Everyone can be a hero: the humanitarian response in war-torn Ukraine. Part 2
Andriy Smirnov, a 68–year-old father of two daughters and a Kharkiv native, knows first-hand what forced displacement looks like. Andriy has been working as a driver at Proliska, a local UNHCR partner NGO, when conflict broke out in the Eastern region of...
House repairs restore hope for Ukrainian family after year of turmoil
Now aged 84, Kateryna Humennyy was just a child when war first upended her life in Ozershchyna, a small village set among vast agricultural plains an hour’s drive west of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. Her father was killed during the Second World War, leaving her mother to...
Everyone can be a hero: the humanitarian response in war-torn Ukraine
The full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 upended the lives of millions of people in Ukraine. As the humanitarian needs have grown for more than 17 million people countrywide, Ukrainian non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) have stepped up their...
Makariv musician finds solace in singing amidst the tragedy of war
In a small town on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, the strumming of a guitar can be heard from the street. This town on the riverbank, Like a flash of magical torches, Warms the soul like the flame of a candle, It’s called simply… simply Makariv On the...
Launch of a new platform ‘Ukraine is Home’ to facilitate housing solutions
The Ministry of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development and UNHCR, as humanitarian Shelter Cluster lead agency, launched a new collaborative platform ‘Ukraine is Home’ –to match supply and demand for assistance with housing repairs and reconstruction....
UNHCR’s Grandi ‘appalled’ by destruction after six-day Ukraine visit
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, today concluded a six-day visit to war-torn Ukraine, his third visit since the Russian invasion, with a call for donors to stay the course and support the people who are suffering acutely. He travelled...
UNHCR provides generators to help families stay warm amidst blackouts
A small settlement of modular houses near the war-stricken town of Borodianka recently became home to around 280 people. Less than a year ago, practically all the residents of this new community lived peacefully in their own houses and apartments. But after 24...
As snow falls on Chernihiv, a town north of Kyiv, families are finding solace in the warmth of their newly repaired homes
UNHCR’s shelter programme repairs homes damaged by airstrikes and shelling this year
Working together to include people with disabilities
It is estimated that 15% of the world’s population have a disability, including people with intellectual disabilities, Deaf people, autistic people and women with disabilities, reminding us that disability is diverse and often invisible. In Ukraine and many other...