{"id":15640,"date":"2025-01-10T16:40:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T21:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/?p=15640"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:40:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T21:40:18","slug":"cnewa-canada-solidarity-trip-to-ukraine-a-war-zone-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/cnewa-canada-solidarity-trip-to-ukraine-a-war-zone-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Every journey to Ukraine starts with the same question: &#8220;Is it safe to go?&#8221;\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since Russia massively attacked peaceful and much smaller nation in February 2022 there was not a single \u201cme day\u201d in the schedule of Ukrainians. Every day they wake up in uncertainty. Who survived the night? Are my relatives safe? Will we have an internet connection? When will the heating be back? When will the electricity be turned on? How do I get to work? When will transportation start moving? How can I keep the food safe? How will I heat breakfast for the kids? I lost my home. Where will I go? I lost my family. Who needs me now? My children are severely injured. Will they survive? Where will I get enough love and hope to go on? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you can answer all the questions in the morning, then you can start asking yourself the next set of questions. Did my relatives and friends survive the night? Do they need my help? Are my neighbors ok? Who needs my help today? How can I be useful? What can I do to stop the war and restore justice?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We all know correct answer \u2013 it is never safe to go to a war zone. However, for Bryan Bayda, bishop of Toronto and Eastern Canada of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, there is no doubt that he can be useful there, in Ukraine &#8211; in L\u2019viv, in Kyiv, in Zaporizhzhia, in Odesa. This November he decided to go on his sixth trip to Ukraine and bring hope to people in care of CNEWA Canada\u2019s projects. The news that bishop Bryan would like to support CNEWA\u2019s much needed Ukraine Program visit was a great relief for me. I was very happy to go and show him what we do in Ukraine and how we can work together to get more help when the donations have drastically declined over the last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When anyone from CNEWA goes to visit the countries we work in, we think of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How can we help people in need?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How can we make sure the help is directed to where it is needed most?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Did our support bring expected results?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How can we inform our donors of what we saw?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How can we inspire our donors to continue supporting CNEWA\u2019s mission?<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In Ukraine, and throughout the broader world of Ukrainians, the end of November is always associated with the commemoration of the Holodomor \u2013 purposeful genocide of Ukrainians by starvation orchestrated by the Soviet Russia in 1933-34. As the annihilation of the nation continues almost 100 years after, it was even more significant for the CNEWA delegation to light a candle in memory of those innocent victims of greed and power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241123_170505-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241123_170505-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241123_170505-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241123_170505-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241123_170505-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241123_170505-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241123_170505-1600x900.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anna Dombrovska, Ukraine Program Officer of CNEWA Canada commemorating the victims of Holodomor genocide in L\u2019viv, Ukraine on November 23, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Best Ukrainian men and women continue to risk their lives fighting Russian attacks to allow the rest of the people in the country live their normal lives. Thousands of injuries need to be treated daily stretching the medical staff over the overwhelming amount of work. New hospitals and training of new staff are a vital need to treat the civilians. With this in mind, CNEWA supported several hospitals in Ukraine and we saw the growing need in continuing this support in future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241123_122416-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241123_122416-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241123_122416-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241123_122416-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241123_122416-1536x1150.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241123_122416-2048x1533.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241123_122416-1600x1198.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Left to right: Oksana Kovalska, director of the UCU Medical Clinic, Anna Dombrovska, Ukraine Program Officer of CNEWA Canada, UCU Clinic staff member. Lviv, November 23, 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241125_135458_-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241125_135458_-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241125_135458_-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241125_135458_-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241125_135458_-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241125_135458_-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241125_135458_-1600x900.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Girl with multiple injuries and her father who survived the Russian attack in Sumy. Okhmatdyt Hospital, Kyiv, November 25, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241125_160451-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241125_160451-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241125_160451-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241125_160451-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241125_160451-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241125_160451-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241125_160451-1600x900.