UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and the Ternopil State Regional Administration solidify ongoing collaboration in support of people impacted by the war to recover and rebuild their homes and lives.
March 28, 2023 – Today, the United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR and the Ternopil State Regional Administration signed a Memorandum of Understanding, which defines joint areas of cooperation aimed at supporting internally displaced people in the region. Since...
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and the Rivne Regional State Administration solidify ongoing collaboration in support of internally displaced people
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the Rivne Regional State Administration signed today a Memorandum of Understanding that sets out concrete areas of cooperation aimed at supporting the humanitarian needs of internally displaced people who found shelter in Rivne...
Giving back to the community – a humanitarian response
When Denys joined UNHCR’s local NGO partner Charitable Foundation “Right to Protection” at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the situation was already tense. The Russian invasion had led to the displacement of millions of Ukrainians inside the country....
With the support of UNHCR and the Kyiv Regional State Administration, Ukrainian company QHome is manufacturing and installing 100 houses for families who lost their homes due to the war.
15 March 2023 – In the Kyiv region, prefabricated houses constructed by QHome are being installed on the private land of families whose homes were destroyed due to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Such a house is suitable for a family of four people and...
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and the Kherson Regional State Administration solidify ongoing collaboration in support of people impacted by the war to recover and rebuild their homes and lives
14 March 2023 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the Kherson Regional State Administration signed today a Memorandum of Understanding that sets out concrete areas of cooperation aimed at alleviating dire humanitarian needs of people living in the Kherson...
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...