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Local organisations like Care in Action are leading Ukraine's aid effort, and essential to helping the 7 million displaced people within Ukraine. So every one of the 198 people cared for in our shelters, every mother we help to find a job, every child we help to enrol in a new school in the relative safety of Lviv is significant. 

In July we are helping refugees move out of school halls and into our hostels so classrooms can reopen, and Director Jasmine Lehnis-Leitao met some of them in her visit to Lviv. By asking donors to fund another 85 people in hostels, we can meet the essential need for children in Lviv to benefit from teaching, social interaction and routine in school.

We are happy to report that our Creative Hub, opened on June 1st, is serving children and parents who have lost their homes in the war. The child-friendly spaces and range of activities give children who are living in hostels and halls a chance to play, enjoy learning and adjust to life in a new city. These are important steps in rebuilding lives, and parents are making new friends and looking for work.

One of our hostels is home to 40 people who fled Russian aggression: here families have a safe place to stay in Lviv, along with care and counselling from Care in Action, so they can plan their next steps. We would like to thank Razom for Ukraine for financing 40 places at this hostel since May 2022. In total they have funded 4,360 beds for a night!

Some refugees in our hostel barely escaped the missile strike in Kramatorsk. Many went through heart-breaking experiences to get to safety. Thanks to our donors' generosity, we can provide housing for 125 children and their families who, leaving their entire lives behind, fled their hometowns and villages to find shelter and security.

Hundreds of families and thousands of children and adults who arrived in Lviv after being displaced within Ukraine received humanitarian aid from Care in Action between March and May 2022. Behind these statistics lie hundreds of living stories: real faces that show sincere smiles and tears.

Over April and May we have regularly supplied food to 2,500 displaced people in the Lviv Region. With donations we have bought essential food supplies, and also delivered donated food, clothes and aid. One of our partners wrote “Thank you for helping with the food, toiletries, and other help you bring. Every day, so many families come to request help and tell us their story. We feel so joyful that together we can help them with something. "

Teenagers have so little attention and communication in these times: there is high uncertainty, and an almost complete lack of support for education and training. So we are delighted that our 21st Century Skills Camp created a wonderful atmosphere for young people and an opportunity to gain skills. We will soon open a Children and Youth Centre to provide even more positive experiences and IT training for young people.

A month of war in Ukraine had passed, new people were coming to Lviv, and those who arrived earlier could not return as planned due to the dangerous situation in their hometowns and villages. We searched for a place where a crisis center could be set up as a stable home for mothers and children. We found the perfect place...