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Head of department at the Kyiv Children\u2019s Hospital #1, Ukraine, November 25, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Children are our future. But the war leaves many of them not only injured or dead but also orphaned. The Bridge of Hope and Home of Hope program run by the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate and initiated by the UGCC Eparchy of Edmonton gives hope to the orphans and helps the girls who had to flee the war from Ukrainian territories occupied by the Russian soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241124_113303-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241124_113303-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241124_113303-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241124_113303-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241124_113303-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241124_113303-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241124_113303-1600x900.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bishop Bryan Bayda, Anna Dombrovska &#8211; Ukraine Program Officer of CNEWA Canada visiting the Provincial House of the Sisters Servant of Mary Immaculate in Lviv, Ukraine, November 24, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>CNEWA has been one of the main supporters of the Mudra Sprava Patriarchal Fund since the full-scale invasion broke out in 2022. Their projects continue to build up communities affected by war, rehabilitate families whose relatives were killed in the battlefields, and provide essential food boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241125_104854-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241125_104854-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241125_104854-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241125_104854-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241125_104854-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241125_104854-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241125_104854-1600x900.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Left to right: Fr. Taras Kchik, bishop Bryan Bayda, Anna Dombrovska, Fr. Liubomyr Yavorskiy, director of &#8220;Mudra Sprava&#8221; Patriarchal Foundation of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Kyiv, November 25, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Even with daily attacks, life does not stop in Ukraine. People live there and so does the church. Is it safe to build in Ukraine? No. But it is necessary. Three Holy Hierarchs Seminary in Kyiv has been a long-time project supported by CNEW with the help of a generous family from Edmonton. Today the seminary provides home and education to 61 students. 96 graduates of the seminary now serve as priests in the eastern part of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/signal-2024-12-05-012054_002-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/signal-2024-12-05-012054_002-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/signal-2024-12-05-012054_002-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/signal-2024-12-05-012054_002-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/signal-2024-12-05-012054_002-1536x1023.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/signal-2024-12-05-012054_002.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anna Dombrovska &#8211; Ukraine Program Officer of CNEWA Canada visits the Three Holy Hierarchs Seminary. Left and right: Fr. Andriy Dorchak, Fr. Petro Zhuk, rector of the seminary. Kyiv, November 28, 2024 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people in Ukraine are left without homes. In March 2022 Russian bombs destroyed eight houses in the town of Korosten in north-western Ukraine. People had nowhere to go and lived in temporary dwellings like summer kitchens or saunas since then. This is just one of many examples. Thanks to you our donors, CNEWA Canada was able to rebuild the houses with the help of local authorities, organizations and Kyiv Archeparchy. With winter soon upon us, these homes still need interior finishing. Please consider an online donation to CNEWA Canada, so that we may help the owners to move in before the winter frost arrives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241127_132250-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241127_132250-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241127_132250-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241127_132250-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241127_132250-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241127_132250-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20241127_132250-1600x900.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mother of two children, owner of the new rebuilt home (on the right) who lived in the summer kitchen (on the left) in Korosten since a Russian bomb destroyed their house in March 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Help us support and rebuild Ukraine with your prayer and donation!<\/p>\n\n\n  <div class=\"donate-button\" id=\"minor-fund-campaign\">\n    <button class=\"donate-modal-toggle\" data-minor-fund='Ukraine' data-minor-fund-code='DU'>Donate<\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  \n\n\n<p><em>We wish to thank Bishop Bryan Bayda of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eparchto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Toronto and Eastern Canada <\/a>and our many partners on the ground who made this solidarity trip possible.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since Russia massively attacked peaceful and much smaller nation in February 2022 there was not a single \u201cme day\u201d in the schedule of Ukrainians. Every day they wake up in uncertainty. Who survived the night? Are my relatives safe? Will we have an internet connection? When will the heating be back? When will the electricity &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/cnewa-canada-solidarity-trip-to-ukraine-a-war-zone-report\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70080,"featured_media":15637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"class_list":["post-15640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ukraine"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Every journey to Ukraine starts with the same question: &quot;Is it safe to go?&quot;\u00a0 | CNEWA Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/cnewa-canada-solidarity-trip-to-ukraine-a-war-zone-report\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Every journey to Ukraine starts with the same question: &quot;Is it safe to go?&quot;\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Since Russia massively attacked peaceful and much smaller nation in February 2022 there was not a single \u201cme day\u201d in the schedule of Ukrainians. 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