Category: Slovakia

International crisis intervention training: simulation or reality? | Part 2

Participants of the international crisis intervention training, which we organised in Slovakia, tested their readiness for intervention directly in the field. In every humanitarian disaster, we encounter people who are left without access to electricity, drinking water and basic sanitation, surviving in makeshift shelters, lacking basic food and hygiene products. They are left without work and stable [...]

International Crisis Intervention Training | Part 1

We organise international crisis intervention training. We are also testing crisis preparedness in a Roma community in eastern Slovakia. This week we are organising an international crisis intervention training ERT (Emergency Response Training) in the High Tatras, which includes a practical exercise and a needs survey in the Roma settlement of Rakúsy. The training is aimed at preparing humanitarian [...]

Help after the fire in Lomnička

Let's help the families affected by the fire in Lomnička. On Sunday, the village of Lomnička near Stara Ľubovňa was hit by a devastating fire that left 50 people - 24 adults and 26 children - homeless. Residents affected by the tragedy found temporary shelter in the village's cultural centre, where a state of emergency was declared. Our crisis team responded immediately to the call for help. After consulting [...]

We are closing the humanitarian aid centre Who will help Ukraine

After almost three years, we will open our humanitarian aid centre in Aupark for the last time - on 9 February 2025. Watch TA3 TV's video report on our humanitarian aid centre. Since the centre was established, more than 50 thousand donors have provided aid to the refugees from Ukraine. Tens of thousands of people on the run have found help in the form of food, hygiene items or clothing. Many [...]

Charity concert „Together for Peace“

22.12.2024 at 16:00 in the Greek Catholic Church of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Trencin. We invite you to the benefit concert „Together for Peace“, which we organize in cooperation with the Greek Catholic parish in Trencin. The concert is free of charge, but voluntary contributions will be donated to help the victims of the war in Ukraine. Oksana Kozun-Turcer is a Christian singer, known as a performer, author [...]

St. Nicholas joy for Ukrainian children

We experienced a beautiful moment of solidarity and joy in our ADRA Volunteer Centre in Trenčín. With the support of our Japanese donors from ADRA Japan, we prepared and delivered 200 St. Nicholas packages for Ukrainian children who have found refuge in Slovakia. Ukrainian families - children, teenagers and adults - participated in the packing and showed us with their help how much [...]