One Collective · Transform Uzhhorod Alliance
We Bring People Together To Help The Oppressed
The conversation that started it all — One Collective’s Marina meeting with Sharon Harris (Advent Relief) and her assistant to explore what a partnership in Uzhhorod could look like.
The Mission Meets the Moment
In a country fractured by war, One Collective exists for exactly this kind of moment — bringing together organizations, leaders, and communities that would never otherwise find each other, and channeling their collective strength toward those who need it most.
That is precisely what happened when Advent Relief joined the Transform Uzhhorod Alliance.
Advent Relief is no stranger to crisis. They have served vulnerable communities in Ukraine, Moldova, Iraq, Uganda, and Greece — deploying mobile medical and dental clinics in some of the most dangerous frontline cities of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Their commitment to the oppressed is deep and proven.
“When Advent Relief came to Uzhhorod, they didn’t come as outsiders. They came ready to listen, to learn, and to serve alongside those already there.”
Now, guided by their Ukrainian director Sharon Harris, Advent Relief is setting their sights on a new and equally urgent mission: the internally displaced families flooding into Uzhhorod from the conflict zones — and the long-neglected Rroma communities living among them.
When the Right People Meet
One Collective walked alongside Sharon as she navigated this new landscape. We introduced her to the Alliance’s member organizations working among displaced families, and the connections began to spark. But it was a visit to one particular leader that would change everything.
Viktor Fontash — pastor of the Rroma Church of Jesus Christ and leader of the Alliance’s Rroma Focus Group — welcomed Sharon into his world. What began as an introduction quickly became a vision. Sharon saw the depth of need in the Rroma communities of Uzhhorod. Viktor saw in Advent Relief a partner with the medical expertise to help his people in ways no one else had.
Together, they designed a pilot mobile medical clinic for the Rroma community of Radvanka — bringing a general practitioner and pediatrician directly into the neighborhood for comprehensive medical examinations.
Viktor Fontash (Rroma Church of Jesus Christ), Sharon Harris (Advent Relief), a UNICEF representative, and Marina (One Collective) — partners united around a shared mission to bring healing to Uzhhorod’s most vulnerable communities.
Relationships That Open Doors
What makes this story remarkable is not just what is being built — it’s how it is being built. The government polyclinic director, Galina, already trusted One Collective from years of working together: bringing running water to the facility, sourcing a mobile x-ray machine so that tuberculosis could be caught early in a community that suffers greatly from the disease.
That trust became a bridge. Galina welcomed Advent Relief to the table, opening the door to a coordinated care model that strengthens the entire community.
Meanwhile, the UNICEF team in Uzhhorod is now a partner in ensuring that Rroma residents — many of whom lack the identity documents required to access state healthcare — can finally receive the care they are legally entitled to but have long been denied.
This is One Collective’s mission made visible: not one organization doing everything, but the right people connected at the right time, working together toward something none of them could have built alone.
Partnership Milestones
Mobile Medical Clinic — Radvanka, Uzhhorod
A pilot program bringing a general practitioner and pediatrician directly into the Rroma community of Radvanka for comprehensive medical examinations, planned for full launch in July.
Government Polyclinic Partnership
One Collective reconnected with clinic director Galina — a trusted partner from previous projects including water access and a mobile x-ray machine for early tuberculosis detection — to coordinate care alongside Advent Relief’s mobile clinic.
UNICEF Document Access Partnership
The team met with the UNICEF Uzhhorod office to develop a pathway for Rroma residents to obtain the legal documents needed to access government medical care — opening the door to services they have long been denied.
“Because of your partnership, these connections are possible.”
Every relationship forged, every door opened, every forgotten community reached — it is made possible by those who pray and give. Thank you for being part of a network that refuses to leave the oppressed behind.