In Kyiv, the Ukrainian Red Cross social assistants care for lonely individuals

Home-based care is a key area of activity for the Ukrainian Red Cross, aimed at supporting elderly people who live alone and people with disabilities. 

Social assistants provide a range of services, including: 

• assisting with cleaning, cooking, changing linen, and maintaining hygiene; 

• purchasing food, medicines, and other necessities; 

• providing humanitarian aid; 

• accompanying beneficiaries to medical appointments and helping with social issues; 

• offering first aid when necessary; 

• delivering water and other essentials. 

In addition to practical support, social assistants also build friendships with those who have been isolated for a long time, making communication and emotional support integral parts of their work. 

Support from the Ukrainian Red Cross social assistants is available to: 

• lonely elderly individuals; 

• people whose relatives have been forced to leave their homes due to the war or are serving in the military; 

• lonely and relatively isolated internally displaced persons; 

• people with disabilities and their families. 

We stand by those in need.