Life stories
«The most important thing in our work is trust»
It is very difficult for people to accept what has happened. It's much easier to forbid yourself to think about it, says Victoria Amelichkina, a psychologist at the Caritas-Spes Family Support Center in Zhytomyr.
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Caritas-Spes Lutsk support the family escaped from the war
Fleeing the threat of war to protect her child, Olena (name changed) arrived in Lutsk at the beginning of the full-scale invasion in 2022. For the 26-year-old woman with a 4-year-old daughter in her arms, starting a new life in an…
read moreBringing Back Childhood: How Children from Frontline Areas Find Support and…
As of the end of 2024, around one million children were registered among internally displaced persons. These are small brave hearts who know the horrors of war all too well, so we want to give them at least a little bit of happy childhood…
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The path to safety: evacuation from Donetsk Oblast and support for people
Winter is over, but the lives of people in frontline areas remain tense and dangerous.
read more“People opened their hearts to us. It is priceless!”
Nadiia Zaichenko, a teacher at the Caritas-Spes Family Support Center in Zhytomyr, talks about the losses and pain caused by the war and the hope that gives you the strength to dream and live.
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The power of a child's heart: the story of a girl from Volyn who lives with her…
At just 15 years old, Iryna (her name is changed for ethical reasons) has already felt the pain of losing her closest family members. Her parents have left this world, so now the girl lives with her 87-year-old grandmother in a small…
read more«There are more good people. We see them with our souls»
A blind couple – Oksana and Viktor from the village of Kuzmina Hreblya in Cherkasy region – about leaving the war-torn Donetsk region, their personal experience of overcoming difficulties, the power of human support and optimism that…
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“Every moment of life is a great miracle...”
Christmas is a time of wish fulfillment and a sense of family. When we are together, we are not victorious, says Inna Polishchuk from Liubar in Zhytomyr region.
read moreA man evacuated from Pokrovsk found shelter in the Caritas-Spes shelter
Since February 2022, more than 14 millions Ukrainians have been forced to leave their homes due to the fighting caused by Russia. Leaving behind one’s familiar life and heading into the unknown is never easy, but when you know there is…
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“We walked for two days just to escape the occupation...”
Antonina is a mother of six children. She is raising 5 sons and a daughter on her own. The war forced the family to leave their home in Polonne, Zaporizhzhia.
read moreCase management gave hope and supported a family from Kharkiv in a difficult…
A case manager is not a magician who will solve all your problems with a single wave of the hand, but a reliable shoulder that provides a sense of support, assistance, and the value of human connection.
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“...And this faith has given us strength all this time”
That August morning in 2022, a black line divided the lives of Natalia and her son Mykhailo in Kharkiv into “before” and “after.”
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