About us
Caritas Czech Republic has been supporting Ukrainians since 2014. At that time, we provided humanitarian aid to affected civilians in eastern Ukraine. In response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, we significantly expanded our humanitarian activities in the country and opened a representative office in Mukachevo, Zakarpattia.
Initially, our work included mainly material assistance. After a few months, we shifted our focus to providing better living conditions for vulnerable categories of the evacuated population and psychological and financial support of war-affected people. Caritas Czech Republic also took care of Ukrainian refugees in Moldova and in the Czech Republic. Today, our teams are based in Mukachevo and Dnipro, and our projects cover 6 regions of Ukraine in such essential areas as:
- establishing a national network of mental health and resilience centres;
- improving the quality and accessibility of rehabilitation medicine near the front line;
- supporting war-affected children in catching up on their educational gaps;
- restoring access to drinking water and medical services in the frontline communities;
- providing grant assistance for training courses and business for internally displaced persons;
- ensuring decent living conditions and accessibility in collective accommodation centres.
Emergency support for vulnerable IDPs
Together with Caritas Ukraine and Caritas Drohobych, we are helping people who had fled their homes in Drohobych and in Lviv region to meet their basic needs.
In the Lviv region, we are providing internally displaced people with access to basic services such as healthcare and psychological support. We are also training psychologists to provide them with the knowledge to help those experiencing trauma and loss due to the ongoing war.
In Drohobych, we help internally displaced Ukrainians through cash assistance to give them the possibility to access services and to fulfill their basic needs. We are also delivering lifesaving equipment and medical supplies to the healthcare centre in the city.
Settlements for people forced out of their homes in Ukraine
The Russian invasion forces millions of Ukrainians out of their homes. Many of them have been living in collective accommodation centres, such as gyms, commercial buildings, dormitories and kindergartens. Such places are not suited to provide decent housing. There is not enough space to secure privacy and dignity, there are also often not enough showers and toilets for everyone.
For this reason, together with our partners, we are working to deliver longer-term quality accommodation for internally displaced people in the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine. This means we will ensure that people who had fled their homes have a roof on top of their heads and enough space to live a dignified life.
