How can a laptop help displaced and other war-affected people in Ukraine?
In 2023, UNHCR provided 3,370 laptops to help children continue their studies and stay connected, and support social and legal workers, border guards and consular workers to continue providing vital services to people across Ukraine.
New Roma Community Centres in Zarkapatska oblast will address multiple challenges for the minority group and local integration
UNHCR is working closely with local communities and authorities to support and empower Roma communities and strengthen social inclusion.
“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.
In Ukraine, UNHCR’s Grandi urgently appeals for renewed support as the war rages on
KYIV – The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has warned of dramatic humanitarian suffering throughout Ukraine and worsening conditions as war-affected civilians suffer in the depths of winter. Grandi wrapped up his week-long visit to the country...
UNHCR repairs over 27,500 houses, enabling families to remain in and return to their homes in Ukraine
Today, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, together with the Ambassador of Japan to Ukraine, Kuninori Matsuda, and the Head of the EU Humanitarian Aid in Ukraine, Claudia Amaral, visited families and locations in Kyiv region to see the results of house repairs and new solutions implemented for people who have had their homes damaged or destroyed in the war.
With no let-up for war-affected Ukrainians, UN launches humanitarian and refugee plans to respond in 2024
(Geneva, 15 January 2024): The United Nations and partners today asked donors for a combined US$4.2 billion to support war-affected communities in Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees and their host communities in the region throughout 2024. Nearly two years since the war’s...
Ukraine: Family makes a fresh start with a new farm
“I never imagined I would be a farmer,” said 39-year-old Nataliia, standing outside her new home in Sapizhanka Village, in central Ukraine’s Vinnytsia Region. I could see hope in her eyes, despite everything she’s been through. She worked as a logistician back home in...
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...
From collective sites to private homes: UNHCR enables forcibly displaced people find dignified housing solutions
With vital support from the United States, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, helps internally displaced Ukrainian families move out of collective sites into private accommodation.