SOS emergency aid project Ukraine

SOS Children's Villages has been active in Ukraine for 19 years with a team of around 100 people. The focus of current efforts is to provide rapid and unbureaucratic help for children and families from the war zones in Ukraine or neighboring countries. The medium and long-term goals (5-10 years) are to accompany and care for the affected children and families and to work with them to create new prospects for the future.

The aid measures include

• Food, clothing, medicines, hygiene articles

• Professional psychological support for traumatized children and parents

• Reception of orphaned/single children in the SOS Children's Villages around Ukraine (Czech Republic, Poland, Romania)

• Provision of accommodation for refugees

• Creation of safe mother-child centers for exchange between single mothers

• Supporting families on the run, e.g. at the child protection center at Vienna train station