'Many women been left as single parents and are often responsible for two, or even three different generations.'
, there are more than 8 million refugees from Ukraine recorded across Europe and an additional 5.3 million people displaced within Ukraine itself. For now, returning home is too dangerous – or there is no home to return to., statistics which we’ve seen and heard on the news throughout the last year. But behind each of these numbers is a deeply personal story.
Olena, 51, fled Eastern Ukraine last spring with her children. She lost her husband to the war and, like many displaced Ukrainians, is now displaced far from home and trying to rebuild her family’s lives.The class enables displaced women to come together, twice a week, and learn local recipes so that they might be able to get a job in a bakery or set up their own business in catering, for example.
Being part of a new community, doing an activity with other women who supported her, had made a huge difference to her mental health. She was hopeful for the future and spoke of how the community in Uzhhorod had extended a warm welcome to her and her children. The humanitarian aid and funding to local partners provided by organisations like UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, helps many women like Olena, as well as other people displaced by devastating war.In the past year, more than 4 million people have been supported by UNHCR inside Ukraine, as well as hundreds of thousands of refugees from Ukraine who have received support across Europe.
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