Every Child Deserves Hope this Christmas
With war and winter closing in, families in Ukraine are choosing between heating their homes and filling their kids' plates. A Christmas food box means they don't have to choose.
"I want us to have a warm home, like in a fairy tale."
Every night before bed, four-year-old Zoryana whispers the same wish to her mum.
Zoryana's family live in a small village in Ukraine. Her dad works hard, but with the war dragging on and winter coming, there are weeks when it's heating or food, and not enough for both. Her seven-year-old sister has already stopped asking for anything. She knows how tight things are.
For $50, you can give a family like hers a Christmas food box, packed by local volunteers and delivered to their door.
Christmas food boxes for families across Eastern Europe
Mission Without Borders Australia works alongside local teams in six countries. Every Christmas, we pack and deliver food boxes to families living in poverty, and in Ukraine, to families whose lives have been turned upside down by war.
Every Day Essentials
Oil, rice, pasta, flour, tinned meat, sugar, salt and tea
A Few Treats
Special items to bring joy to the kids to make their Christmas special.
A Message of Hope
Sharing the Christmas message in a meaningful way.
How will my gift actually reach a family?
Local people source food and essential items
Our staff and volunteers live in these communities and know the families and can source familiar, good quality local items
Packed by hand by dedicated volunteers
Volunteers and local churches pack each box with care, adding treats for the kids and a children's activity pack about the Christmas story.
Delivered to their doorstep by people who care
Boxes are delivered directly to families or through local distribution points, with every box accounted for.
32,000 Boxes
delivered by our local teams across six countries last ChristmasWhy Mission Without Borders
For more than 65 years, Mission Without Borders has stood alongside families across Eastern Europe, with practical help and long-term support. In Ukraine, our local teams have kept going through the war.
"This help is like an answer to prayer. It is a sign that God has not abandoned us."
Lyudmyla, mum, after her family received a box
