Habitat has been working on the ground in Ukraine since September 2022 through partnerships with local and international organisations, offering interventions aimed at home and community infrastructure repairs and supplying resources and technical expertise for home weatherisation. Repairing Homes and Infrastructure in Northern and Eastern Ukraine In 2023, Habitat and its partners Catholic Relief… Read more »
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Ukraine Crisis Update
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago has created an enormous humanitarian crisis, with an estimated 14.6 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in the region and over £40 billion in damage to the housing sector, representing 37% of the total damage. The devastating conflict has forever changed the lives of millions… Read more »
Read moreFinding Peace in Poland
Irina and her 6-year-old daughter, Kira, found refuge in Poland after fleeing Mariupol two months after the outbreak of war. Like many other Ukrainians, they escaped into the unknown. They were full of fear and uncertainty about the future, but they hoped that everything would work out, and they had faith that they would… Read more »
Read moreFinding Hope in Bucharest
“When the war began, he started to have new symptoms, and he knew our life will not be same anymore.” Tetiana was living in Bakhmut with her husband and 32-year-old son, Denys, who has Down syndrome, when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, though for them, the war began in 2014. Tetiana was… Read more »
Read moreUkraine Crisis: Marina’s Story
When Marina and her daughters fled the war in Ukraine they became refugees in Poland. Since arriving in Poland, Habitat for Humanity have supported the family by securing temporary accommodation in Poland. The loud explosions jolted Marina and her husband awake just before dawn outside Dnipro, a central Ukrainian city that spreads out from the… Read more »
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