Loading video...

Appears in Newsflare picks
02:52

Missionaries grind long 12 hour shifts to help Ukrainian refugees passing Hungarian border

Buy video

From the outside, it looked like an abandoned house, but inside this dark building near the border between Ukraine and Hungary is a mountain of humanitarian aid.

The man inside was emotional and desperate to help the people of Ukraine and said everyone he knows is doing everything they can to offer themselves to the refugees, seen in the border town of Tiszabecs, Hungary on Thursday (March 10).

Another volunteer missionary, Michel Van Boxtel, originally from the Netherlands, spends his days now helping refugees fleeing war in Ukraine.

Van Boxtel has been living in Budapest for the last few years, where he runs a church for homeless people. Now that there is an influx of civilians crossing the Hungarian border, he came to the crossing to help out the refugees. During the day he assists them off the bus, helps with directions, food, navigation, and kind words of support.

Once his 12 hours shift ended, he picked up donations and drove an hour away to drop them off with another volunteer.

There is a real sense of urgency in the volunteers here, their desire to help those suffering from the war in Ukraine is palpable.

Donations will now be transported to Ukraine to help civilians as well as displaced children. The volunteer going to Ukraine wished to remain anonymous, however, he shared the desperation of what he has seen. He said they put everything they have toward those kids now, that many are left without parents and while there are people ready to adopt them, the adoption registry is not open. They will be providing food, mats, beds, medicine, and every other possible necessity to children who became the victims of Russian war on Ukraine.

Categories

Tags

From the blog

Stories not Stock: 3 Reasons Why You Should Use UGC Instead of Stock Video

Video content is an essential part of a brand’s marketing strategy, and while stock footage has been a reliable go-to in the past, forward-thinking companies are looking to user-generated content for their video needs.

View post

Buy video