Emergency aid for more than 600 000 Ukrainians
In Ukraine, HEKS/EPER is currently supporting the neediest people in the immediate vicinity of the front line by distributing cash and relief supplies to cover daily needs – especially in view of the coming cold winter. In addition, HEKS/EPER is also supporting Ukrainians who have fled to Romania, Hungary and Moldova and assisting with measures to facilitate their integration in these countries. So far, HEKS/EPER has provided emergency relief for over 600,000 people in Ukraine and neighbouring countries.
HEKS/EPER has been running its own office in Odessa since March 2022, and was one of the first relief agencies to provide emergency aid the immediate vicinity of the front lines: in Mikolaiv and Zaporizhzhia in the south and in Kharkiv in the east. There, more than 300,000 especially needy people already have access to clean drinking water, food in the form of hot meals or food parcels, hygiene kits, medicines and other medical supplies, and also cash with which to purchase everyday necessities. The families who live in these regions or who have fled the bombing are some of the neediest. They are unable to leave the country owing to health problems or other factors. HEKS/EPER is also continuing to assist people who have fled Ukraine, and is involved in the rebuilding of transit centres for displaced people. With the approach of winter and the extreme cold, HEKS/EPER is focusing its emergency aid increasingly on the distribution of warm clothing, including for babies, as well as blankets and sleeping bags.
HEKS/András D. Hajdú
