Volunteer 68 work in the Kharkiv Region of East Ukraine with elderly people, disabled people and vulnerable families, providing a range of essential support from urgent evacuation from areas of shelling to providing food aid, running temporary shelters for disabled Ukrainians and transport services.

PU funding supported the opening of a new temporary shelter for disabled and elderly people in Kharkiv City, only the second in the country.  Kharkiv Region in the East of Ukraine, sits on the border of Russian held territory.

The shelter provides 34 beds for those who have evacuated from areas affected by the ongoing war, many by Volunteer 68 themselves, due to Russian occupation or ongoing fighting.  Many do not yet have a final destination, are waiting for a space at a specialist facility or transportation to other parts of the country.  It also provides shelter for people undergoing medical treatment in Kharkiv and travelling from remote areas of the region.  It is equipped and staffed to provide medical and personal care to those who need it as well as social care, helping those who have arrived with nothing to access to documentation they will need to secure permanent housing as well as access to pensions and financial support.