Emergency Response · Stories of Impact
The Petrenko Family
Poland-Ukraine Border
“Strangers became family when we had nothing.”
From where they started to where they are now.
When disaster strikes, the gap between help promised and help delivered is measured in lives. Our emergency work is about closing that gap—moving supplies, shelter, and skilled people to where they are needed before hope runs out. This is a glimpse of one of those moments.
Family of five fled Kyiv with only what they could carry
Received shelter, warm clothing, and medical care at relief center
Resettled in Poland, children enrolled in school, parents found work
Strangers became family when we had nothing.
How the change unfolded.
February 2022
Evacuation
Fled home as invasion began
March 2022
Relief Center
Found shelter at Chahal-supported facility
June 2022
New Beginning
Family resettled with ongoing support
Why this work matters.
In a crisis, logistics is compassion. We draw on a global procurement and response network to move the right supplies to the right place fast, and then we stay through the unglamorous work of recovery—because the days after the cameras leave are when communities most need a partner who has not gone home.