Stories of the Unbreakable
Homeless, but not hopeless.
They suffered under shelling in their own homes. The war forced them to seek shelter elsewhere. Their stories are deeply moving—bringing tears to the eyes.
About the Shelter
On November 12, 2023, the shelter welcomed its first residents from the city of Novohrodivka, Donetsk Oblast.
Since then, Caritas has provided safe housing for 81 people from Kherson, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhzhia regions. All of them are elderly individuals who have been left without a roof over their heads in their later years.
The shelter is adapted for elderly people and individuals with disabilities.
Social service of stationary care for the elderly and seriously ill individuals
Provision of conditions for stationary stay, including meals
Assistance with personal hygiene and self-care
Organization of daily activities and leisure, psychological support
Provision of rehabilitation services according to individual rehabilitation programs
Monitoring of health status and organization of medical care, including as per doctors' prescriptions
Social service of supported living
Provision of living space, assistance with organizing daily routines
Organization of medical care
Assistance in obtaining humanitarian aid to meet basic needs
Assistance with household management (help with purchasing food, medications, and other goods, assistance with cooking, laundry, cleaning, etc.)
Assistance in coordinating with other specialists and services, representation of interests; consultations on social protection and legal aid matters
For whom
The services are available to internally displaced persons and local residents aged 60+, who are in difficult life circumstances and meet the following criteria:
- Internally displaced persons evacuated from conflict zones
- Local residents who are elderly, seriously ill, or have disabilities and require external care
- Relatives of elderly individuals aged 60+, who may be younger, and provide direct assistance to the person aged 60+ in case of a confirmed need for such support (mobility, hygiene, etc.)
- Individuals aged 40+ with disabilities (Group I-II), confirmed incapacity for work, and in need of assistance from social workers
- The income per family member does not exceed 9,444 UAH
Contacts
Shelter
Address
6A B. Khmelnytsky Street, Voinyliv Village, Kalush District, Ivano-Frankivsk Region
Phone numbers
Charitable Foundation "Caritas Ivano-Frankivsk UGCC"
Address
102 Krykhivetska Street
Phone numbers
Support
Donation details:
Purpose of payment Charitable donation (USD)
Intermediary: BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, New York , USA, SWIFT: IRVTUS3N
Beneficiary‘s bank: JSC KREDOBANK Lviv, Ukraine SWIFT: WUCBUA2X
Beneficiary Name BO Blahodiinyi fond “Karitas-Iv-Fr.UHK
IBAN UA 50 325365 0000026004010809263
Purpose of payment Charitable donation (Euro)
Intermediary KBC BANK NV , Brussels , Belgium
SWIFT: KREDBEBB
COMMERZBANK AG, Frankfurt, Germany
SWIFT:COBADEFF
RAIFFEISEN BANK INTERNATIONAL AG , Vienna, Austria
SWIFT: RZBAATWW
Beneficiary‘s bank JSC KREDOBANK Lviv, Ukraine
SWIFT: WUCBUA2X
Beneficiary Name BO Blahodiinyi fond “Karitas-Iv-Fr.UHK
IBAN UA 77 325365 0000002600802809263
purpose of payment Charitable donation
Payment purpose: Charitable donation for the Shelter
By donating, the donor agrees to:
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The redistribution/use of the donation for specific projects or for the statutory activities of the charity if the fundraising is closed or no longer relevant.
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The donation amount is non-refundable.