Mariupol Evacutions - Chabad of Larchmont and Mamroneck assisting, but need more funds

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Rescues Continue

It’s been six weeks since Mariupol was first besieged, and the rescue efforts are only increasing. Aside from arranging the rescues and helping people resettle, Mendel and Esty Cohen are working to raise the funds needed to save each life.

“We just need the funds to get people to the big cities,” Rabbi Cohen explained. “Once they’re there, we have organizations who will sponsor the rest—the hotels and buses. But they can’t help us pay for the most dangerous parts of the journey, from Mariupol and its outskirts to the city.”

Their fundraising campaign has been filling up with caring people worldwide who want to help.

Rabbi Mendel Silberstein from Chabad of Larchmont and Mamaroneck, N.Y., says “when the war first broke out, we felt helpless. We wondered how a small community like ours can do anything. Then we realized that we can focus on helping one community, and in that way, make a difference.”

The Larchmont and Mamaroneck community rallied together and raised funds for Chabad of Mariupol. Some formed teams, including Sam Sorokin, who wrote: “Thank you for helping my cousin Boris and his wife escape, and for all the others that you have helped and will help.”

So far, $198,000 has been raised, saving many lives and sponsoring many rescue missions.

“What can we do to raise more funds today?” Rabbi Cohen texted me this morning. “We have beloved people relying on us.”