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March 17, 2022 CCR-Zambia

Irumva can now better manage her finances thanks to DAFI and Caritas

Growing up as a refugee girl, for Irumva Emma Triphine, luck was something she was never familiar with. She never thought she would have to acquire skills in financial management due to lack of money, let alone think of getting into university. Thanks to the DAFI Scholarship Programme being implemented by Caritas Czech Republic that covers both tuition and living allowances for refugee students, Irumva was able to get into university and afford to cover her basic needs.

March 17, 2022 News

Ukrainian refugee: No one wanted to believe this pointless war would come. Then we heard the bombs

Ryabych Lyudmyla Mykolajivna from the town Rivne, the centre of the Volhynian Bohemians, escaped with her grandson from Ukraine. During their journey, they were stranded at the border in the middle of the forests. After arriving in Prague, she stayed at the Caritas hotel Marianeum. Read about why she did not believe the war started and what made her leave.

March 14, 2022 News

The bombing took away the life Alyone had known

"I felt like I was in a movie, I had never experienced war before," says Alyona Sushko, who fled bombed-out Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine. She woke up to the war. Alyona and her mom were hiding for a few days but then decided to seek safety abroad. Find out more about her story.

March 12, 2022 News

The war in Ukraine has already forced Lyudmila and her son to move twice

Although the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, the protracted war has started in 2014 when the Donetsk and Luhansk regions self-proclaimed the independent republics. Lyudmila and her son had to leave their home in Luhansk back then. Now, eight years later, the same sad situation found them in the suburbs of Kyiv. Fortunately, thanks to the help of Caritas, they have now found a temporary home in Ternopil, located in western Ukraine.

March 7, 2022 News

Meet the women of Caritas Czech Republic

They live in different countries, sometimes ten thousand kilometres apart. Yet they have many things in common. Women who work at the Caritas Czech Republic and women who have received support from Caritas to get back on their feet. Who are the women of the Caritas Czech Republic and what do they wish for International Women's Day?

March 6, 2022 News

3 stories from the Ukrainian-Slovakian border

Relief that they are out of the worst and safe. But also the horror, fear and worry of what will happen next. These are the feelings that fill the air at the Slovak border crossings of Vyšné Nemecké and Ubľa, where thousands of Ukrainians fleeing the war are streaming into the country.

March 5, 2022 News

I haven't seen my kids since Christmas. Just to get back...

While many people are fleeing Ukraine, Mrs. Gala is heading in the opposite direction. She lives and works in Brno, but returns to her homeland to collect her family. And she hopes they will all make it back to the Czech Republic.

March 4, 2022 Interviews

I didn't want my children to see their mother panicking, says Ivanna after leaving Ukraine

Not long ago, Ivanna was living peacefully with her family in a western Ukrainian town. But the Russian invasion of her homeland has changed the situation dramatically. Ivanna decided to leave the country with her daughters. As she describes it, making such a decision is not easy and is even condemned by some of her neighbours. Find out more about her journey to Prague in this interview.

February 28, 2022 CCR-Iraq

Yasmine was able to open her own salon thanks to the Caritas Czech Republic and UNDP

Yasmine Raed Najm is a married woman with three children from the Al-Muhammadi sub-district, Al-Heet district, Anbar Governorate. She has always dreamed of starting her own business and helping other women of her area. But in Iraq after the conflict, it was not easy. Thanks to Caritas Czech Republic and UNDP, Yasmine was able to open her salon.

February 21, 2022 News

Thanks to financial assistance, Teimuraz was able to modernize his hotel in Georgia

One of the long term projects supported by the Caritas Czech Republic in Georgia is supporting the small and medium-sized enterprises in the Racha province. Thanks to our help, local people can stay in the region and continue working in the sectors traditional to the area - as well as Teimuraz, who has opened a small hotel here.

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Irumva can now better manage her finances thanks to DAFI and Caritas

Ukrainian refugee: No one wanted to believe this pointless war would come. Then we heard the bombs

The bombing took away the life Alyone had known

The war in Ukraine has already forced Lyudmila and her son to move twice

Meet the women of Caritas Czech Republic

3 stories from the Ukrainian-Slovakian border

I haven't seen my kids since Christmas. Just to get back...

I didn't want my children to see their mother panicking, says Ivanna after leaving Ukraine

Yasmine was able to open her own salon thanks to the Caritas Czech Republic and UNDP

Thanks to financial assistance, Teimuraz was able to modernize his hotel in Georgia

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