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Hailing from the village of Kizomys in Kherson Oblast, the Zelinsky family led an almost idyllic life at the Dnipro estuary. Before the war, they dreamed about a big family trip, but this became reality for all the wrong reasons. Fleeing the occupation, the Zelinskys have lived in several shelters all over Western Ukraine before…


From Uncertainty into Stability – Accommodation Support for Refugees
Although many Ukrainian refugees have been living in Hungary for three years, securing adequate housing and a stable livelihood remains one of the biggest challenges for them. For Irina, however, these difficulties seem to have eased recently: alongside several refugees like herself, she has received financial assistance to cover her accommodation, as well as labour-market…


SITUATION REPORT – 07 JUNE 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…


Christmas Carols with Ukrainian Refugees
With Christmas around the corner, people from all over the Christian world get together to celebrate the birth of Jesus. This is no different for the refugees that arrived from Ukraine: They congregated at the Christmas event of Hungarian Interchurch Aid in the downtown of Budapest, at the Support Centre for Ukrainian Refugees already on…


SITUATION REPORT – 24 AUGUST 2022
HIA has reached 135,216 people so far, providing emergency access to basic humanitarian aid, protection activities and other life-saving services both in Ukraine and in Hungary. HIA has already transported 1064 tons of aid to Ukraine since the beginning of the war. In Hungary HIA helped for more than 5000 refugees in the last two…


A step forward to rejuvenation
László Lehel, president-director of Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) inaugurated the container kindergarten built in Zahaltsi, a settlement north of Kyiv, which has suffered a great deal due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The project was realised within the framework of the government programme Hungary Helps and with the coordination of HIA. The temporary institution…
