Each emergency is about protecting the people we serve, and this is my experience in Ukraine
“Blackouts, missile attacks, air alarms: this is my reality today. And not only because I am working in Dnipro, Ukraine, but also because I too have been displaced by this war. However, I don’t even think about being in danger anymore – I am totally...
Giving strength and support through gastronomy
“Let’s make some nice, big kiflykis. I’ll show you how to do it, and then we will taste it together,” smiles explorer of local cuisine of Zakarpattia Liubov Keretsman as she rolls out the dough. Kiflyky is a traditional Carpathian sweet, like a mini croissant with jam...
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...