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World Without Orphans (WWO) HOPE Groups are currently providing comfort, friendship, and healing for dazed, angry, and scared Ukrainian families who have been impacted by war.

February 24th changed everything. The missiles rained down on their city like hell from the heavens, and they hid in a kindergarten basement for shelter. One week seemed like an eternity. One week in the dark; one week with 30 children and 60 adults; each person united in a singular goal, to protect those they love, to stay alive.

For the Christian community, every day is a good day to pray for orphaned and vulnerable children. Yet there is one day on the calendar that uniquely reminds us of that invitation – Orphan Sunday, which is being recognized on November 13 this year.

The World Without Orphans global and regional teams and organization partners collaborate to support national teams in developing broadscale collaboration that accelerates long-term positive transformation. It is exciting to see this happening in Albania, where over 30 local church and organization leaders and government employees gathered in Tirana for a ‘Thrive Albania’ event.

A couple led to adopt four young children from a Ukrainian orphanage purchased a larger home in the suburbs of Kyiv, a house that would fit their entire family of 11. Two weeks later, their dreams would shatter when they realized that Russian troops were nearing their home.