After the attacks: how UNHCR responds and helps people in Ukraine fix their war-damaged homes
With timely and generous support from the European Union, UNHCR and partners rush to provide emergency shelter materials to help people quickly repair their homes damaged by Russian aerial attacks.
“You can’t put life on hold and live in your memories”
Tetiana fled her home and constant shelling in Kharkiv and found solace in Rivne region in western Ukraine, not least through her work in the village council, where she helps other displaced people integrate into their new community.
Second winter with war: how UNHCR helps to keep homes warm and hope high in Ukraine
Improving home insulation Almost two years since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the small village of Huta-Mezhyhirska in Kyiv region still bears visible signs of the heavy fighting that took place in February-March 2022. “The frontline was...
«It is only in the heart that one can see rightly»
“I have been visually impaired since childhood. My parents did not know at first, as I never stumbled and did not tell them that I could not see well. I just feel how to take the next step. I guess, this is my intuition. I always perceived the world by hearing...
“The city is not buildings; it is people”. Youth activist from Mariupol helps to develop an integration hub in Mukachevo
Dariia Markovych hails from Mariupol in southern Ukraine. An active citizen, she was one of the dedicated members of the Mariupol Youth Council, launching programs for youth entrepreneurship and providing grants for the development of business projects created by...
Modular homes help people whose homes were destroyed or severely damaged to stay in their communities
UNHCR cooperates with the Government of Ukraine and international donors to help ensure the war-affected people are safe and warm this winter
‘I am you and you are me’: UNHCR staff draw on first-hand knowledge of displacement
On World Humanitarian Day, we talked to three colleagues whose own experience of being forced to flee their homes inspires and informs their work.
Ukrainian village torn apart by war begins long process of rebuilding
After deadly attacks left much of rural Nalyvaikivka in ruins, UNHCR is helping local families with temporary housing and construction materials as they look to rebuild.
UNHCR’s cash assistance programme supports four generations in Ukraine
Lilia and her family, like over 533,000 other internally displaced people (IDPs) have enrolled in UNHCR’s cash assistance programme funded by donors including the EU Humanitarian Aid.