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Once displaced, but at peace in a newfound home
Holding 8-month-old Mykyta in her arms in the courtyard of a residential building, Yulia’s vision for the future is considerably better now than a couple months before. Displaced to Kamianske, Dnipropetrovs’k Oblast from her native Volnovakha, she applied for cash assistance provided by the Ukraine Response Consortium-partner Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA). Her lack of savings…


Guiding frontline communities through life’s legal challenges
A long, dusty road leads through the steppes of Kherson Oblast, leading to Zahradivka, a small agricultural village. The settlement is home to 406 residents, a combined shop and post office, a primary school and one support point – run by Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) with financing from the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund (UHF). Upon arrival,…


Refugee children face new challenges as new school year starts
The start of the new school year was a hot topic amongst Ukrainian families staying in Hungary already during the summer months. For the kids, September means new friends, experiences, but also new challenges and most definitely, new concerns for parents. While in Ukraine the war still defines the way children may attend school, refugees in…


Returning childhood to a Zaporizhzhia community shelter
With 22% of the population being internally displaced and over 5000 of them living in community shelters, the city of Zaporizhzhia is in dire need of accommodation. Those that had to leave everything behind are not picky, but the need for improvements is felt in most of the temporary accommodations housing internally displaced people with…


Multipurpose hub with healthcare, administrative & postal functions inaugurated in Synyak
The settlement of Synyak and formerly occupied areas of Kyiv oblast were liberated in the spring of 2022 following the withdrawal of Russian forces. The multipurpose administrative building aims revitalise the hromada, and to provide the highest possible level of support to these communities affected by the war – all in one place. In order…


Freedom under missiles is still better than living in fear
The liberation of Kherson came at a price. Upon their withdrawal from the port city in southern Ukraine, the Russian invaders cut Kherson off from public services depriving the tens of thousands of residents of electricity, heating and running water. Free as it is, the city now faces ever-increasing artillery strikes from the other, still-occupied…