“In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” (Acts 20:35)
God doesn’t just say “remember the poor,” or “pray for the poor,” though both of those things are good and important. He calls us, His hands and feet in a hurting world, to actually DO SOMETHING. On February 24th, 2022 Russia invaded Ukraine, killing thousands of innocent lives and leaving millions without a place they call home. Since the invasion began, more than seven million refugees have fled Ukraine, flooding their neighboring countries Poland, Romania, Hungary, Moldova, Slovakia, and Belarus with nothing but a bag and the clothes on their backs. Although the refugees were accepted with open arms, they were also accepted into countries that do not have much to offer besides shelter and rationed food; countries that are some of Europe’s poorest countries. Always Near is a non profit organization, whose mere focus is to raise funding to help organizations that are providing food, shelter, moral and spiritual support for not only the refugees that are fleeing Ukraine, but also others who are in need around the world.
