Once again, war ravages Eastern Europe. Today, as the war in Ukraine has ground on, nearly 7 million people have been displaced, and tens of thousands have died, creating a staggering, ongoing humanitarian crisis.

Yet, God continues to open new doors to reach His Chosen People by our teams’ work to provide humanitarian aid. The estimated 200,000 Jewish people that have remained in Ukraine rely heavily on volunteer organizations and their local synagogues for daily needs. It is our joy to supply these communities with much-needed clean water, food, heating units, batteries, clothing, and medicine.

Each year, thousands of Jewish people from around the world gather for a memorial called “The March of the Living” at the site of the Auschwitz–Birkenau concentration camp in Poland. It commemorates the date of the camp’s liberation by Allied forces during World War II, as well as the lives lost at the camps in the Holocaust. FOI staff members in Eastern Europe annually participate in the event as a stance against rising antisemitism and a show of solidarity with Jewish people.

This year, FOI sponsored 44 Jewish Ukrainians’ attendance at the event. One young participant named Margarita said, “The names of those we lost are being kept alive in our family stories. Memory is not only about the past; it is what we preserve for the sake of the future. Special thanks to FOI, because of which Ukraine is now part of the March and raises its flag to show that we stand with Israel and with all Jewish people around the world.”

World War II turned the world upside down for Jewish survivors in Eastern Europe. War is still turning life upside down. It is just as important now for Christians to stand with the Jewish people of Eastern Europe as it was back then.

The need is urgent in Eastern Europe. You can make a meaningful—even life- changing—difference in the lives of people searching for the peace that surpasses all understanding (Phil. 4:7).