By Alex Garvey | Communications Manager
Two years ago on February 24, 2022, the dawn broke to the sound of war in Ukraine, altering lives across the nation and beyond. Among those most profoundly affected were its older residents. For 66-year-old Olha, that morning marked the end of life as she knew it.
"I woke up to a different world," she recalls.
Throughout this challenging period, HelpAge has been an essential source of support, offering criical aid to those affected by the crisis. With the support of donors like you, we've been able to provide home-based care, psychosocial and legal support, hygiene kits, medicine, cash assistance, vouchers for food and essential items for winter, assistive products, and community safe spaces to 140,000 older Ukrainians since the war began.
Ukraine has the largest number of older people affected by conflict anywhere in the world––25% of the population. As millions of older people in Ukraine stil face the horrors of war, we have been working tirelessly to provide life-saving assistance and ensure that no one is left alone or forgotten.
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