Interview with Help in Ukraine Country Director Oleksandr Novykov

Oleksandr Novykov, Help in Ukraine Country Director, gave a detailed interview about the organization’s activities for the Humanitarian Media Hub.

Oleksandr shared his experience in the humanitarian sphere, the specifics of the organization’s work and plans for the future.

“We are closely monitoring the situation. It is constantly changing, and we are changing with it because we are always in the forefront. The picture of humanitarian response itself is changing a lot. For example, in the first months (of the full-scale war – ed.), there were food kits and hygiene kits because there was a need. We supplied a huge amount of this aid for several weeks. Gradually, the picture changed, and there was no longer a need for such a large amount. The basic needs were met, but this vector is constantly changing. Then, there was the restoration or repair of housing, which was a multi-purpose financial assistance. Next comes the restoration of critical infrastructure. These are the things we look at as a whole, and we see what needs to be done, for example, when the city was de-occupied and the security situation was resolved. How can Ukrainians be brought back home? What conditions need to be created, and what needs to be restored? And with a vision, we are doing it,” says Oleksandr.

Read the full interview on the Humanitarian Media Hub website.