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Dispatches from Lviv: Displaced women share their stories
More than 6.8 million people in Ukraine have fled to neighboring countries since the conflict began, and more than 8 million have been internally displaced. All these people, most of them women and children, need support and protection.
Read MoreWomen, girls in Afghanistan hope for the return of education for all
In Afghanistan, most schools closed as the country’s government changed in August 2021. Over the following months they gradually opened for boys in all grades, but girls above grade six have been home for nearly 10 months.
Read MoreRefugees in Jordan feeling the effects of Ukraine conflict
Ghena and Hanan currently have to spend the equivalent of 11 euros to buy three liters of cooking oil -- three euros more than six weeks ago. The effects of the war in Ukraine have now also reached Jordan. This means only one thing after more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic: further fear for their income.
Read MoreCARE provides lifesaving mobile healthcare to vulnerable Afghans
“I am eight months pregnant, but this is the first time I'm seeing a doctor,” says Belqees*, 28, at a CARE mobile health clinic in Balkh province, northern Afghanistan. Like many women, Belqees either lives too far from a public hospital or cannot afford the transportation costs, and the cost of attending a private clinic puts that option out of reach
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‘Psychological first aid’: Training mental-health first-responders in the Ukraine refugee crisis
Florian Koleci, a psychiatrist with training in cognitive behavioral therapy and art therapy, is among 500 psychiatrists, social workers, healthcare workers on the Romania-Ukraine border and in transit hubs who recently received emergency psychosocial support and trauma-counseling training.
Read More“How could I stay?” Three Generations of Women Find Shelter in Sighet
More than four million Ukrainian refugees, mostly women, children, and the elderly, have fled the country since the Feb. 24 Russian invasion. That number includes Oleksandra, 81, her daughter Elena, 53, and granddaughter Vika, 22, who recently arrived in Romania from their homes in Kyiv and Chernivtsi.
Read MoreEmpathy in the Ukraine refugee crisis: “We know what it means to be separated from your family”
Andreeas Novacovici, a social worker and president of the YouHub Association in Romania, is partnering with CARE to respond to the Ukraine crisis. YouHub is a member of the Federation of Child Protection NGOs (FONPC), and is one of 80 members of this federation who stepped up when conflict broke out to respond to those fleeing into Romania, as well as those in need still inside Ukraine.
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