Apr 07, 2022

Volunteers send crisis care kits to Ukranian refugees

Posted Apr 07, 2022 5:22 PM

Crisis care kits have been shipped from Junction City to Poland to help Ukranian refugees. This is an effort by a group of volunteers undertaken through Nazarene Compassionate Ministries International.  The local spokesperson Kim Roberts, said that they were contacted by the Nazarene organization. "Just said they needed some in Poland, so we told them we'd get them ready to go and they brought a truck in through Convoy of Hope."

UPU Industries provided pallets and shrink wrap for the shipping project. The volunteers got their boxes carrying the care kits to UPU. 

Roberts said 11 pallets containing a total of 462 banana boxes carrying a total 2,772 care kits were prepared. Each kit is shared between 2-3 people. Roberts estimated with this shipment probably more than 5,500 people were being helped. 

Care kits like this have been prepared by the local group for use in connection with different refugee or disaster events for the past six or seven years.