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It is never easy to flee and leave everything behind, and it is even more difficult with children. Certainly, for children with special needs – for whose development a predictable, familiar environment and ability to move around is essential – this is also true. In this video interview we speak with Anna Perekatiy, leading the…


Refugee Stories: Irina
Irina (31) is a trained nurse, who – together with her two children – lives with 100 other refugees in the Batiovo refugee shelter in Transcarpathia. They receive three meals a day in the establishment, which is heated and equipped with hot and cold running water, as well as mattresses and blankets. It is one…


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…


“We cannot leave those, who have been forsaken by everyone else”
Incoming news about life under Russian occupation in Ukraine are increasingly worrisome, civilians stranded in such territories speak of harsh living conditions, shortages and deprivation, as well as other difficulties. Against all odds, Olha Fomenko is trying to carry on with her humanitarian work in the Russian-occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region of Southern Ukraine….


A safe space for displaced children
Made up by containers, the shelter “modular city” in Lviv, Western Ukraine has become a safe haven for about 1,000 Ukrainians fleeing the war in the east. The neat and modern shelter is also home to many kids – which can be immediately noticed upon entering its courtyard and playground area. Children on rollerblades, bicycles…


Winterization survey carried out and donations handed out in Kharkiv
Hundreds of people spend the night in dark basements, remaining shops only carry basic goods, people depend on picking mushrooms and fishing to get by 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…


