Most ex-prisoners, people with alcohol, drug and gambling addictions are disgusted with the lifestyle they lead, but have no idea how to change it. To do this, they need skills, support and assistance in overcoming old habits and acquiring new ones.

Unfortunately, in Ukraine, the penitentiary system of correction and punishment does everything possible to punish, but almost nothing to reform criminals. Thus, criminals make new acquaintances in the criminal world and are released more angry, more agile, with new skills of theft and deception. The Mission's social adaptation centers, just like a prison, isolate a person from society for a certain period of time. We often inform people who want to come to the center that they will find something more like a prison than a resort. Strict rules, daily routine, lack of free access, personal financial means, weed out those who need to sit somewhere, hide, wait for a while. Most of the people who come to us are those who really want to change something in their lives.

People undergo a social adaptation course, psychologists and mentors work with them to help them overcome alcohol, drug or gambling addiction, teach them communication skills, social behavior, financial management, and assist them in restoring their documents, acquiring or restoring professional skills and finding employment. For this category of people, a special program called "Journey to Freedom" has been developed, which lasts for six months and is aimed at helping those who wish to escape from the vicious circle of their circumstances.

The program also includes work with codependents, i.e., with loved ones who, because of their love, fear, or judgment, not only cannot help the addict change, but also worsen their situation, and in some cases are the cause of the current situation. We gradually increase the degree of trust in the person and the degree of freedom so that the person learns self-control, healthy thinking and takes responsibility for his or her actions.

Volunteers on duty conduct raids on places where homeless people gather, help with food and clothing, provide medical care, legal advice, inform about the work of the Mission and the location of centers, and persuade them to take a course of rehabilitation and social adaptation.

The work of the Mission is directly related to cooperation and adjustment of actions with government services, structural units, state institutions, as well as public organizations and the media. Consolidation of our efforts, joint work and support from the city authorities leads to timely resolution of issues affecting people's lives.

The Mission cooperates with hospitals to provide medical care to people in need. Police patrol cars are instructed to inform homeless people about rehabilitation centers and shelters. Every winter, the Mission, together with the State Emergency Service, deploys heating points to prevent deaths among the homeless due to frostbite.

The disappointing statistics on the number of officially registered homeless people shows that we need to intensify our work in almost all regions of Ukraine.

Every year in Ukraine, the number of single mothers who are forced to live with their children on the streets for various reasons increases and especially now in wartime, the problem is becoming even more urgent.

According to the UNО statistics a total of 9,078 civilians were killed in the war, including 4,148 men and 2,476 women and 8,791 military personnel. It is hard to imagine how many children have been orphaned. Building a home where orphaned mothers and children can find temporary shelter and support is extremely important. Such a space can provide them with safety, comfort and the opportunity to restore their emotional and psychological well-being.

The official opening took place on September 1, 2023, so educators are actively working with children, improving their emotional state and development, and qualified teachers and psychologists have started teaching children in equipped classrooms for different age groups. In addition to the school program, children have the opportunity to study various disciplines and advanced English. We also do a lot of psychological and spiritual work with the mothers who come to us.

The work of qualified psychologists will help mothers to survive traumatic events, as well as children to overcome stress and difficult emotions related to the situation of war and loss. Opportunities to learn new skills and training will help children integrate into normal life when they grow up. This may include education, vocational courses and other opportunities for self-development.

This project demonstrates the needs and challenges faced by mothers and children in war and difficult life circumstances. We can and must influence many lives and will do everything in our power to build a better future for those who need support the most.

Our goal is to create a safe place for mothers and children, for orphans, so that they feel like they are in a cozy home where they are loved and accepted. That's why we are always looking for qualified specialists to join our headquarters and people who are willing to invest time or money. We are constantly strengthening ourselves as the number of applications is growing every day. But thanks to all those who have the desire in their hearts to be a part of this good cause and those who join us, we have the resources to move forward!

Mothers come to us because of domestic violence and poverty. Sometimes, the relevant authorities bring children whose parents have abandoned them, so our mission is to prevent orphanhood and do everything possible to reunite a full-fledged family. In cooperation with the maternity hospital, we receive information about mothers who are going to abandon their children at birth in the hospital. Most of the mothers agree to rehabilitate their families, and by coming to us voluntarily, they give us another chance to restore relationships with their children and preserve their families.

Thanks to Giving Hearts Mission and other partners, we were able to build a separate home for mothers with children, which is designed for 70 mothers and 30 children with all the proper conditions, where mothers and their children can feel as comfortable and safe as possible.

