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Play areas for the kids living in the shelters of Ivano-Frankivsk
Thanks to the cooperation of Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) and its local partner organisation, NGO ’Centre for Equal Opportunities’, new play areas have been added to 7 institutions supporting internally displaced people in the Ukrainian region of Ivano-Frankivsk. The child-friendly spaces set up in four community shelters and three medical clinics are designed to host…


1 year of assistance on report
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…


Food & hygiene kits distributed in cooperation with Ukrainian Orthodox Church
In cooperation with the Bishopric of Uzhhorod in Zakarpattia of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Hungarian Interchurch Aid has delivered and distributed durable food and hygiene kits for more than 2500 internally displaced people living in and around Uzhhorod on 17 January. Most of them arrived to the westernmost region of Ukraine from the eastern, war-torn…


Fostering resilience in a community shelter for displaced people
As the war goes on in its third year, Ukrainian civil society organisations do everything they can to support the people suffering from it. Believing in the power of community, Hungarian Interchurch Aid – in cooperation with Ukraine Response Consortium partners World Vision and ACTED and with financial backing from USAID, have introduced community-based grants…


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…


Cash support eases pain for elderly displaced
Kamianske – a regional town in central Ukraine – has become a refuge for internally displaced people from Eastern Ukraine. Often leaving behind everything, displaced people are forced to rebuild their lives from scratch. Fleeing occupied Horlivka, 72-year-old Halyna and her two grandchildren, Oleksiy and Misha continue to struggle to make ends meet. Rent, growing…