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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SITUATION REPORT – 07 JUNE 2022

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022

In the first 100 days of the crisis, HIA has reached 105,720 people so far, providing emergency access to basic humanitarian aid, protection activities and other services both in Ukraine and in Hungary. Soon to open HIA Refugee Support and Integration Centre in Budapest will provide assistance to refugees from Ukraine through various services (in-kind…

Easter joy lights up the faces of Ukrainian preschoolers

April 30, 2025April 30, 2025

This Easter, laughter and joy filled the Community Space of the Support Center for Ukrainian Refugees, where Hungarian Interchurch Aid hosted a heartwarming celebration for young children from Ukrainian refugee families. The event brought a touch of spring magic to preschoolers and early school-age kids, who dove excitedly into Easter egg hunts and colorful crafts….

A new home for the displaced of Vynohradiv

October 12, 2023February 16, 2024

Lyuba and Vlada were one of the first people to move into a shelter completely renovated by Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) thanks to funds provided through ACT Alliance’s Ukraine appeal. Work started on the once dilapidated dormitory following requests by Vynohradiv’s municipality in the spring of 2022 – and in September 2023 the building was…

Escaping Pokrovsk: Support Point evacuates family of 8

January 21, 2025January 21, 2025

The city of Pokrovsk, located in the Donbas region of Eastern Ukraine, has long been a focal point of conflict. Many residents had already fled, but as the fighting intensified and the “ring of fire” closed in on the city, the mandatory evacuation of those who remained became unavoidable. Among them was Kateryna, a mother…

Those who don’t make the news – A shop too far

October 6, 2022February 16, 2024

While the world looks to the newly liberated areas of eastern Ukraine, little is said about those who have been destitute since the first day of the war and whose situation has changed little. The combat events in the Kharkiv region can only mask the hardships endured for more than half a year by the…

Help in the fight against ‘General Winter’

October 20, 2022February 16, 2024

Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) and its partners are very concerned about the intensifying military strikes on the Ukrainian population and infrastructure. As winter approaches, the disruption or loss of communal services pose an unprecedented challenge to humanitarian organisations. Meeting the most basic needs has already been difficult for thousands of internally displaced people in Ukraine, which…