Iryna's Red Cross Fund for Ukraine

Iryna Kennedy is organizing this fundraiser to benefit British Red Cross.

2 March 2022

I moved to Northern Ireland from Ukraine over 25 years ago. I was warmly welcomed in my adoptive country. I have raised three children here. Having been privileged to have two places to call home I am keenly aware of how many people are losing their homes in Ukraine.

In a couple of days my husband and I are travelling to Odessa to stay with my elderly mother. My heart breaks when I hear that the beautiful harbour where I walked as a child is being bombed and those with whom I grew up with are building defences.

I ask you to join with me in prayer for the courageous people of Ukraine. I also ask you for some practical help to raise funds for the Red Cross in Ukraine. Your donation will go directly to the charity to help someone in need of food, water, first aid, medicine, clothes and shelter.

Thank you for your kind donation and prayers at this time.

Update on 15 March 2022

I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers, wonderful messages of support and very generous donations for the work of the Red Cross in Ukraine. My husband and I have returned with my elderly mother. She wasn’t keen to leave Odessa but, in the end, she agreed to travel to the UK.

I can’t express enough my gratitude for your support and generosity. With your help we have raised over £54,000 in two weeks, for the Red Cross. Having seen first-hand the work of the Red Cross I can vouch for the fact that their work is vital at present. It is with a degree of sadness that I recognise that their work is far from over with the unfolding tragedy in the country of my birth.

We must continue to pray for the brave people of Ukraine and the amazing volunteers.

Thank you
Iryna