Caritas Czech Republic and other Caritas’ from the Czech Caritas network have been working in Ukraine for a long time. Initially, aid focused mainly on social services, health and education, but also on supporting people affected by the conflict in the eastern part of the country. After the outbreak of war in 2022, we provided immediate humanitarian aid, financial support and psychological care. Our current focus is helping the internally displaced, for whom we primarily provide decent housing. Our assistance in Moldova is also significant, where we have helped 15,000 Ukrainian refugees.

More about our work in Ukraine

Humanitarian aid

In the immediate aftermath of the Russian invasion, we delivered and provided humanitarian aid. We provided food shipments, medical supplies, generators and equipment for temporary accommodation centres. We organised training in crisis intervention and offered psychological support, improving access to health care. We are assisting people affected by the Kachovska Dam breach.

Decent housing for the internally displaced

Millions of people had to flee their homes due to the war. We are helping to provide decent housing for internally displaced people. In the country’s west, we are repairing refugee accommodation centres and building modular houses.

November 19, 2015 Ukraine

Report on helping in Ukraine

From the 15^th until the 25^th November 2015, the workers from the humanitarian department of DCHOO and ACHO undertook a monitoring journey of the humanitarian project and they had the chance to take part in handing over the last packages to people affected by the conflict in Donbas in Ukraine.

September 3, 2015 Ukraine

Caritas Ukraine does not give up on helping in the country

The riots are still ongoing in the east of Ukraine. It has already impacted 1.4 million internally displaced persons and another one million asylum seekers in bordering countries. A quarter of a million suffer from the lack of food, medicine and shelter. As a result of the conflict nearly 7,000 people were killed and over 17,000 were wounded in the east of the country.

July 16, 2015 Ukraine

Aid in Ukraine lacks interest and financial support

"We're not doing enough. Nobody is discussing how the humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine is affecting 1.3 million people who have had to leave behind their homes and everything they once had," says Erik Heinonen, the Program manager of the American charity Catholic Relief Services for Ukraine.

May 18, 2015 Ukraine

What do Ukrainian psychologists deal with?

In late April, psychologists met in Prague to discuss topics important in the local context, such as how to provide psychosocial assistance to prisoners, dealing with displaced persons fleeing the conflict in the east of the country, and supporting people suffering from severe disabilities.