Ukraine

Ukraine

A HIAS mental health staffer embraces a group of elderly refugees at a shelter in Lviv, Ukraine on February 13, 2023. (Paula Bronstein for HIAS)

Founded

2022

Of the more than 12 million people displaced by the war, the majority still reside within Ukraine. Many Ukrainians have been displaced multiple times since 2014, following the annexation of Crimea and the conflict in the Donbas region.

As martial law restricts men from leaving the country, more than 90 percent of the 5 million Ukrainians who have fled to Europe are women and children, creating unique protection concerns. Family separation and overcrowding in collective shelters has also dramatically increased the risk of violence against women and girls.

HIAS works with a consortium of local partners to provide critical humanitarian assistance to refugees and internally displaced people in Ukraine.

34,700

people received services in 2024

Our Work

Through our local partners, HIAS supports refugees and internally displaced people through protection services and community mental health care.

We protect refugees and displaced people by offering legal support, preventing and responding to violence against women and girls, looking after children’s rights, providing safe housing, ensuring access to food, and resettling refugees. These approaches are all tailored to local contexts and are designed to strengthen communities to support people forced to flee violence and persecution.

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HIAS’ community-based mental health programs promote the well-being of individuals, families, and communities affected by crisis and conflict so they can heal and rebuild their lives.

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We protect refugees and displaced people by offering legal support, preventing and responding to violence against women and girls, looking after children’s rights, providing safe housing, ensuring access to food, and resettling refugees. These approaches are all tailored to local contexts and are designed to strengthen communities to support people forced to flee violence and persecution.

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Impact

Sofia and her classmates attend a violence prevention workshop led by HIAS partner Power of a Woman, funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, in Ukraine in 2025. (Power of a Woman)

Sofia and her classmates attend a violence prevention workshop led by HIAS partner Power of a Woman, funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, in Ukraine in 2025. (Power of a Woman)

Four Stories of Ukrainians Recovering Against All Odds

Even after four years of war, HIAS continues to support displaced Ukrainians through our local partners near the frontlines. With the support of the German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO), HIAS Europe and our local partners working on the frontlines are improving access to individual and group counseling, art therapy, economic assistance, violence prevention, legal support, trauma interventions, and basic supplies.

“I felt cared for. We are usually ignored, and no one ever asks if we need support. We felt that we are not alone, that someone truly cares about us,” said Anna*, a Ukrainian from the Roma community helped by HIAS local partner Power of a Woman.

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