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Dear friend,

As ongoing conflicts affect millions of people worldwide, there are
certain communities that face additional barriers when receiving aid.

That’s the case for LGBTQIA communities, who are among the six million
people displaced because of the war in Ukraine. Mercy Corps is working to
bring critical aid, mental health support, and legal support to LGBTQIA
people who are facing challenges during this ongoing war.


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Serhii fled his home in Kharkiv when the war started in Ukraine. He
received cash assistance from Mercy Corps partners supporting LGBTQIA
communities which helped him to buy clothes, food, and necessary
medications.


Serhii Ihnatenko, a 29-year-old electrical engineering graduate, was
working and living in Kharkiv when he was forced to flee his home. In an
urgent search for safety, he left with a few pieces of clothing, his
laptop, and some food for the road as he walked five miles to the nearest
train station.

Once at the overcrowded station, he took one of the few evacuation trains
heading into the city to escape zones under attack. He had to replace
nearly all of his personal belongings.

Through social media, he found a Mercy Corps local nonprofit organization
that supports LGBTQ+ individuals with various resources: cash assistance,
HIV testing, community building, and psychosocial support. Serhii applied
for and received cash assistance, which helped him to buy clothes, food,
and medications. He has also been able to make new friends and form
connections that are essential to rebuilding in a new community.

Serhii’s story is just one example of how Mercy Corps partners and
organizations are helping find legal protection, providing cash
assistance, and creating stronger communities for more than 1.2 million
people.

[ [link removed] ]Read more about the work Mercy Corps is doing in and around Ukraine to
create strong, more resilient, and inclusive communities in the face of
violent conflict.


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With support from people like you, Mercy Corps partners with many
organizations and communities to provide critical aid to displaced
families — and the most vulnerable among them — impacted by war in Ukraine
and conflict and disaster around the globe.

Thank you for being part of our community.

Sincerely,

Mercy Corps

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