March 17, 2022 Humanitární pomoc a rozvojová spolupráce Charity ČR

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 Humanitární pomoc a rozvojová spolupráce Charity ČR

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 Humanitární pomoc a rozvojová spolupráce Charity ČR

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 9, 2022 Humanitární pomoc a rozvojová spolupráce Charity ČR

From a nuns' diary: they fled Ukraine with a home for the elderly

Fear, gratitude and hope. These feelings accompanied a group of nuns who evacuated from Ukraine to the Czech Republic after long days and sleepless nights. As they fled, the sisters brought comfort to the seniors they took with them. Take a look at their diary, in which they recorded their harrowing journey.

March 6, 2022 Humanitární pomoc a rozvojová spolupráce Charity ČR

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.

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