In Conflict-Torn Eastern Ukraine, Football Offers a Path to Hope
We asked refugees and IDPs to tell us what football means to them. Using disposable cameras, they shared their stories.
Remembering a great humanitarian and his connection with Ukraine
A legendary United Nations diplomat and humanitarian – Sergio Vieira de Mello left the incredible story and legacy. One chapter was on Ukraine.
Three stories of #RealLifeHeroes of the UNHCR Ukraine who served in emergency and support missions abroad
South Sudan, Venezuela, Peru, Mexico, Niger, Nigeria, Guyana, Kenya, DRC are just a few of the countries facing a significant worsening of the humanitarian situation.
Story of a humanitarian worker at the frontline of the conflict in eastern Ukraine
Yevhen Kaplin is one of #RealLifeHeroes – hundreds and thousands of people working tirelessly and putting their life at risk to serve others.
‘With this law, I will finally get a sense of how it is to exist’
A new statelessness determination procedure in Ukraine gives people without identity documents the right to work, study and access health care.
UNHCR welcomes new Ukrainian statelessness law set to end legal limbo for thousands
The law will give thousands of people who lack a nationality a chance to work legally, study and access healthcare among other rights and opportunities, and will ultimately provide a pathway to citizenship, once they are recognized as stateless.
How did coronavirus change daily routine and habits of people in Donbas?
For several months now, UNHCR, together with its partner organizations, have been helping the most vulnerable people in eastern Ukraine to protect them from the coronavirus and help them survive this difficult period. They have distributed disinfectants and personal...
UNHCR and NRC repaired 5,000 homes destroyed during the conflict in the east of Ukraine
Since 2015, UNHCR and NRC in Ukraine have partnered to repair and rehabilitate more than 5,000 homes destroyed during the conflict in the east of Ukraine.
Prominent Ukrainian singer Gaytana and the UN Refugee Agency present a new song and music video for the World Refugee Day 2020
On 19 June, the famous Ukrainian singer Gaytana and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) released a music video for World Refugee Day. Annually celebrated on June 20th, World Refugee Day draws attention to the problems of people who have lost their homes due to conflicts and persecutions.