🥒🍅Our demonstration farm for regenerative agriculture in Alqosh, Iraq has had a very productive season. Thanks to @HungaryHelps, the farmer collective now has a packaging & labeling machine, which strengthens the ability of farmers to market their top-quality organic produce.

☀️30+°C today in Orlove, Khersonska Oblast, Ukraine. 🚰Returning potable water to a village lacking it never felt this good. Thanks @OCHA_Ukraine #UkraineHumanitarianFund for making it happen

On World Refugee Day, we celebrate the resilience of refugees and IDPs, wherever they are. Serving them has been a core mission of HIA since our foundation. 📸 - Adaptability is key: A shared kitchen in HIA's community shelter, tape markings show the space assigned to each family

Children learning programming at a session of the “Geek Academy” in October 2023. Established by HIA in June 2022, the Support Centre for Ukrainian Refugees functions not only as a point of assistance and information, but also as a vibrant community hub.

Mother’s Day celebration at the Community Space linked to the Support Centre for Ukrainian Refugees. Here, Ukrainian-speaking pedagogues work with children who have endured the trauma of fleeing, providing continuity during a time of upheaval.

Like Bogdan, many refugees struggle to find their place in the new environment and often feel lost in the host country. Hungarian Interchurch Aid aims to provide points of stability to hold onto for those seeking to establish a more secure future for themselves.

Bogdan in the family’s new—but only temporary—home: the community shelter supported by HIA. Children are particularly sensitive to constant change, which can undermine their sense of security. W/o proper support, the trauma of prolonged uncertainty can have lasting consequences.

First Christmas in a new country—at Hungarian Interchurch Aid’s community shelter in Csepel. Since the outbreak of the war, the organization has provided accommodation for 2,784 people in various shelters and currently houses 50 individuals under supported conditions.

Katerina in her community shelter. She not only had to give up her home & career, her family was also torn apart. As a mother raising her child alone, finding employment is her greatest challenge. Her primary goal is to ensure her daughter can grow up safely, w/ good education.

Valentyna became a refugee in her retirement years. Upon arriving in Hungary, she found temporary shelter through HIA. She planned to spend her remaining years in Dnipro, her home. But due to constant attacks in Eastern Ukraine, she now must build a new life in unfamiliarity.

Marek on his first day in Budapest, April 2022. He studies the city he will now call home from the window of the temporary accommodation provided by HIA. While the family now lives in their own flat, Marek struggled to adapt to the many changes.

A refugee mother with her child at the BOK Hall in March 2022. To respond to the waves of refugees during the first year of the crisis, six humanitarian organizations—including Hungarian Interchurch Aid—worked together at this reception and transit hub.

Exhausted refugee family after days of travel at the refugee transit hub in Budapest’s BOK Hall, March 2022. This was their 1st stop after Ukraine & the 1st place where they got information on their nearest future: where they'd sleep, what they'd eat & what could come next.

Football was Dima’s life—he was on the brink of signing a professional contract. After escaping besieged Mariupol, he lost his team and all contact with his teammates. Upon arriving in Hungary, he thought his career was over. But through HIA, he got to continue pursuing his dream

We provide them with support in the form of accommodation, food, psychological assistance and long-term integration programmes. Through the support, Anna & Elena were able to save money and regain stability step by step - now they can sustain themselves & have their own flat.

At HIA'S Support Centre for Ukrainian Refugees in Budapest, our staff help people forced to leave everything behind and start their lives over again because of war. We also provide them with community - something dearly missed since they were torn from their social fabric.

20 June is #WorldRefugeeDay . Today, 120+ million people live as refugees or IDPs around the world: they are not numbers though, but faces, names, lives & stories. Anna & Marek - 2022 April, when they arrived to Budapest. All📸s by András Fekete, HIA's humanitarian coordinator

We extend our heartfelt condolences to the Archdiocese of Alqosh & to the Chaldean Church in Iraq & worldwide. He was a tireless advocate for his community & valued supporter of our work in Iraq. His kindness & unwavering support will be deeply missed. May his soul rest in peace.

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🚰🇺🇦A new watertower rises in Svobodne, Kherson! .War in Ukraine has devastated water systems, risking health & safety. W/ @OCHA_Ukraine, HIA restored clean water access for 103,000 people across Donetsk Zaporizhzhia & Kherson w/ emergency repairs, new wells, water towers & more.