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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…


Occupied, flooded & shelled: cash assistance to help build resilience
The large Mazuniny family has experienced war from way too close. Having lived their whole lives in Khersonska Oblast, the challenges they’ve faced made them both stick together as a family and cling to their place of origin. In their struggle to survive and to live a life as close to normal as possible, the…


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…


Governor of Zakarpattia visits Support Centre for Ukrainian Refugees in Budapest
Viktor Mikita, Governor of Transcarpathia visited Budapest on 12 April at the invitation of László Lehel, President-Director of Hungarian Interchurch Aid. One of the main objectives of his visit was to learn about the coordination behind the relief programme in Ukraine, which has helped 500,000 people since the beginning of the war, as well as…


Refugee Support Centre to be Established with the Help of Taiwan
Taipei Representative Office provides $1.5 million in funding for HIA’s work with refugees In addition to its internationally significant humanitarian work in Ukraine, Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) continues to support refugees coming to Hungary as well. In order to provide efficient and complex assistance to those refugees who temporarily or permanently decide to settle in…


From Uncertainty into Stability – Accommodation Support for Refugees
Although many Ukrainian refugees have been living in Hungary for three years, securing adequate housing and a stable livelihood remains one of the biggest challenges for them. For Irina, however, these difficulties seem to have eased recently: alongside several refugees like herself, she has received financial assistance to cover her accommodation, as well as labour-market…


