Ukraine Relief Program News Today

Kyiv family sees past life disappear at start of Russian invasion, reaches Alaska seven months later

Refugee Assistance and Immigration Services typically works with about 150 new arrivals per year. This year, it enrolled more than 275 people so far.  

Members of an Anchorage-based church and others around the state have begun helping hundreds of Ukrainians flee their war-torn nation and relocate to Alaska. The churches’ relief program has inspired officials with the Rasmuson Foundation and other organizations and businesses to donate to the cause.

For every blood donation that the Coastal Bend Blood Center collects this week, they will donate $10 to the Ukraine Relief Program.