‘I just can’t stand aside if I know that I can help’
Disability rights activist Tetiana Barantsova escaped the war in Ukraine in a wheelchair. Now she’s helping others with disabilities to do the same.
“Ukraine is my family; I need to be here to help,” says Abbas, a former refugee and now a social worker
UNHCR, together with CF Rokada and other partner NGOs, continues to respond to Ukraine’s enormous needs with funding from donors such as the United States.
Ukrainian volunteer rallies village to welcome displaced families
As families fled west to escape fighting, Rymma Mytrak came up with a plan and with help from her neighbours opened a shelter for 80 people within days.
Ukrainian family confronts new reality of life as refugees
After an arduous journey to safety, two-month-old Andrii is among the youngest of more than 2 million refugees from Ukraine, but his aunt already looks forward to the day he can return.
University dorm in western Ukraine offers escape for fleeing families
With nearly 2 million people forcibly displaced within Ukraine, UNHCR and its partners are responding to the dire humanitarian needs with shelter and other forms of aid.
Volunteer cyclists deliver aid to isolated communities in eastern Ukraine
Volunteers are using bicycles and tricycles donated by UNHCR to reach vulnerable people in eastern Ukraine with aid and companionship.
Syrian youth in Ukraine is building its future through education
A record number of 8,347 students were enrolled on DAFI scholarships in the last study year.
Ukrainians save lives and help people in world’s worst humanitarian crises
On August 19, the world observes World Humanitarian Day
Teaching Tolerance Through Football in Ukraine
In Ukraine, Sasha Fomichov is CEO and head coach at the League of Tolerance in Ivano-Frankivsk. He took a series for Goal Click Refugees showing groups including underprivileged kids attending a free football school supported by national champions FC Shakhtar Donetsk,...