Browsing Category: International Aid

Donations Bring Hope

Alla of Bible Orphan Ministry in Ukraine shared photos of some of the needed items that were purchased with funds supplied by Orphan Grain Train supporters. Nova Borova Orphanage was able to purchase a much-needed refrigerator and microwave, and the Korostishyv Orphanage could buy new mosquito screens for their windows. Alla reported that the administrators…

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Aid Delivered to Riga, Latvia

Red Cross in Riga, Latvia received a container of blankets, clothing, diapers, hygiene kits and medical equipment from Orphan Grain Train Norfolk. The photos, taken in July when the shipment arrived, show some of the recipients looking through boxes for clothing and shoes. The ten bicycles and wheelchairs were very much welcomed. Thank you, Norfolk…

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Books & Kits from OGT Reach Escalante City

In the last seven months, Orphan Grain Train-Norfolk sent out three shipments of requested items to Ryan Tormentar of Christian Missionary Baptist Church in Escalante City, Philippines. Photos were sent showing a few of the recipients of these shipments. Some of the books that were sent were recently featured on a local news program: Medina…

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Joyful Arrival in Dnipro: OGT-Norfolk Shipment Brings Food, Medical Aid, and Comfort to Ukraine

Dnipro Christian Church in Dnipro, Ukraine recently sent photos of the welcomed container of food, clothing, blankets, medical equipment, Christmas boxes and bicycles from Orphan Grain Train-Norfolk. Over 35,000 Mercy Meals, 32 wheelchairs, ten PET wheelchairs (adult and child) and 105 boxes of medical supplies were packed onto this load. The 70 boxes of stuffed…

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Michigan Volunteers Send Humanitarian Aid to Lithuania

On June 17, Orphan Grain Train–Michigan completed loading humanitarian supplies for the Lutheran Church of Lithuania. After the loading in Sebewaing and being trucked to Detroit, we anticipate the container taking approximately two months to travel first by rail from Michigan to Montclair, New Jersey for further loading at the Norfolk Pier onto a Latvian…

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