LWML Mite Challenge for February 2026

The country of Ukraine has been at war for almost three years and many thousands, if not millions of citizens have felt its impact. Countless lives have been lost, many others have been injured, some with injuries which will haunt them the rest of their lives, still others have fled the country entirely and many have had their homes completely or partially destroyed. The pictures that have flooded the news reports the past few years have been chilling. These are the people who will be impacted by this grant.

Orphan Grain Train (OGT) has been involved in humanitarian aid to Ukraine since the war began. OGT works with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine and other Christian churches as it distributes aid. In the past year, seventeen shipments of donated food, clothing, and medical supplies were sent to various locations in Ukraine. The impact the donations have is both life-saving and soul-saving. The donated supplies assist people who have lost all their worldly goods and help children whose parents have been killed in the war.

OGT assists twelve orphanages in the Kherson area and three orphanages in the Kyiv area. Each of the orphanages is served by a pastor who will tell them of a God who is merciful and cares for them through acts of mercy shown by followers of Jesus.

The sole cost for this ministry of mercy is shipping the donated goods to people in need. This grant will cover the cost of shipping seven containers loaded with food, clothing, and medical supplies to the country of Ukraine.

‘For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me’ (Matthew 25:35–36).