The program was established in 2015. The program's goal is to provide assistance to socially vulnerable groups of the population, as well as people affected by military operations. 

• Our volunteers regularly collect and send containers of humanitarian goods for distribution among orphanages, churches, rehabilitation centers and missions.

• We organize mobile humanitarian aid collection points in different cities.

• We are doing our best to help the neediest Ukrainians survive, especially now that the war has come to everyone's home. 

Before the war, a huge number of people were already below the poverty line. And today, every day of their lives is practically a struggle for survival. These people are deprived of the most basic necessities — food and clothing. That is why many countries are helping us.

The queues sometimes scare us, and the volunteers can hardly cope with such a flow of people. We try to ensure that those who need help the most get it. We do our best to listen to your advices and report to the police about cases of humanitarian aid trafficking or separatist statements in the crowd. The data of everyone who comes to us is stored. There is video surveillance on the territory of the humanitarian aid collection and distribution points, and you can be sure that after the war such "countrymen" will get what they deserve!

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At the humanitarian aid collection and distribution points, people in need can cover their shortage of clothes, shoes, furniture and other household items. These points are operating thanks to the concern and active participation of Ukrainians. The humanitarian aid in the points is constantly updated by the residents themselves: every day people donate their belongings to help those in need.

People in need can come to the point at the address: 43A Tankistiv Street, Odesa, and receive the necessary assistance. And the volunteers of the New Life Christian Mission will always listen to you and help you to choose the right size clothes and shoes. If it turns out that the necessary item is not available, they will remember this need and if a suitable item appears, they will be able give it.

Everyone who supports the work of the points, helps people in difficult situations and gives hope and a spark of joy to those who are deprived of many benefits. The best reward for this is the gratitude and fire in the eyes of those who are supported.

With the onset of cold weather, the New Life Christian Mission deployed mobile heating points to help everyone who, due to various life situations, found themselves in fierce weather outside.

These points help to prevent hypothermia and even prevent fatalities. In the tents set up by volunteers, people without a permanent place of residence, as well as those who have become hostages to circumstances, can warm up, drink tea, eat and receive first aid.

Heating points operates around the clock with the support of the State Emergencies Service of Ukraine and the police. They organize the systematic duty of mission volunteers. If necessary, first aid is provided and people are redirected to a shelter or social adaptation center.

The heating points are equipped with UFO heaters, tables and benches so that everyone who finds themselves outside in sub-zero temperatures can wait out the weather and get warm. Homeless people are also provided with warm clothes and shoes. In the Odessa region 26 tents operate in winter. From 50 to 300 people can visit one of them per day.

The help they receive here is only a small part of the mission’s concern for the needy and the homeless, who stay in the heating mains and basements during the harsh winter. For many homeless people this is almost the only place where they can receive care and attention, eat and save their life from hypothermia or frostbite and disability.

The project «Share Bread with the Hungry» is aimed at providing assistance to the poor and homeless in the most necessary for existence — food and drink. Every day volunteers of the New Life Christian Mission distribute hot meals in different regions of Ukraine. Many people are forced to come to the distribution of food by their difficult fate: someone does not have enough money for subsistence, and someone lives on the street. And such events are a good support for those who need food. The help is not limited to bread alone — guests are fed with porridge with meat, salad or vegetables, treated with tea and cookies or pastries. In general, they cook as for themselves and from the heart!

Also for low-income families or pensioners, the Mission collects food kits that include cereals, flour, sunflower oil, sugar and invites people to receive help, and those who are unable to come, the volunteers of the Mission visit personally. Many residents support the work of the project, share their food, canned food to help others survive. Also, enterprises and organizations join the project, helping with their resources. The indifference of others allows us to work systematically and reach a large number of people in need.

The main commission of God is to take care of people. In the New Life Christian Mission this commission has become a whole ministry through which God's love is manifested to each person. People already know that volunteers can not only feed, but also help with clothes, medicines, just talk frankly, treat with sincere care and attention and help to return to a full life.

The situation in the country is that people who do not have the means for treatment can only slowly die of illness or wait for their health to return to them. Even if an ambulance has taken a person, it simply dumps them on the side of the road after being rejected by several hospitals. However, there are also many conscientious and compassionate people who come to us for help or help other people at their own expense.

Mercy wards are opened in state medical institutions for low-income people and people without a specific place of residence. Our work for two years has helped prevent fatalities, aggravation or spread of diseases among people who cannot pay for treatment on their own.

