Forced displacement is always about the loss of a familiar life, uncertainty, and difficult decisions. In such moments, it is especially important to have support nearby—support that helps you feel solid ground under your feet again.
For internally displaced persons from Donetsk Oblast, hubs across Ukraine have become spaces where people can receive help from those who have themselves gone through the experience of forced relocation and understand well the challenges it brings.
In addition to humanitarian assistance, these hubs provide a full range of employment service support. This includes individual consultations on employment issues, help with job searches, подбор of relevant vacancies in the host region, or options for remote work. For many, this becomes the first step toward restoring stability and financial independence.
For many IDPs, vocational training, retraining, and skills upgrading offer a chance to begin a new professional chapter. Through training vouchers, people can learn a new profession, expand their competencies, or adapt existing experience to the needs of the local labor market.
Every month, more than a thousand internally displaced persons turn to humanitarian hubs and find support there. And behind every request is a real person—their story, experienced pain, doubts, and hopes. Some find jobs in new communities, some discover new professions, and others take their first steps toward starting their own businesses.
The presence of the Employment Service in humanitarian hubs for IDPs is about opportunities, regaining a sense of support, and believing in oneself.
Because support means being heard, helped to make decisions, and empowered to build a new life—no matter where you are. And when it happens in a truly human way.