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Diary from Ukraine: Everyday life in a war-torn country - Part 2
February 2, 2023 Humanitární pomoc a rozvojová spolupráce Charity ČR

Diary from Ukraine: Everyday life in a war-torn country - Part 2

How does everyday life look like in war-torn Ukraine? What do people in the west of the country face? How are they affected by the constant power outages? Read the diary of our colleague Kateřina Krejčová, who regularly writes from Mukachevo her observations of life in Ukraine. The second part of her diary is here.
Diary from Ukraine: Everyday life in a war-torn country - Part 1
January 19, 2023 Humanitární pomoc a rozvojová spolupráce Charity ČR

Diary from Ukraine: Everyday life in a war-torn country - Part 1

How does everyday life look like in war-torn Ukraine? What do people in the west of the country face? How are they affected by the constant power outages? Read the diary of our colleague Kateřina Krejčová, who regularly writes from Mukachevo her observations of life in Ukraine. The first part of her diary is here.
Damaged infrastructure and sub-zero temperatures. How is Caritas helping Ukrainians survive this harsh winter?
December 8, 2022 Humanitární pomoc a rozvojová spolupráce Charity ČR

Damaged infrastructure and sub-zero temperatures. How is Caritas helping Ukrainians survive this harsh winter?

Massive attacks on basic infrastructure mean a harsh winter for Ukrainians. Widespread power, water, gas and heat cuts are affecting everyone, including the still relatively safe west of Ukraine. Caritas Czech Republic is helping Ukrainians through this difficult winter period. We are building modular houses, supplying generators and providing psychological and financial assistance.
Woman beekeeper from rural Georgia expands her business
September 26, 2022 CCR-Georgia

Woman beekeeper from rural Georgia expands her business

Nana Dvalidze, a middle-aged beekeeper from the Alpine zone of Georgia has been producing honey products for years. Although the quality of her honey was excellent and she was distributing it across the whole country, the volume of the production was low as the work with outdated equipment required a lot of time. After Caritas Czech Republic granted Nana modern honey production equipment, honey-pressing became much easier and that enabled her to expand the business. 
People have lost everything they had: their home, city, hobbies, roads they used to walk, and status, says Ukrainian psychologist
September 13, 2022 Humanitární pomoc a rozvojová spolupráce Charity ČR

People have lost everything they had: their home, city, hobbies, roads they used to walk, and status, says Ukrainian psychologist

Ulyana Popova іs a psychologist, who has been working for Caritas Ukraine for more than 4 years. Since the beginning of the war, her work has changed completely. She helps people forced by the war out of their homes to safer parts of Ukraine overcome war horrors and integrate into their new reality. She helps people to learn how to live a normal life in the shadow of the war. Caritas Czech Republic provides psychological training for specialists like Ulyana.
Baby Richard is on the road to recovery from Malnutrition thanks to Caritas Czech Republic
September 5, 2022 CCR-Zambia

Baby Richard is on the road to recovery from Malnutrition thanks to Caritas Czech Republic

Richard is a two-year-old boy who, thanks to Caritas Czech Republic and the World Food Programme in Zambia, participated in the important Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MYCIN) and Growth, Monitoring and Promotion (GMP) programme that benefits his entire community and help him recover from Malnutrition.
Behind the scenes of Caritas Czech Republic: Muhammed Hammady describes our work in Iraq and Ukraine
August 11, 2022 Humanitární pomoc a rozvojová spolupráce Charity ČR

Behind the scenes of Caritas Czech Republic: Muhammed Hammady describes our work in Iraq and Ukraine

A few months ago, Muhammed Hammady, country director at Caritas Czech Republic in Iraq, Turkey, and Syria, moved to Ukraine as a country representative, to oversee our projects there. We talked with him about our work in Ukraine and Iraq, and about his personal motivation to come to the other part of the world to the country which is going through war horrors because of Russian invasion.
Dozens of people are staying in a single room, says Vasyl Demianchuk
July 28, 2022 Humanitární pomoc a rozvojová spolupráce Charity ČR

Dozens of people are staying in a single room, says Vasyl Demianchuk

Because of the Russian invasion, millions of Ukrainians were forced to leave their homes.  According to the UN Refugee Agency, it is estimated that more than 7 million people are internally displaced. We discussed the most urgent needs of people who left their homes because of the war with Vasyl Demianchuk, Deputy Head of the Transcarpathian Regional Council.
Caritas took care of returnees from concentration camps, says historian Jaroslav Šebek
July 27, 2022 News

Caritas took care of returnees from concentration camps, says historian Jaroslav Šebek

Caritas Czech Republic has a rich history, fragments of which date back to the 19th century. After the First World War, organized associations of Caritas began to form. Priests and bishops participated in the creation of the Caritas’ work. It first drew attention to itself while helping refugees from the borders in 1938, and in May it was caring for returnees from concentration camps. We present historical details in an interview with associate professor Jaroslav Šebek.
Caritas Czech Republic is celebrating its 100-year anniversary
July 11, 2022 News

Caritas Czech Republic is celebrating its 100-year anniversary

This year is a turning point for Caritas Czech Republic. It is celebrating one hundred years since its foundation, and can thus take pride in having the title of the oldest non-profit organization in the Czech Republic. At the same time, it is also the largest provider of health and social services in our country. And these are definitely valid reasons to organize celebrations and remember Caritas’ history and importance.
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