We help those in need with wheelchairs, stilts, medicines, diapers, bedsores mattresses, and deliver medical equipment to hospitals.

After undergoing treatment, if necessary, people can be referred for rehabilitation from drug, alcohol and other addictions to one of the Mission's centers for personal recovery and social adaptation or to a shelter if they have nowhere to live.

The successful work of the New Life Christian Mission requires a lot of specially equipped premises: to provide shelter to people depending on their needs, morale and health; technical, office and warehouse space.

The building at 43A Tankistiv str. in Odesa contains the main office of the Mission, humanitarian aid distribution point, a shelter for the elderly and people with disabilities. Currently a shelter accommodate 50 people. The same number of people live in rehabilitation center, which is located at the address: Odesa region, Velykyi Dalnyk village.

The «Mother and Child Home» is also under construction in Velykyi Dalnyk (Odesa region). The building is at the final stage of construction. This house is designed to accommodate mothers who have found themselves in difficult life circumstances; mothers who have suffered violence from their husbands and are forced to flee their homes directly to the street, as well as orphans. 

All the work together with the spiritual component will help homeless people to return to normal life as soon as possible. We help to change many lives for the better and many more lives will be saved in the future.

The New Life Christian Mission began missionary work in India in the summer of 2019. We thought that we had seen a lot of misery in Ukraine, but what is happening in India goes beyond our understanding of the conditions in which people can live. We would like to emphasize the fact that they are not idlers, do not have bad habits and are not to blame for living in poverty. They work hard wherever their caste allows them to, but the salaries they receive are barely enough to cover the minimum they need to get by.

The fate of these people is that they were born into a lower caste and are doomed to live in poverty for the rest of their lives. This way of life is passed down from generation to generation. In India, 200,000 people die every year, and every third inhabitant of the country dies from poor water quality. Due to numerous industrial discharges, substances toxic to humans have been found in the water and pathogens of such dangerous diseases as cholera, dysentery, typhoid, and hepatitis have been identified.

The government does not even try to help these people because they belong to a lower caste. These people are subject to very strict social restrictions, they have no right to live in normal conditions, work in good jobs, drink and eat what they want, even choose a life partner only from their own caste. People live in huts made of brushwood and leftover building materials. If for some reason one of these people dies, no one will ever find out the cause of death. They have no documents or status. It is almost impossible to leave the caste or change to a higher caste, so they are doomed to drink dirty water, catch rats for food, and live in poverty for the rest of their lives.

The New Life Christian Mission regularly helps these tribes with clean water, mosquito nets, blankets, and other necessities for survival. We are determined to continue to help these people who are doomed to live in poverty. But little depends on us, and we ask you not to stand aside, but to participate in helping these people. Together we will show that our God is love and the way to light, not darkness.

On February 24, a full-scale war began in Ukraine. Every day and everywhere shots and noise from rockets are heard. The invasion happened completely unexpectedly and no one was prepared for it in advance. Panic and anxiety gripped almost all people and the majority now makes the only decision — to leave the country as soon as possible. Given the fact that the vast majority of the population is below the poverty line, people simply do not have the means to travel abroad on their own. New Life Christian Mission does not stand aside in this difficult time. Within the framework of the project «Let's Help to Survive» — GCS, the Mission offers free assistance in evacuating the population to the Ukrainian-Moldovan border. And since the day this project was created, our hotline has been receiving a huge number of calls from people asking for help to get to the border every day from early morning until evening.

Since the beginning of the full-scale war, more than 1200 residential buildings in Mykolaiv and Kherson regions have been damaged by rocket attacks. We have launched a project to provide heating systems and firewood to houses in Mykolaiv and Kherson regions that have been damaged by shelling and are in an emergency but habitable condition.

New Life Christian Mission is building water wells in Mykolaiv, Odesa and Kherson regions to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe and provide clean drinking water to residents.

There is also an urgent issue of providing housing for internally displaced persons and refugees from the hot spots of hostilities and occupied cities. Kharkiv, Mariupol, Mykolaiv and many other cities are subjected to daily rocket attacks by enemy troops, leaving millions of civilians homeless. New Life Christian Mission is involved in solving the housing problem for refugees and in this regard is building a «Town for refugees» in the village of Velykiy Dalnyk, Odesa region. 

☎ If you need our help:

+38 073 577 80 80

We will be grateful for any assistance: financial, in the form of diesel fuel or personal participation in the Mission's projects.

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