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“We came back being even more oppressed, but that experience forced us to get…
Lviv has become a transit center for our Caritas-Spes Mission. Humanitarian aid trucks come here, and from here they go all over Ukraine: first to regional humanitarian hubs, then by trucks, buses, cars, and even trains to the most remote…
read more‘We’re not alone! This is the most powerful message I’m bringing to Ukraine’,…
It’s difficult to imagine the end of the war’, added Father Vyacheslav. ‘I don’t believe the war will end just by concluding a peace treaty. The war will only end when we are able to forgive all those terrible things we’ve witnessed; when…
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Caritas Spes Ukraine has launched a humanitarian aid hotline
We have launched a hotline for humanitarian aid from Caritas Spes Ukraine. Call 0800 300 344 Monday to Friday from 9 am to 7 pm. Calls from mobile operators are free.
read more"I can't just sit idle here". The story of Katya from Vorzel
I met Katya in the lobby of a cozy pilgrimage center that receives internally displaced persons. It seemed to me at first that the girl was working here dealing with organizational issues because she held a notebook in her hands and…
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How Caritas-Spes works in Transcarpathia
Going to the mountains in peacetime has always meant something blessed. Prior to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops, Transcarpathia was a picturesque region where our Mission operated. Before the war, Caritas Spes offered…
read moreA youth club is a centre for communication and self-cognition
Since the beginning of the war, the Centre for IDPs arranged by Caritas-Spes has housed over 20,000 people, mainly mothers with their children and elderly people. People come to this hospitable accommodation, calm down and start planning…
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My daughter sings Tina Karol's song about Ukraine all the time…
The girl mentioned in the title was able to grow up peacefully in the Sumy region, prepare for school and delight the whole family with singing her favorite Ukrainian songs. However, unfortunately, the 5-year-old kid and her mother, Mrs.…
read moreKharkiv underground microcosm
Kharkiv is a city of informal culture created literally in the underground. Countless open and secret institutions and workshops have always attracted creative personalities. But already 2 months after the hostilities, hundreds of…
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Shelter for the body and consolation for the soul in the heart of the…
In times of the war, the word "shelter" acquires a special meaning. Caritas Spes Yablunytsia is not just a place where a comfortable bed, delicious food and a hot shower will always be offered. It is also a constant support of native…
read more"When our territory has already been liberated and demined, we will go…
With the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine, the Pilgrim's House has become a refuge for many families of internally displaced persons. People from different regions of Ukraine are coming here. Many of them sent their…
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Help that brings victory closer
Humanitarian aid trucks ply from borders across Ukraine, first to regional humanitarian hubs, then by trucks, buses, cars, and even trains to the most remote villages of the frontline zone.
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