Ukraine’s humanitarian crisis remained severe in 2025, driven by nearly four years of conflict. Continued attacks on civilian areas and repeated strikes against key energy and public infrastructure deepened vulnerabilities, disrupted essential services and limited people’s ability to meet basic needs, particularly those living in frontline areas.

Action Against Hunger operated mainly in the Kharkiv and Dnipro, adopting a multi-sectoral approach to support vulnerable populations near the frontline and in hard-to-reach areas, with a particular focus on internally displaced people. Across Ukraine we delivered a comprehensive emergency response, providing medical support, cash-for-health assistance, mobile services, nutrition support, community awareness and essential training. In partnership with the Ukrainian Red Cross, we provided basic life-support and first-aid training, strengthening emergency preparedness nationwide. We also integrated MHPSS support into our health programming, ensuring that such support, stress-management guidance and protection referrals were embedded in medical services.

We also worked to ensure that food-insecure households could meet their basic needs while strengthening sustainable livelihoods, providing cash assistance, food vouchers and hot meals to help vulnerable groups cover daily needs. In rural areas, Action Against Hunger supported agricultural livelihoods by strengthening small-scale production, improving access to quality inputs and promoting agroecological practices. We also rehabilitated sanitation, insulated social facilities for winter, and installed sustainable heating systems to protect vulnerable people in temporary or institutional housing. Working closely with local NGOs, we promoted knowledge-sharing, capacity building and a strong, collaborative partner network to reinforce local leadership.

In Kharkiv and Sumy, we ran mobile clinics offering gynaecology, general medicine and psychological services to restore healthcare access for isolated populations.