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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…
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Laughter 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.
read more"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"
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To 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…
read moreOn 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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People of the dungeon: 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…
read moreLive streaming of Caritas Internationalis press conference on the work of…
Watch the live stream of the press conference 12:00
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"Today, while providing emergency humanitarian aid, we must also care…
On February 22, a few days before the anniversary of the full-scale war in Ukraine, a press conference on the work of Caritas-Spes Ukraine and the assessment of the humanitarian situation in Ukraine was held in Rome. During the year of the…
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"You are doing everything right, I am with you, I am doing everything that…
Today, three days before the anniversary of the full-scale war in Ukraine, Pope Francis received Father Vyacheslav Grynevych SAC, Executive Director of Caritas-Spes Ukraine, in a private audience. The interim administrator of Caritas…
read moreThe Ambassador of Slovenia visited the construction of the Rehabilitation…
On February 16, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia Tomaž Mencin and his deputy Blaž Masle visited Zarichany (Zhytomyr region), where Caritas-Spes Ukraine and Slovenska karitas are implementing the reconstruction of the Rehabilitation…
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