1 year of assistance on report

February 22, 2023March 26, 2025

Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) is a member of ACT Alliance with an active presence in Ukraine dating back to 1998. Having established country-wide operations in 2014, in February 2022 HIA has doubled down on its efforts to provide help to the victims of the war – both in Hungary and Ukraine. From tangible, in-kind aid to cash assistance, community-based relief and protection activities, HIA’s response to this crisis is multisectoral and flexible. In the first year of the conflict, HIA has implemented its aid programme in 20 regions of Ukraine. Often operating in hard-to-reach areas, HIA’s help reaches beneficiaries from westernmost Zakarpattia to Kharkiv in the East and Kherson in the South.

Find out more about our work in Ukraine by reading our 1-year report. In the document we aim to explain each of HIA’s modalities of assistance, accompanied by selected stories from the field. You can read the publication online on Issuu below by clicking the middle of the image, or download the whole report from the bottom of the page.

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Six months of assistance on report

August 24, 2022August 29, 2022

Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) has been active in Ukraine since the establishment of the organisation in 1991. It has been scaling up its Ukrainian work since the outbreak of the 2014 conflict. With the onset of war on 24 February, HIA immediately started to prepare its response both in Ukraine and in Hungary. Now, half…

Support for refugees on the brink of financial breakdown

July 6, 2023February 16, 2024

The war in Ukraine has been ongoing for one and a half years now, with no end in sight. Millions have fled the country, many of them finding refuge in neighbouring Hungary – a country with a completely different language, strange customs and culture that puts refugees trying to establish their life here in a…

Not forgotten: indispensable help for frontline residents

June 11, 2024June 11, 2024

Residents of Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts were among the first to witness the horrors of war: destruction, deprivation, even partial or full occupation. Tens of thousands have fled their homes, but many of them have stay behind under daily shelling and in constant fear for their lives and livelihoods. Nevertheless, they are not forgotten….

Finding Hope in the Mountains: How Camps Are Bringing Relief to War-Affected Families

September 24, 2024September 24, 2024

In a time when conflict casts a shadow over everyday life, two camps—DISCOVERY Camp and HAPPY FAMILY Camp—have emerged as beacons of hope and recovery for war-affected families in Ukraine. These camps, organized by Hungarian Interchurch Aid, and financially supported by ACT Alliance, provide not only much-needed respite but also offer psychological support to children…

Situation Report – 10 October 2023

October 11, 2023October 11, 2023

During the past 20 months HIA purchased and transported 2,197,874 kg of food, non-food and hygiene items to Ukraine HIA has reached 480,551 people so far (for a detailed view, see end of attached report), providing access to basic humanitarian aid, protection activities and other life-saving services in Ukraine and Hungary. With the Flexible Small…

Situation report – 13 December 2022

December 13, 2022December 16, 2022

On 7 December, HIA delivered a consignment of 46 generators to Kherson. The generators were handed over to recipient organizations: the municipal water supply company (10), Tyaginska United Territorial Community (11), Suvorivska District Council (15), Kherson city clinical hospital (6), Kherson center of social services, crisis center for victims (2), Condominium “House of the Sun”…