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What’s cooking in Zmiiv?
“I get eight thousand hryvnias (about 200 euros) after two kids. I have to cook separately for my younger son for health reasons, and I can see my daughter has psychological problems after all that we have gone through,” says Natalia when explaining how she tries to look after her children. The situation of the…


Support for refugees on the brink of financial breakdown
The war in Ukraine has been ongoing for one and a half years now, with no end in sight. Millions have fled the country, many of them finding refuge in neighbouring Hungary – a country with a completely different language, strange customs and culture that puts refugees trying to establish their life here in a…


Mental & Spiritual Healing on the Foothills of the Carpathians
In the magnificent mountains surrounding Drohobych in Western Ukraine, there is a quiet but steadfast force at work: faith. Supported by ACT Alliance member Hungarian Interchurch Aid through its Flexible Smal Grants programme, Father Ihor and his Greek Catholic Caritas group have created a spiritual and mental refuge for the many displaced people arriving to…


Those who don’t make the news – A shop too far
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…


Kindergarten renovation finished in Berehove, Zakarpattia
The children of Berehove will now finally be able to spend their days in a modern and fully equipped kindergarten. László Lehel, president-director of Hungarian Interchurch Aid, together with Levente Magyar, Hungarian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Viktor Mikita, Military Governor of Zakarpattia were all present at the inauguration ceremony of the…


Among the first to bring aid to liberated Kherson
THE 30-TONNE AID CONSIGNMENT MADE UP OF READY-TO-EAT FOOD, WATER AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS REACHED THE FRONTLINE CITY’S DEPRIVED POPULATION Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) was among the first international aid organisations to bring aid to the recently liberated city on the frontline. Kherson was cut off from all utility networks after Russian troops withdrew, leaving the…


