OPEN ARMS UKRAINE is a 501(c)(3) non-profit working with orphan children
in Ukraine. A dedicated team currently lives in Sumy, Ukraine working
with the lost and broken orphans residing there. These fatherless
children are desperately seeking hope in a depressed country within a
suffocating system.
Only 10% of orphans will successfully transition to adult life. The
other 90% will do their best to try to survive with 60% of girls turning
to prostitution and 70% of boys turning to a life of crime. When forced
to live in a world they are unprepared for, desperation takes over and
life becomes a struggle to endure.
Open Arms Ukraine desires to change these statistics by working with
orphans starting at the orphanage and walking alongside them in the
years following the orphanage as they make the difficult transition into
society. Through programs and individual relationships we seek to build
trust, guide, and share the love of Christ in tangible ways with these
forgotten children.
Based in the Sumy region in north-eastern Ukraine, Open Arms ministers to over 200 orphans, children currently in the orphanage system and “graduated” teenagers now living on their own. The ministry of Open Arms is one based, not solely on a program, but also on our relationships with the children. Our ultimate goal is to show them the love of God who calls each one of them to come as they are and find comfort in His arms.
A BIT MORE ABOUT US...
There are over 100,000 orphans living in orphanages in Ukraine and an estimated 1,000,000 living on the streets. When these orphans "graduate," anywhere from age 14-17, most have no place to go and end up on the street, many turning to drugs, alcohol, crime and prostitution as means of survival.Based in the Sumy region in north-eastern Ukraine, Open Arms ministers to over 200 orphans, children currently in the orphanage system and “graduated” teenagers now living on their own. The ministry of Open Arms is one based, not solely on a program, but also on our relationships with the children. Our ultimate goal is to show them the love of God who calls each one of them to come as they are and find comfort in His arms.
MISSION STATEMENT
Reaching out to the broken orphans of Ukraine with Open Arms by providing loving, stable support through which they can begin new lives of hope, dreams, and healing in their Heavenly Father.STATEMENT OF FAITH
- We believe in the Trinity and that Jesus Christ is God’s son. Christ’s death and resurrection offers grace and forgiveness for all who believe through the power of the Holy Spirit . The Bible is God-breathed and calls us to go make disciples and to care for the fatherless.
VISION
Reaching the orphans and at-risk youth of Ukraine with open arms and bringing them healing in Christ.
