/medium_barabas-hungary-21-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/medium_barabas-hungary-21-267x178.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><figcaption>Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) offers aid at a shelter on the border of Hungary and Ukraine. They are also working in Lviv and the Transcarpathia region in Ukraine. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-ingress\">Finn Church Aid (FCA) announced on Saturday March 5th, 2022 that, in cooperation with Hungarian Interchurch Aid, they are establishing operations&nbsp;in the city of Lviv and in the Transcarpathia region of Ukraine to aid those affected by the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AN APPEAL<\/strong> from FCA, the largest aid organisation in Finland, has so far raised euro 2 million for those affected by the conflict. &nbsp;Thousands of people from Kyiv and further east have fled towards the western city of Lviv where FCA\u2019s partner, Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) has established a base for operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs Lviv has yet not been the site of military action, HIA and FCA decided that it was an ideal location from which to help people in Ukraine,\u201d said <strong>Jouni Hemberg<\/strong>, Executive Director, FCA. \u201cWe have a long relationship with HIA working in other crisis and we work well together. We are already supporting their work aiding refugees on the border of Hungary, so when they decided to establish operations in Lviv, it was with our wholehearted support.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an immediate response to the people in Lviv, HIA is planning to meet basic needs with food, water, blankets and soap as they assess how to scale up the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWaves of displaced people are arriving day by day \u2013 by train, by bus, car. Most of them trying to flee to one of the borders. This is the first place where they can feel a moment of safety. Most of the people we have talked to here had to leave with only hours of notice. They packed whatever they could and left most of their belongings behind,\u201d said <strong>Giuliano Stochino<\/strong>, Regional Coordinator, HIA, who is based in Lviv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s relatively safe and organised calm (in Lviv). There\u2019s no panic, rather, an amazing level of humanitarian response to the needs arising. Everybody is trying to help in whatever way that they can, be that from the volunteers who are providing two or three meals at the train station or people working at the coordination points,\u201d said Stochino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) 1.5 million people have been displaced by the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and over a million people have fled across borders during the past week. An indeterminate number of people are displaced within Ukraine, including many migrants and asylum seekers from other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is a huge need to scale up this response. We are seeing that people are staying longer; about ten to fifteen percent have declared that they will stay inside the country,\u201d said Stochino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe will offer our support to everyone fleeing the conflict, targeting the most vulnerable and those most in need,\u201d said Hemberg. \u201cOver the following days and weeks we will continue to assess and adapt our operations to ensure that we help in the best way possible,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>For an interview with Jouni Hemberg or Guiliano Stochino, please contact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>HELSINKI &#8211; Erik Nystr\u00f6m, erik.nystrom(at)kua.fi +358 5038 07250<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>COPENHAGEN \u2013 Melany Markham melany.markham(at)kua.fi +45 9194 2670<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finn Church Aid supports operations in Ukraine Finn Church Aid (FCA) announced on Saturday March 5th, 2022 that, in cooperation with Hungarian Interchurch Aid, they are establishing operations&nbsp;in the city of Lviv and in the Transcarpathia region of Ukraine to aid those affected by the war. 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