Ukraine Archives

Second Year of War in Ukraine: Caritas Prepares Long-Term Plans

23/02/2024 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies in Ukraine, Press Release, Ukraine by daniele piccini

Two years after the beginning of the war and nearly a decade after the conflict in the east of the country, the humanitarian situation in Ukraine continues to deteriorate and will not improve if hostilities do not stop. This is the picture described by the two local Caritas organisations – Caritas Ukraine and Caritas-Spes Ukraine ...

Two Years of War in Ukraine. Mother and Daughter play “Life is Beautiful”

23/02/2024 Ukraine by daniele piccini

Once upon a time, in a country where laughter mingled with tears and hope shone even in the darkest of times, there lived a little Ukrainian girl named Milana. Milana was a funny, pretty girl with sparkling eyes that held galaxies of curiosity and wonder. Her infectious laughter echoed through the corridors of the Caritas ...

Ukraine. The Creative Center Kharkiv helps Children to Cope with War

23/02/2024 Crisis in Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine by daniele piccini

This project, in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, offers 800 children and an additional 200 parents from socially precarious and economically disadvantaged backgrounds help and support, in coping with everyday life every year and now more important than ever. At the beginning of the war, many of the project beneficiaries fled to other parts ...

CARITAS WAREHOUSE BURNS TO THE GROUND FOLLOWING OVERNIGHT RUSSIAN ATTACK, 300 TONNES OF AID DESTROYED

19/09/2023 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies in Ukraine, Europe, Press Release, Ukraine, Ukraine by Maria Kristina Millare

“Russia’s attack on the Caritas-Spes Ukraine warehouse in Lviv last night, destroying 300 tonnes of humanitarian aid for the people of Ukraine, was an outrage and a flagrant violation of International Humanitarian Law,” states Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis Alistair Dutton from New York, where he is attending the UN General Assembly and where Ukrainian ...

CARITAS WAREHOUSE BURNS TO THE GROUND FOLLOWING OVERNIGHT RUSSIAN ATTACK

19/09/2023 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies in Ukraine, Europe, News, Ukraine, Ukraine by Maria Kristina Millare

A Caritas humanitarian aid warehouse has burnt to the ground overnight in Lviv following a Russian attack. Caritas staff were unharmed but an estimated 300 tonnes of humanitarian goods were completely destroyed in the fire, which included food, hygiene kits, generators and clothes. “On the night of September 19, 2023 Russian troops hit an industrial ...

ONE YEAR OF WAR IN UKRAINE. PEOPLE OF THE DUNGEON

24/02/2023 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies in Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine by daniele piccini

A family from Kharkiv lived in a basement for 200 days It is cool and drafty in the basement of this 16-story building on Northern Saltivka. Dusty communication pipes stretch along the walls, wires hang from the ceiling. It is hard to believe that people lived in these conditions for a long time. They didn’t ...

ONE YEAR OF WAR IN UKRAINE. TODAY CARITAS PRAYS THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS

24/02/2023 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies in Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine by daniele piccini

Today, February 24, 2023, is the anniversary of the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine. Caritas Internationalis and the National Office team of Caritas-Spes Ukraine would like to invite you to join the prayer of the Way of the Cross. We want to call this Way of the Cross “The 366th station” to symbolize ...

ONE YEAR OF WAR IN UKRAINE. CARITAS POLAND PROVIDED 176,000 UKRAINIANS IN NEED WITH SHELTER

23/02/2023 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies in Ukraine, Poland, Ukraine, Ukraine by daniele piccini

“My name is Tetyana Bilyaeva, I come from the Kherson region in the Goloprystansky district, village Novaya Zburjivka. I worked as a methodologist in a kindergarten. I worked as a director of a community centre, which means I always had to deal with people, with children. That’s what I always liked. And when the war ...

ONE YEAR OF WAR IN UKRAINE. CARITAS SLOVAKIA EXTENDED A HELPING HAND TO THOSE IN NEED

21/02/2023 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies in Ukraine, Slovakia, Ukraine, Ukraine by daniele piccini

Tetiana, doctor In Ukraine, she worked as a paediatrician in a local hospital. Tetiana’s family managed to literally escape to safety, to Slovakia. After a difficult period, she enjoys completely ordinary activities such as cooking jam or working in the garden which make her happy. Irina, teacher The English and Bulgarian teacher’s home was ...

ONE YEAR OF WAR IN UKRAINE. CARITAS ROMANIA, ASSISTANCE AND SHELTER AFTER DESPERATION

17/02/2023 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies, Ukraine, Ukraine by daniele piccini

The border crossing to Romania was the light at the end of the tunnel for Iryna, her daughter, her sister-in-law, and her two daughters, escaping from the war in Ukraine. Iryna Pysarenko (31 years old) is a mother from Drushkovka in the Donetsk region in Ukraine. She came to Romania on April 4, 2022, with ...