LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Volunteers from Kentucky are preparing to head to Poland to help refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine. 

What You Need To Know

  • A team of volunteers from Kentucky Baptist Convention is leaving for Poland on Sunday

  • They will assist a church caring for Ukrainian refugees

  • The team is bringing small bags and backpacks for those in need

  • They expect to be in Poland one week a month for six months

Brad Willis is community ministries and missions pastor at Walnut Street Baptist Church in Louisville. 

“Just seeing the displaced women and children there, the heartbreak that is there, I just wanted to be there for them as much as possible,” he told Spectrum News 1. 

He’s leading a team of volunteers from the Kentucky Baptist Convention to help a church in Poland caring for refugees from Ukraine. 

“A lot of it will be helping with taking care of children during the day while the moms are taking care of their paperwork and different things, helping clean the facility, helping make meals,” he said. 

Ron Crow, director of Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief, said approximately 40 to 80 refugees will stay at the church at any given time.

“It’s very different from what we typically do,” he said. “Kentucky Disaster Relief typically responds to a disaster, natural disaster, manmade disasters. This is more of a compassion response where we’re caring for people.”

The team will bring small bags and backpacks for those in need.

Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief is partnering with teams from Ohio, Louisiana and Mississippi.

The Kentucky team expects to be in Poland one week a month for six months. 

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