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Back to school amidst shadow of war
“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…
After Life: “We are refugees for the second time”
It is said that a pet is as much of a family member as anyone else. Many refugees from Eastern Ukraine who, after leaving behind the home they had built over many years of hard work, were unwilling to part with their four-legged family members. “I had friends who joined the separatists in 2014 when…
Happily-ever-after – unusual help requests from frontline residents
Optimism is not a matter of circumstances for 73-year-old Natalia, resident of Orikhiv – a city located only a couple of kilometres away from the line of contact. She married her now-husband, age 78 with the help of the humanitarian support point of the settlement. Bombed and shelled every day, most of its residents have…
Those who don’t make the news – Stocks are running out
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…
Continuous presence and successive aid operations in flooded Kherson Oblast
The first, 20-ton consignment of emergency aid has already arrived to the frontline city of Kherson. HIA’s next relief operations will also focus on the phase after the water recedes, to facilitate restoration of normal life with the donation of water pumps and electric generators. Barnabas Szatmári, Hungarian Interchurch Aid’s Emergency Response Director in Ukraine…
Vision regained
“Oh, Angel, embrace us with your wings, Mother of God, bless all with your compassion, In our families, let there be love and esteem, To friends, always pay enough attention. Give us lasting health and contentment, Provide us with well-being, peace and happiness, Of our heart, make a residence of kindness.” This is what Lydia…