Hygiene supplies for babies and children, washing powder or diapers – these simple things of everyday use can make basic living conditions of war-affected Ukrainian families much better. 

In December 2022, IOM delivered more than 6,800 personal hygienic supplies – toilet papers, sanitary napkins, toothpastes, shampoos and other hygiene items – to the Distribution Centrum of Help of Spisska katolicka charita for around 1,400 people from Ukraine who found a refuge nearby Poprad and Kezmarok. They can come and pick up this humanitarian aid personally.

IOM also delivered there a new refrigerator which is vital to keep safe the chain of food supplies from donors to beneficiaries. The old one broke some time ago and milk products from different local donors did not have a place to be stored in. Now, beneficiaries have again a working refrigerator for milk, cheese and yoghourts.

A new refrigerator will store food for people in need and ensure that food supplies arrive well from donors to beneficiaries. Photo © International Organization for Migration (IOM) 2022.

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Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, IOM has been delivering humanitarian aid to various towns in Slovakia to help people from Ukraine who found a temporary refuge there.

IOM humanitarian aid provided in Slovakia for people from Ukraine since 24 February 2022.

With the support of: 

U.S. Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.