Nina was born on the steppes of Kherson 68 years ago. War directly entered her home through the roof and the windows in the form of artillery shells and bombing. Nevertheless, leaving her home she’s never left before was never an option for Nina. The front line has moved twice across her native Blahodatne during…
In the magnificent mountains surrounding Drohobych in Western Ukraine, there is a quiet but steadfast force at work: faith. Supported by ACT Alliance member Hungarian Interchurch Aid through its Flexible Smal Grants programme, Father Ihor and his Greek Catholic Caritas group have created a spiritual and mental refuge for the many displaced people arriving to…
The day of Saint Nicholas is always a time of fun, surprises, and kindness. This year, the festive mood arrived to the Ukrainian Refugee Support Centre for Ukrainian Refugees in a special way. Santa – or St. Nicholas, depending on by what name you know him — decided to take a break from preparing gifts…
The Government of Hungary donates 100 ventilators to Ukrainian hospitals with the help of Hungarian Interchurch Aid. The medical institutions of Dnipro, Donetsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Kherson, Kyiv, Odesa, Mikolayiv, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv oblasts are about to receive VG70 and Boaray 5000D ventilators from HIA, with the assistance of the Public Health Office of the Ukrainian…
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…
Love never harms – this was the message of the workshop held on 30 August in Lumen Café Budapest by the Crisis Clinic of the Support Centre for Ukrainian Refugees(UMTK) for refugee women living in our country. Here, psychologist Judit Hirsch spoke to thirty participants about the nature of trauma, while Balázs Rácsok, the director…
“For one of the classes, this year is the very first time they have come to school in their life. They have been studying online from their first day of school until this day” In a show of resilience and determination, Ukrainian children are returning to school as the country struggles to cope with the…
Far from the concrete jungle, embraced by the forest, rivers, and in close proximity to the mountains, a recreation centre is hosting a summer day camp for children. We are near Ivano-Frankivsk, a city in western Ukraine, where many displaced people found a new home after fleeing the war in the east of the country….
On her official visit to Ukraine, President of Hungary Katalin Novák has also visited a kindergarten built with the help of the Hungarian Interchurch Aid. The kindergarten and the school of Zahalci, located near Kyiv were destroyed and severely damaged by fighting in the spring of 2022, and HIA has undertaken to renovate both with…
Children need to be children – no matter the circumstances. Whether they are displaced within Ukraine, or had to flee their home country completely, HIA aims to bring respite to their life, making them forget – even if only for a day or two – that they are far away from the place they once…