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At dawn on February 24, my son called from Azovstal, "Mom, it's war. Pack…
At dawn on February 24, my son called from Azovstal, "Mom, it's war. Pack your things, I'm going to the military commissariat"
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“We would wash bed linen at our homes – and these were whole bags of it”: how…
As a shelter volunteer at the St. John Paul II Catholic Church in Lviv, Ms. Bronislava has heard dozens, maybe hundreds of stories. Stories of homes being gone, of leaving everything behind, of worry about those who stayed.
read moreThe cats were the first to fall behind, and the dogs held on longer. I look…
Her town was wiped out by Russian aggressors. The only thing left of Mariinka are the foundations of houses and memories. Yuliia keeps these memories in her heart. They are her fragile talisman and amulet.
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When my son says: "Mom, you are the queen!" I forget everything. How…
Svetlana’s hometown in Ukraine is unrecognizable today. In Rubizhnye in the Luhansk region, barely a house remains, and in the former cozy courtyards and playgrounds you see only graves. Svetlana experienced both incredible happiness and…
read more“We are alright now, but in our thoughts, we are back home.” Agnia Bohun from…
On February 24, 2022, Agnia Bohun woke up at dawn in her Kharkiv home to explosions. The air was roaring and houses were collapsing. Not far away, high-rise buildings were turning into charred skeletons. “We packed emergency suitcases and…
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In the Kharkiv and Zhytomyr regions, Caritas-Spes Ukraine is completing the…
At the end of March 2023, the Caritas-Spes Ukraine team is completing the humanitarian aid project for the Kharkiv and Zhytomyr regions, financed with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia and Slovenska…
read moreМедична зірка та благодійна організація Карітас підписали меморандум про…
Всеукраїнська мережа закладів із охорони здоров’я «Медична зірка» та міжнародна благодійна організація «Карітас-Спес» Україна підписали меморандум для надання безкоштовної допомоги населенню постраждалому внаслідок війни. Завдяки цьому…
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My passport is all I could get, says 80-year-old Polina from Mariupol
Ms. Polina, 80, still remembers the scents and sounds that filled her home in Mariupol. The clock ticking, the creaking of the floor in the room, and the hissing of the kettle in the kitchen as she brewed her morning tea. She remembers the…
read moreLaughter Offers Free Medicine in War: The story of a family from Chuguyev
The city of Chuguiv, 20 km from Kharkiv, became a zone of intense shelling almost from the first day of the large-scale invasion.
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"Olha, take our child, we have to get away from here. The Kadyrovites have…
After the liberation of Sloboda village in Chernihiv region from the invaders, seven-year-old Ivanko learned to smile again and planted a "tree for victory"
read moreTo survive death
This story won`t have photos, except two of them – a portrait of a person who has experienced the horror, and the photo of this horror. This story doesn’t have an end, except the hope – that someday a normal life will return. This story…
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On February 24, a joint prayer of the Stations of the Cross was broadcasted to…
On the anniversary of the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine, the team of the National Office "Caritas-Spes Ukraine" conducted a joint prayer of the Way of the Cross called "366 Standing" live on YouTube. In this prayer, the…
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