{"id":20155,"date":"2026-09-02T19:31:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T17:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koinonia.kyiv.ua\/?p=20155"},"modified":"2026-09-04T16:17:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T14:17:47","slug":"thank-you-for-not-forgetting-us-korosten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koinonia.kyiv.ua\/en\/ukraine-relief\/thank-you-for-not-forgetting-us-korosten\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThank You for Not Forgetting Us\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We met Svetlana and Anatoly through our friends who came to Ukraine from the Faroe Islands.<\/p>\n

Their home in Korosten was destroyed by the war. When Edith<\/a> and J\u00f3han Petur<\/a> first met the family, almost nothing remained of their former home.<\/p>\n

Anatoly suffered three thromboses and now uses a wheelchair. Because of type 1 diabetes, he lost his sight. He cannot work or physically help Svetlana make their new home livable.<\/p>\n

Almost everything fell on her shoulders.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Perhaps that is why Edith later wrote that when she saw Svetlana, she felt as though this woman was carrying the whole world on her shoulders.<\/p>\n

At that time, Edith and J\u00f3han Petur learned that one of the churches had already promised to help the family with a small new house. So it seemed that their housing situation had been resolved.<\/p>\n

But some time later, Serhii Lysak<\/a> contacted Edith and J\u00f3han Petur again.<\/p>\n

The house was indeed there.<\/p>\n

But inside, there was almost nothing.<\/p>\n

Four walls, a roof, and still a great deal of work ahead.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The funds were already there \u2014 waiting to be put to use<\/h2>\n

There is another important detail in this story.<\/p>\n

The funds for the aid had been raised by people from churches in the Faroe Islands<\/strong>. They were originally intended for another woman from Korosten who had also lost her home after a Russian strike.<\/p>\n

But what she had lived through proved too painful. She realized that she could not return to live in that place and moved to Kyiv to stay with her daughter.<\/p>\n

The money remained in the account, waiting for another person who would truly need this help.<\/p>\n

When Serhii explained Svetlana and Anatoly\u2019s situation and suggested using the funds to finish their new house and make it livable, Edith and J\u00f3han Petur agreed immediately.<\/p>\n

And so the support raised far from Ukraine reached the people who needed it most at that moment.<\/p>\n

\"War-damaged<\/figure>\n

Then came the ordinary work<\/h2>\n

Our Koinonia team in Ukraine<\/strong> is part of the team of the NGO \u201cFather\u2019s House\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

We received a list of what Svetlana and Anatoly needed and began looking for everything in shops and warehouses.<\/p>\n

Underfloor heating. Materials for the kitchen. A refrigerator and freezer. A washing machine. Everything needed for the toilet and shower. A bed. Tile. And other essentials without which an empty house simply cannot become a livable home.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On paper, a list like this looks fairly ordinary.<\/p>\n

But when you know who all of it is being bought for, it feels completely different.<\/p>\n

Once everything had been found and purchased, we went from warehouse to warehouse, loaded the Father\u2019s House vehicle, and set out from Kyiv for Korosten.<\/p>\n

In the video, Oleksii<\/a> shows what we brought and thanks the people in the Faroe Islands whose generosity made all of this possible.<\/p>\n

What we brought to Korosten<\/h3>\n