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The Emergency Appeal Project 2024-2025 has concluded
For 10 months, employees and volunteers of Caritas-Spes in Bilozerka, Zaporizhia, Kamianske, Konotop, Nikopol, Pavlohrad, Sloviansk, Kharkiv, and Kherson worked tirelessly, despite the challenges of war, to provide assistance to over…
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15 Years Trapped Indoors: Can We Help Volodymyr’s Family Finally Step Outside?
Imagine a life where stepping beyond your home is an impossible challenge. Where simple things—like taking a walk in the fresh air or visiting a doctor—become a luxury. This is the reality for the family of Volodymyr Oleksiyovych, who…
read more«Every story becomes a little bit my story...»
Consultation and support from a case manager is one of the services that Ukrainians can receive today at Caritas-Spes Ukraine Family Support Centers. What does this help consist of?
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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“Psychosocial Support for Children and Adolescents in Ukraine 2024”: the power…
Psychological and social support is extremely important in times of war, especially for the younger generation, which is facing many challenges.
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«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…
read moreAs part of the psychosocial protection project, a training course was held to…
From January 27 to 29, a training session was held in Bryukhovychi, led by professional lecturer and practicing psychologist Yuliya Bazilyvska for psychologists working on the project “Services for the Protection and Psychosocial Support…
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An evaluation meeting of the Emergency Appeal 2024 project was held in…
On January 22-25, an evaluation meeting of the centers participating in the Emergency Appeal 2024 project was held in the village of Yablunytsia.
read more“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.
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A 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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