Ukraine

Three months into the conflict, CARE staff and partners inside Ukraine and the surrounding areas share insights from the frontlines

After more than two months of war in Ukraine, which has forced millions of refugees and displaced people to flee their homes, a new Rapid Gender Analysis by UN Women and CARE reveals that women and minorities are facing immense hardship when it comes to health, safety and access to food as a result of the crisis.

The aid was delivered to the Ukrainian Red Cross logistics center in Uzhhorod in western Ukraine, and from there it was distributed to affected people in Ukraine on the same day.

6.5 million people have fled since the war began inside Ukraine. People who have had to leave their homes and often family members behind. Women, children, and elderly people who need a safe roof over their heads, a job but also food, baby nutrients and hygiene items such as soap and shampoo.

Karl-Otto Zentel is secretary general of CARE Germany. He was recently in Ukraine to support humanitarian aid on the ground.

It is a small place, sparsely furnished, clothes are piled up in the corner. It looks like a kind of closet if it were not for the six mattresses that are squeezed tightly together on the floor. “This is where we live at the moment,” says Oleksandra, who fled Mariupol with her children and grandchildren and has been living in this small room for over a month. There are a few suitcases and bags with clothes on the floor next to the mattresses. “That's all we could save,” says Oleksandra. “We had a future, but it was taken from us on February 24 – the beginning of the war in Ukraine.”