Ukraine

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.

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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.

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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.

Lack of crisis psychologists in Ukraine
November 3, 2014 Ukraine

Lack of crisis psychologists in Ukraine

Caritas Czech Republic in cooperation with Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic organised education training for fifteen Ukrainian psychologists. They arrived in Prague on 13th October and remained there for an entire week to improve their first psychological aid techniques.

Serving Ukraine in a time of crisis
August 27, 2014 All news

Serving Ukraine in a time of crisis

“We decided to leave our home because it was dreadful to stay there,” says Maria, a woman who fled Crimea as fighting intensified. “Only three of us came here – two children and I. We have moved to an unfamiliar city, unknown people, without our ordinary things.” Read more on caritas.org.

Psychosocial courses: Caritas Czech Republic in Ukraine
July 25, 2014 Ukraine

Psychosocial courses: Caritas Czech Republic in Ukraine

By the end of June 2014, donators will have contributed almost 1.5 million CZK to the collection fund “Caritas for Ukraine”. Caritas Czech Republic have used this money to indemnify the relatives of victims of the Maidan unrests, equipped four hospitals in Western Ukraine, opened 4 positions for psychologists, supported the running of a kitchen in Maidan and financed psychosocial aid training for Ukrainian psychologists.

Successful training of psychologists in Ukraine
June 4, 2014 Ukraine

Successful training of psychologists in Ukraine

Caritas Czech Republic, in cooperation with Caritas of the Archdiocese of Olomouc and the Slovak Catholic Charity, organised training for Ukrainian psychologists on issues related to crisis situations. The training was part of the humanitarian aid and relief provided by the aforementioned organisations following the unrests in Maidan in February 2014. The unrest caused a number of deaths and injured hundreds of people.