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International Forum Created to Coordinate Humanitarian Work in Ukraine
Representatives of eleven international aid organisations operating in Ukraine met in Budapest at the initiative of Hungarian Interchurch Aid. At the conference – held at the headquarters of HIA – members of ACT Alliance, a group of church-based aid organisations – gathered to share their experiences of the first four months of the war and…


A Sure Start for Displaced Children
Sure Start – a term familiar for many UK readers – is also the name of a Hungarian Interchurch Aid institution in the town of Berehove, Ukraine. The Sure Start Children’s House (Biztos Kezdet Gyerekház in Hungarian) was established four years ago to help single mothers in need. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, its…


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…


HIA has opened a humanitarian office in Lemberg
The staff of the Hungarian organization also agreed on the assistance with the deputy mayor of the strategically important Ukrainian metropolis and several regional representatives. According to the city’s deputy mayor, there were no discussion about the support of the city with foreign professional aid organizations so far and no UN coordination was established. The…


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


Behind the frontlines – but not without help
Many of the displaced lack even the most basic supplies, often leaving with only a bag of clothes. With the war raging for more than a month now, over four million people have taken refuge in other countries. More people have stayed within the borders of Ukraine – in total 7 million are internally displaced….