On the run: Health must not be left behind
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Read moreUkraine, the largest country in Europe in terms of area, has been struggling for peace since before February 24, 2022. War has been raging in eastern Ukraine since 2014. After Russia first annexed the Crimean peninsula and then launched a hybrid war in the Donbas, there have been repeated battles along the front lines. The agreements concluded in Minsk were never fully implemented, and the negotiated ceasefire was also repeatedly broken.
In the early morning of February 24, 2022, Russia launched a nationwide war of aggression against Ukraine. Since then, more than 17 million Ukrainians have been dependent on humanitarian aid. Everyone in the country is suffering from the consequences of the war, which is omnipresent every day. Those affected face new challenges every day. Medical care, the reconstruction of destroyed houses and important infrastructure, the provision of shelter, the transport of essential relief supplies and psychosocial support are just some of the support needs.
The international Malteser family was, is and will stand with the people affected by the war in Ukraine – for as long as they require help. We provide aid adapted to the dynamic situation and needs on the ground.
The war in Ukraine continues. Millions of people still depend on aid – and will for decades to come. We support the people in Ukraine with various aid measures, working closely with the Malteser Ukraine team and other partners that assess the needs of the people on the ground and administer the aid.
Our aid program focuses on psychosocial support for internally displaced persons (IDPs), strengthening the health system, winter aid and delivering urgently needed relief supplies.
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Read moreIn the second year of war, we must continue to support Ukraine.
Read moreMobile teams provide psychosocial support to children and youngsters.
Read more"We expect that after the war millions of people will still need therapeutic support."
Read moreAfter several major cities in western Ukraine were bombed, our work continues.
Read moreIn Ukraine, we prepare refugees and people whose homes have been destroyed for the winter.
Read moreMaria fled with her children and great-grandmother to Lviv, where she received psychological support.
Read moreVolunteers managed to insulate a barn for Nina, who lost her house in the war.
Read moreWhen war breaks out, Nadiya's family survives 44 days in their basement in Kharkiv without daylight before fleeing to Lviv.
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Darya and Stanislav are again awakened by bombs in Mariupol, having already fled attacks in 2014.
Read moreKateryna, herself a refugee and homeless, now travels Europe with her daughter and shares her experiences of war.
Read morePavlo Titko, head of Malteser Ukraine, reports from Lviv on the humanitarian situation and the needs of those affected by the war, as well as his approach to the extreme situation.
Read moreAfter his return from the front, Sascha changed, becoming anxious and aggressive until he received psychosocial support.
Read moreAround 47,000 displaced people are currently living in Severodonetsk. Oksana L. was one of them and is now helping people to make a new start.
Read moreOksana heads a project providing psychosocial support for people affected by war in Ukraine and reports on the challenges they face.
Read moreRebekka Goeke (Interim)
Email: rebekka.goeke(at)malteser-international.org