Archbishop Welby and his team had spent almost three hours in a shelter (News, 7 February). Later last Friday, in an interview with the Church Times (Podcast, 15 February), Archbishop Welby said that the sense among Ukrainians that life was “profoundly uncertain, unpredictable, and uncontrollable” had “really imprinted itself” on his mind. Archbishop Welby spent time sitting with Kolya, an eight-year-old, who was building a model of a warship and setting it to sail on the “Black Sea” of the carpet. “Our mission, as Christian Aid, is to support our partners, to support our people. Heritage, supported by Christian Aid, helped by distributing food, drinking water, and medical supplies to the areas affected.

Source: The Times February 17, 2024 05:22 UTC