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László Lehel, president-director of Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) inaugurated the container kindergarten built in Zahaltsi, a settlement north of Kyiv, which has suffered a great deal due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The project was realised within the framework of the government programme Hungary Helps and with the coordination of HIA. The temporary institution…


A friend in need – Serhiy & Anatoliy
A long, dusty road leads through the steppes of Kherson Oblast: it brings us to Zahradivka, a small agricultural village. The settlement has 406 residents, one shop-post office, a primary school and one support point – run by Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) with financing from the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund (UHF). Here, various services and types…


Taiwanese-Ukrainian-Hungarian dumpling cook-off in Sopron
The Sopron branch of Hungarian Interchurch Aid has been supporting Ukrainian refugees living in the area since last summer. Aiming to build a community, the staff of the Social and Development Centre have so far held several community-building events for Ukrainian citizens fleeing the war. On Saturday, 28 January, the centre again hosted a community-building…


A dignified way to help through uncertainty
The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine is getting worse by the day. The number of people in need is increasing as the possibilities to earn a living decrease and countrywide power cuts grow longer. The future is bleak in times when so many in Ukraine have only humanitarian assistance to rely on. The attacks on the…


Starting anew from scratch
Olha and Dmytro have lost everything but their lives. Fleeing a small mining town in Donetsk region, they ended up in a shelter for internally displaced in Bohuslav, Kyiv region, hundreds of miles from their now lost home. As time passed, the shelter conditions became unbearable for them and their two sons, aged 10 and…