Conflicts and Disasters Archives - Page 7 of 138

“With my work as a Caritas volunteer, I can support Ukrainian refugees” (Sven Klimaschweski)

21/03/2022 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies, Emergencies in Ukraine, Refugees, Ukraine by daniele piccini

Sven Klimaschewski, 35, spent the weekend tinkering at a car with a friend. The radio news about the war in Ukraine made him want to provide support himself. He contacted various organizations. He didn’t want to just drive to the Polish-Ukrainian border. That made no sense, says Sven Klimaschewski. “Nothing is worse than blocking the ...

Ukrainian refugee Khalina Stoyanowka works now as a Caritas volunteer

20/03/2022 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies, Emergencies in Ukraine, Refugees, Ukraine by daniele piccini

The future was too uncertain for Khalina Stoyanowka. She waited for days for the war to end. She would have preferred to go back to work. She teaches Polish and Ukrainian. There was no end in sight. She decided to flee to Poland together with her daughters Alexandra and Veronika. There, her eldest daughter Irena ...

Ilyena Kamarolena and her son Bagdan left Kharkiv (Ukraine) on March 4. Caritas volunteers in Poland took care of them

18/03/2022 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies in Ukraine, Refugees, Ukraine, Ukraine by daniele piccini

Ilyena Kamarolena, together with her husband Andrei and their 9-month-old son Bagdan, left Kharkiv on March 4. When the first bombs fell, they fled to the Zavod Imeni Malysheva metro station. People were sleeping on cots and on the ground, it was getting more crowded every day. Outside, she heard the rocket hits. Sometimes the ...

Anna Urbańska is a volunteer for Caritas Poland at the border crossing in Dorohusk

17/03/2022 Crisis in Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine by Maria Kristina Millare

She regularly works for Caritas when help is needed. This time, again, she couldn’t just stay at home. Anna felt that her hands were tied far away from the border. She saw a call for volunteers from her local church on Facebook and decided to help. It took some days until she found a ride ...

“I never expected to encounter such helpfulness. Here I get everything I need for now”. (Alyona Sushko)

16/03/2022 Emergencies, Migration, Ukraine by daniele piccini

Alyona Sushko, 26, woke up to a dull rumble. The walls of her apartment in Kharkiv were shaking. She thought the neighbors were having a boisterous party. Her cat Wenya was hiding under the covers. At first, there was nothing noticeable on social media. It wasn’t until a friend called her 10 minutes later and ...

Crisis in Ukraine, mother and daughter from Poland volunteer for Caritas Logistics Center in Lublin

11/03/2022 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies in Ukraine, Refugees, Ukraine by daniele piccini

Katarzyna Kręglicka and her daughter Wiktoria, 6, have been volunteers at the Caritas Logistics Center in Lublin for about a week. They stopped counting the days. After connecting with people on Facebook who were hosting Ukrainian refugees in Lublin, they collected and donated items these families needed. They asked around about where else help was ...

Ukrainian refugee crisis: Caritas scale-up work in all neighbouring countries to provide assistance

5/03/2022 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies in Ukraine, Refugees, Ukraine, Ukraine by Francesca Frezza

Just over a week following the outbreak of war in Ukraine, the UNHCR has reported over 1,045,459 people have fled to neighbouring countries, including Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Moldova, Romania as well as Bulgaria, with the hope of finding safety for themselves and their loved ones during a time of intense violence and uncertainty. In response, ...

Inna, a civil servant from Kremenets

4/03/2022 Crisis in Ukraine, Ukraine by Francesca Frezza

At first, I couldn’t believe that there’s a war. But then you open your Instagram and you realize that your country is being bombarded and it’s going on right next to your home – Inna Inna comes from the town of Kremenets, near Ternopil and worked as a civil servant. Her husband, as other ...

Zlata a photografer from Kiev – Stories of the war in Ukraine

4/03/2022 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies in Ukraine, Ukraine by Francesca Frezza

We need to help each other in this terrifying situation. Images in social media – all the videos as testimonies of the conflict – show the real thing. Something has to be done to stop this tragedy – Zlata When the war began, Zlata, a photographer from Kiev, was about to start a new ...

Caritas call for the opening of humanitarian corridors to aid the suffering people of Ukraine

1/03/2022 Crisis in Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine by Francesca Frezza

“This war first of all means enormous suffering. What we see is a humanitarian catastrophe. Caritas Ukraine and Caritas-Spes stand with the suffering people,” said Monsignor Michael Landau, President of Caritas Europa, during an online press conference held by Caritas Internationalis on March 1. The Caritas confederation are calling on governments, NGOs and all people ...