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Poland ranks 35 out of 189 on the Human Development Index (HDI). CARE International works in Poland with national partners as part of our response to the Ukraine conflict in 2022.
CARE International has worked in Poland since 2022 in response to rapidly escalating humanitarian needs due to the conflict with Ukraine and Russia when millions of Ukrainians fled into neighboring countries like Poland, Romania, and Moldova to escape conflict.
CARE International is responding regionally to support internally displaced people in Ukraine and refugees and host communities in neighboring countries.
CARE International is working through partners in Poland, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine. CARE International and our partners are providing immediate relief and aid in the form of food, shelter, blankets, diapers and hygiene products as well as food, water, cash, and psychosocial support.
In Poland CARE is working with partners Polish Centre for International Aid (PCPM) and Polish Humanitarian Aid (PAH) and coordinating with local authorities with immediate cash assistance, as well as gender-based violence assistance and psychosocial support to those arriving and staying in temporary shelters. CARE partners are focused particularly on assisting Ukrainians who have no refugee status and do not qualify for government aid in the country.
CARE, Save the Children and the International Rescue Committee are deeply concerned about reports that children are being sent back to Ukraine without an assessment of their best interests, coordinated preparation, and planning.
Three months into the conflict, CARE staff and partners inside Ukraine and the surrounding areas share insights from the frontlines
After fleeing the war in Ukraine, Daria Khrystenko started working as Communications Officer at CARE Poland
With an escalation of the war in Ukraine and no end to the conflict in sight, CARE Poland continues to provide humanitarian assistance and support the ongoing crisis.
61% of Ukrainian domestic workers in Poland have experienced unequal treatment, discrimination, harassment or abuse at work, new research by CARE has found.
Currently, CARE International in Poland aims to ensure that refugees in Poland have access to gender, education, and basic needs assistance.
In FY2024, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
