How you've helped change the lives of over 650,000 Ukrainians.
Since the Ukraine conflict started on 24 February 2022, World Vision UK has received almost £10m from the UK public - with more than £7m coming through the DEC's joint appeal.
Thanks to your support we've been able to reach over 656,000 Ukrainians - including 251,000 children - with food, shelter, cash, hygiene kits, education, medical supplies, child friendly spaces and more.
Your help has been a lifeline.
355,000
Ukrainians have received food assistance.
36,000
Ukrainian children and family members have received early psychosocial support
96,000
Ukrainians have received hygiene kits.
103,000
Ukrainians have been supported with cash and vouchers
40,000
Ukrainians have been helped with temporary shelter assistance
Kayta, 10, attends World Vision’s Education Project in Romania. She says, “I feel calm when I attend this class.” Many children like her have had their lives and education disrupted by the conflict in Ukraine. Your support is helping displaced children find relief and continue their education. Now, Katya dreams of a brighter future where she can become a gymnast.
Marat, 3, is learning to be more sociable at World Vision's child-friendly space in Romania. He plays with other children and is learning to speak English words like hello and goodbye. Your support has made a world of difference for children that have been exposed to the horrors of war, allowing them to be children again.
Natalia and her three children were forced to leave their home in Ukraine, finding shelter in a school near the border to Romania. She dreams of finding a real home for her family, but finding a job isn’t going to be easy while her children are young. Thanks to your support, Natalia is among 6,000 households receiving financial assistance from World Vision, enabling them to cover basic needs and look for a more suitable place to live.
Thanks to your support, World Vision has been responding from the start of this conflict, both with essential lifesaving aid like food, basic supplies, access to warm places to stay and clean water, and protecting children’s development through education, child protection, and psychosocial programmes.
Investing in education, child protection and mental and psychosocial support for children are key priorities for World Vision’s work in Ukraine and neighbouring countries. We're investing in early childhood education, catch-up lessons, and opportunities to have fun with other children and forget the war for a bit. All education programming is integrated with mental health and psychosocial support and preventing sexual exploitation and abuse work.
Over the last year, we reached over 30,000 children in Ukraine through education programmes, including distributing over 4,800 back to school kits.
We were among the first to respond to the Ukraine crisis, and we're committed to delivering long-term support over the next two to three years, helping children and families rebuild their lives over the longer term.
Across the world today, over 36 million children are refugees or have been displaced from their homes. Along with responding to their most urgent needs of food, clean water and medical help, we also give families hope for the future - by providing education, income generating opportunities, child protection training and more.
