Due to the war in Ukraine, human lives are at risk, people lack basic supplies and have been forced to leave their homes. IDPs have reached the Western part of Ukraine and refugees are arriving to Hungary in growing numbers. The Hungarian Reformed Church Aid has been providing emergency response from the first day. Daily update.
In one picture - the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid tells how much the work of volunteers means (07:02)
A crying mother carrying her child and a volunteer encouraging her can be seen in the photo uploaded by the Hungarian Reformed Curch Aid on its social media page on Wednesday evening. "This is a moment when a few good words, a kind gesture are worth more than anything!" The organisation also thanked the volunteers who work with them, more than half a dozen of whom serve in different parts of the country in a single day.
The Bethesda Reformed Children’s Hospital pays special attention to the Ukrainian children coming to Hungary (10:21)
Ukrainian children arriving at the Bethesda Reformed Children's Hospital are treated with the best expertise and sensitive attention, the institution announced on its social media page. The doctors of the hospital are also present at the Nyugati railway station every day between 8 am and midnight.
Katalin Novák: We need unity in times of trouble (10:22)
Those hungarians, who chose to stay in Transcarpathia, are at least as important as those who leave their homes and all other refugees from Ukraine, said Katalin Novák in her speech in the National Assembly today, Thursday 10 March. She praised those who take a day off work to volunteer at the border, the thousands of people who open their homes to refugees, and thanked the many different people who help each other in their time of need. A few days ago, Katalin Novák visited Transcarpathia as a Goodwill Ambassador of the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid with the four Hungarian reformed bishops.
More than 3000 volunteers have registered with the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid (10:58)
Every day more and more volunteers apply to the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid. According to the organisation, the total number of volunteers had exceeded three thousand by Thursday morning. Yesterday, more than eight hundred of them helped with the care of the new arrivals all over the country. The Hungarian Reformed Church Aid has so far shared 155 tonnes of donations, of which almost 60 have been delivered to Transcarpathia, Ukraine.
60 wagons of humanitarian aid in five days (12:07)
About sixty wagons of humanitarian aid have been delivered from Transcarpathia to war-torn parts of Ukraine in recent days, reported www.karpatalja.ma. So far, almost 3.6 thousand tons of donations have reached their destination: food, hygiene items, warm clothes, blankets, mattresses and medical equipment have been sent from the Czech Republic, Croatia and Hungary.
Sándor Zán Fábián, Bishop of the Transcarpathian Reformed Church District, told to InfoRadio recently that the number of refugees in Berehove is estimated at around 15,000, while in Transcarpathian villages it could be between 50,000 and 100,000.
Paid day off for „Yettel” employees, who helping the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid (19:14)
Yettel Hungary is giving paid time off to its volunteers working with humanitarian organisations to help alleviate the war crisis. On the day chosen for volunteering, the telecoms company's staff will, for example, help the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid.
The company is distributing more than 40,000 pre-loaded SIM cards (with 5GB mobile internet access, 50 domestic minutes and free ukrainian international calls) and 1,300 phones to refugees arriving in Hungary. In addition, the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid is providing 10 free unlimited mobile "phone booths" along the border and free wifi hotspots to help refugees arriving at railway stations.
HRCA’s daily operation in numbers
- Information requested: 2965 persons
- Transport requested: 36 persons
- Accommodation requested: 26 persons
- Mental health assistance: 261 persons
- Medical care: 229 persons
- Meals, drinks: 2976 persons
- Hygiene and childcare products: 1613 persons
- Blankets: 39 persons
- Number of persons on duty: 166 persons
- - of which volunteers: 130
- - of which health worker: 7
- - of which interpreter: 35
Edited and translated by Anna Derencsényi, international officer of the Diaconia of RCH