Ukraine

“I’ve never experienced fear on any mission”: A Ukraine humanitarian worker’s story

By Halyna Bilak/CARE Germany · September 14, 2023

Passionate about social work almost since childhood, Irina Ozhehova understood firsthand the significance of risking one's life to save others, and she possessed the ability to build robust teams and devise solutions during crises. Recently, she joined CARE Ukraine as a Rapid Response Officer, which enabled her to engage in large-scale projects and extend assistance to even more people.

What Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Initiative means for global hunger

By Juan Echanove · July 18, 2023

War exacts a terrible cost on the world’s most vulnerable people. Because of our interconnected global food supply chain, this goes far beyond those in the immediate conflict zone.

Ukraine’s unnatural disaster: What the Kakhovka dam collapse means for the region

By CARE Staff · June 7, 2023

As soon as the news of what officials are already calling one of the largest man-made European disasters in decades, CARE began coordinating its response to bring relief to those affected by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam.

“I know how difficult it is to look for shelter”: A day in the life of a humanitarian shelter advisor in Ukraine

By Sarah Easter · May 14, 2023

Omer is a Shelter Advisor for CARE Ukraine, offering technical advice and expertise in relation to the shelter response in conflict-affected parts of the country. Here, he talks to CARE about his motivation for working in the shelter sector, his work in Ukraine and why dignified shelter is more important now than ever.

A year of war in Ukraine: “I left everything”

By Daria Khrystenko, as told to Raegan Hodge · February 24, 2023

Daria Khrystenko, a single mom, fled Kyiv the day the war started with her young son and mother, who suffers from a heart condition. This is her story of that day.

A year of war in Ukraine: “My name is Natalia, and I’m from Kharkiv”

By Natalia, as told to Daria Khrystenko · February 23, 2023

On February 24, at 5 a.m., we heard the explosions. At 5:11, my sister called me. She saw an explosion from her balcony, and she asked me what to do.

A year of war in Ukraine: Borscht on the frontlines

By Daria Khrystenko and Travis Nichols · January 23, 2023

Borscht is one of the most well-known Ukrainian meals – a traditional, hearty soup with multiple layers of ingredients held together by a savory beet broth. To make borsht the traditional way, it takes hours to simmer all the ingredients properly. But borscht during wartime is different.

A year of war in Ukraine: Yulia’s story

By Halyna Bilak, CARE Ukraine · January 20, 2023

Yulia's family lived in Skadovsk, a small town in the South of Ukraine, near Crimea. While millions of other families fled to the West and across the border to neighboring countries, Yulia didn’t want to leave her elderly parents behind.

10 humanitarian crises that didn’t make headlines in 2022

By CARE staff · January 12, 2023

In 2022, CARE's analysis of online media in five major languages showed the severe drought in Angola received the least media of any international crisis, followed closely by the climate-fueled hunger crisis in Malawi.

A year of war in Ukraine: Masha’s story

By Sarah Easter and CARE staff · January 11, 2023

Last February, Masha, her parents, and her older sister became a small portion of what would become the nearly 6.5 million people internally displaced since the start of the war in Ukraine. The family began a four-day journey from their hometown in the Donbas region to the train station in Lviv, where they hoped they’d be able to travel to safety somewhere further from the fighting.

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Ukraine

“I’ve never experienced fear on any mission”: A Ukraine humanitarian worker’s story

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What Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Initiative means for global hunger

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Ukraine’s unnatural disaster: What the Kakhovka dam collapse means for the region

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“I know how difficult it is to look for shelter”: A day in the life of a humanitarian shelter advisor in Ukraine

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A year of war in Ukraine: “I left everything”

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A year of war in Ukraine: “My name is Natalia, and I’m from Kharkiv”

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A year of war in Ukraine: Borscht on the frontlines

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Ukraine

“I’ve never experienced fear on any mission”: A Ukraine humanitarian worker’s story

What Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Initiative means for global hunger

Ukraine’s unnatural disaster: What the Kakhovka dam collapse means for the region

“I know how difficult it is to look for shelter”: A day in the life of a humanitarian shelter advisor in Ukraine

A year of war in Ukraine: “I left everything”

A year of war in Ukraine: “My name is Natalia, and I’m from Kharkiv”

A year of war in Ukraine: Borscht on the frontlines

A year of war in Ukraine: Yulia’s story

10 humanitarian crises that didn’t make headlines in 2022

A year of war in Ukraine: Masha’s story

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