Space to healTrauma Healing
Support for children and families to process difficult experiences, reconnect, and begin to look ahead.
Explore Trauma HealingCare for displaced older people
Everyone deserves
a place to
call home.
Mercy Houses offer older people displaced or left isolated by war a home, daily care, and the company of people who know them.
A place to belong.
Photography published by LYNC.
Photography published by LYNC.
Mercy Houses for elderly IDPs
Safety is a start.
Belonging is a home.
For older people, displacement can mean losing both a home and the support that made daily life possible. Limited mobility, separation from family, and difficulty accessing medicine can make starting again especially hard.
LYNC’s Mercy Houses provide residential care and companionship for older people in Ukraine, including internally displaced people—people forced to leave home who remain within their own country.
Here, rebuilding is practical and personal: meals, warmth, help with daily needs, and someone nearby.
Read about Mercy HousesA warm meal. A familiar face.
A place to be known.
A record of showing up
Homes. Care.
Human connection.
Mercy Houses grow through people who stay involved. Seven houses were organized between 2020 and 2024. LYNC’s latest program update reports 167 older people under ongoing care.
7
Mercy Houses
Organized between 2020 and 2024.
167
Elderly under ongoing care
Older people receiving ongoing care through LYNC’s Mercy Houses.
2020
The work takes root
The beginning of the period documented in LYNC’s Mercy Houses campaign.
Source: LYNC’s Mercy Houses campaign. The campaign documents the houses organized between 2020 and 2024. The ongoing care figure of 167 reflects LYNC’s latest program update.
From our team
Care began with
a personal response.
In his March 2024 account, Serhii Kosiak describes seeing the conditions faced by isolated older people in Ukraine. He and his wife sold their car to begin providing hot meals. Working with LYNC, that response grew into the first Mercy House.
Serhii manages this work for LYNC, connecting compassion with the everyday needs of people affected by war.
Read Serhii’s accountSee Mercy Houses through our team’s eyes.
Watch Serhii’s published video about caring for older people in Ukraine.
Watch the Mercy Houses videoYour giving questions.
Where does Donate on this page take me?
The Donate buttons on this page open the dedicated Mercy Houses giving link on Mightycause. The fundraiser is titled Support the network of the Mercy Houses in Ukraine and benefits LYN Community Corp (LYNC). Choose your amount and complete your gift there.
What does my Mercy Houses gift support?
A home, meals, warmth, everyday care, and companionship for older people displaced or left isolated by war. Use this project’s Mightycause fundraiser to direct your support toward Mercy Houses.
How is this different from Donate on the homepage?
The homepage Donate button opens The LYNC Giving Fund at National Christian Foundation (NCF) for general support of LYNC’s work for Ukraine. To support Mercy Houses specifically, use this page’s Mightycause fundraiser.
What happens after I click Donate?
You’ll continue to the giving platform named above. Review the fund or fundraiser name, choose your amount, and complete the payment form. Keep the confirmation provided by that platform for your records.
Can I discuss a larger gift or a partnership?
Email Wade Kusack to discuss current needs, a program partnership, or questions about directing your support.
Help make room for care.
Give directly to the Mercy Houses fundraiser to support a home, daily care, and companionship for older people.
One shared commitment
Care that continues.
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A way to safetyEvacuation
Helping people leave danger and connect with shelter and support through trusted local relationships.
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