{"id":78,"date":"2025-10-28T16:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/?p=78"},"modified":"2025-10-28T16:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:55:07","slug":"%d0%bf%d0%be%d1%97%d0%b7%d0%b4%d0%ba%d0%b0-%d1%83-%d1%85%d0%b5%d1%80%d1%81%d0%be%d0%bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/en\/news\/%d0%bf%d0%be%d1%97%d0%b7%d0%b4%d0%ba%d0%b0-%d1%83-%d1%85%d0%b5%d1%80%d1%81%d0%be%d0%bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Kherson Needs Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Kherson Region After the Destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant and Occupation: Caritas Assesses the Needs of Affected Communities<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In August 2025, our team carried out a field visit to the Kherson region to assess people\u2019s needs and identify priorities for humanitarian response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kherson remains one of the most heavily affected regions, facing severe challenges every day. Widespread destruction \u2014 including agricultural machinery \u2014 ongoing shelling, and heavily mined territories continue to endanger lives. This year, the situation has been further aggravated by drought and crop failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant, groundwater levels have dropped significantly, and previously installed wells are no longer able to provide sufficient water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"45\" src=\"https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-15-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-15-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-15-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-15-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-15-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-15.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"46\" src=\"https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-16-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46\" srcset=\"https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-16-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-16-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-16-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-16-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-16.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"47\" src=\"https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-17-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-17-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-17-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-17-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-17-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-17.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe water is murky \u2014 it cannot even be used for washing, let alone drinking. This creates enormous costs for communities and becomes a matter of survival,\u201d<br>\u2014 emphasized <strong>Ihor Makar<\/strong>, Director of <strong>Caritas Kherson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ensuring people\u2019s access to safe drinking water remains one of the organization\u2019s key priorities within the <strong>WASH initiative<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We plan to implement <strong>sustainable solutions<\/strong>, such as the restoration of wells, installation of <strong>modern water filtration systems<\/strong>, and expansion of <strong>humanitarian assistance<\/strong> \u2014 forming the foundation for rebuilding life in Kherson communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Life on the Frontline: How Caritas Brings Clean Water to Kherson Region\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dGciH1Q4GaA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kherson Region After the Destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant and Occupation: Caritas Assesses the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/?p=44","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1","en-US"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80,"href":"https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions\/80"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/washinwar.caritas.ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}