Ukraine

Caritas for Ukraine

Caritas for Ukraine
The war continues. So does our support.

In Ukraine, the war proceeds with devastating consequences for civilians. Millions of people have lost their homes and live in makeshift conditions without water, heat, or medical care. Caritas Czech Republic helps directly on the ground — providing dignified housing for internally displaced people, repairing damaged homes and medical facilities, building modular shelters, supplying drinking water, opening mental health centres, and supporting education and retraining.

More than 12 million people need urgent assistance, and nearly 4 million are internally displaced. Attacks reach schools, hospitals, and residential buildings. The health care system is overloaded, and life in uncertainty leaves serious psychological effects.

Why helping for Ukraine is still needed

The highest number of casualties

The highest number of casualties

In June 2025, Ukraine recorded the highest number of civilian casualties in three years — 232 deaths and 1,343 injured. Rocket and drone attacks also strike areas far from the front, destroying homes, schools, and hospitals. Millions live in uncertainty, often spending hours in shelters and losing support systems. Aid remains essential — it saves lives, restores homes, and gives hope.

Our direct assistance in Ukraine

A home for those who lost theirs

The war has deprived millions of people of their homes and forced them into temporary shelters or overcrowded accommodations. We build modular homes for internally displaced families and assist with reconstruction. We insulate homes, provide firewood for heating, and secure drinking water even near the front lines.

Modernizing healthcare and qualified personnel

Many hospitals have been damaged or overwhelmed by an influx of injured and sick people. We modernize medical facilities, expand rehabilitation and reproductive health services, and train medical personnel to deliver quality care even under the hardest conditions.

A path to independence

Displaced people often start from zero — without jobs, contacts, or any support system. We offer courses that give them new skills, open pathways to employment, and allow them to live independently without relying on aid.

Additional support for Ukraine

More about our help to Ukraine in Moldova

Where we operate

Where Caritas Czech Republic operate


Helping with us

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

UHF

Czeh Aid

Articles

International experience with helping refugees from Ukraine: final report summarising the work of the Ukraine Refugee Response Learning Platform released
October 31, 2025 Charita Česká republika

International experience with helping refugees from Ukraine: final report summarising the work of the Ukraine Refugee Response Learning Platform released

Caritas Poland, in cooperation with other Caritas organisations from Central and Eastern Europe, has issued a final report prepared within the Ukraine Refugee Response Learning Platform (URRLP). The report presents key findings and recommendations drawn from more than three years of providing assistance to people who have fled the war in Ukraine. 

Doctors from Ukraine's frontline Dnipro region are adopting Czech rehabilitation practices
October 2, 2025 Caritas Czech Republic in Ukraine

Doctors from Ukraine's frontline Dnipro region are adopting Czech rehabilitation practices

A delegation of doctors and local authority representatives from the Dnipro region visited leading clinics in rehabilitation medicine in the Czech Republic. During their study trip to Prague, medical professionals from Ukraine's frontline region learned advanced techniques and developments that help people recover from severe injuries and illnesses, enabling them to return to everyday life. The visit is part of a Caritas Czech Republic project funded by the Czech Development Agency, CzechAid.

Caring for resilience. Caritas Czech Republic helped to set up a Mental Health Centre in Lviv region
September 15, 2025 Caritas Czech Republic in Ukraine

Caring for resilience. Caritas Czech Republic helped to set up a Mental Health Centre in Lviv region

Over 70% of Ukrainians officially need psychological care because of the war. In 2025, Caritas Czech Republic joined a nationwide mental health programme in four regions of the country. We are helping to set up Mental Health Centres at hospitals, to provide children and adults with free and high-quality psychological care. On September 10, one of the centres launched in Novoyavorivsk, Lviv region.

Summer of Ukrainian children between laughter and sirens
September 1, 2025 News

Summer of Ukrainian children between laughter and sirens

Childhood in Ukraine has now unfolded under the shadow of war for three consecutive years. Despite the ongoing conflict, children strive to experience summer like their peers elsewhere in the world – playing, travelling, creating, and dreaming. Yet their stories are shaped by anxiety, separation, and the daily threat of air raids. Several children and parents from different regions of Ukraine shared how they spent their summer holidays and what they experienced. Many of them have benefited from the services of Caritas Czech Republic in Ukraine or are actively cooperating with the organisation.