The Patriarchal Foundation “Wise Cause” Receives Assistance from the Government of Slovakia
As part of the cooperation, on August 5, 2024, the Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to Ukraine, Pavel Vizdal, handed over humanitarian aid to the Patriarchal Foundation “Wise Cause”.
“I am very glad that I have this opportunity to be here today to hand over Slovak humanitarian aid: different items, clothes, equipment for hospitals, etc. This is aid from our Ministry of Internal Affairs worth more than 200 thousand euros. This is the second aid from Slovakia that will help people in need at least a bit,” the ambassador emphasized during the meeting.
The chairman of the Patriarchal Foundation “Wise Cause,” Fr. Lubomyr Yavorsky, said that the humanitarian aid consists of clothes for children and adults, medicines, and stretchers for evacuating the wounded. Now all this will be sorted, and through the points of invincibility operating throughout the church network and wound healing centers, this aid will be distributed to those in need.
“We have already compiled a list of where the aid will go. These are Odesa, Mykolaiv, Beryslav, Kherson region, Kharkiv, Kyiv region, Sumy, Zvyagel, and the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital,” said Fr. Lubomyr Yavorsky.
At the same time, the chairman of the Patriarchal Foundation “Wise Cause” noted that the amount of aid received by Ukraine is gradually dwindling, “and it is so important that the hands of the Church are not empty and we have something to give to those in need.” “Thanks to this aid, we will see that the hands of our parishes will not be empty, because they will have something to share,” said Fr. Lubomyr.
The cooperation with the Slovak government and this humanitarian aid was made possible by the efforts of the Pastoral and Migration Department of the UGCC and Bishop Stepan Sus, head of this department.
Father Ihor Marusyn, rector of the Parish of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bratislava, expressed his gratitude for this support. “This cooperation with the Slovak government is vital because it is implemented directly with the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. At all meetings to which I am invited, I thank the entire Slovak people for their support and prayers. I remind you that the war is ongoing and we ask for more help,” said Fr. Ihor.
He noted that “the Slovak government’s long-term cooperation with Wise Cause had begun prior to the war and intensified after the start of the full-scale invasion. There have already been many trucks of various kinds of humanitarian aid. Last year, we sent generators for the points of invincibility. We also sent clothes, shoes, and stretchers. Now four trucks have arrived.”
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