INFORMATION FOR SETTLERS IN Lviv. CONTACTS, SETTLEMENT, HELP
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1. WHERE CAN I GET HELP IN LVIV?
Arena Lviv. A center for reception and further coordination of displaced persons operates at Arena Lviv. You can get to “Arena Lviv” from the Main Railway Station of Lviv by shuttle buses that run only on the route to the center for temporarily displaced persons. Phone numbers for those in need of humanitarian aid: 068 414 79 63, 097 182 18 60. If you need any help, call 096 232 81 93.
Humanitarian aid headquarters of the Lviv Palace of Arts (Kopernyka, 17). The headquarters collects humanitarian aid (necessities, medicines, food) for military personnel, displaced persons and orphanages. Things are accepted at the collection point itself – on the first floor of the Palace of Arts, and then, according to needs, they are delivered. Phone number for the headquarters: 098 941 62 36, contact persons: Yuriy Viznyak – 067 672 06 06, Maria Gishchinska – 068 327 70 72, Andriy Sytar – 097 967 88 30.
Support Center for Forcedly Displaced Ukrainians on St. Knyazya Romana, 6, in the premises of “Radio Garage”. The Center’s work is coordinated by Olena Golysheva, representative of the Maltese Aid Service, and Natalia Bunda, head of the development department of the Lviv City Council. The center’s working hours are from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Church of Saint Lazarus (shelter from the “Dudaryk” chapel in Lviv). A shelter for internally displaced persons was set up in the premises of the church and hospital of Saint Lazarus on the street. Kopernyka, 27. He has already taken in more than 50 families from different cities of Ukraine who were under shelling. Phone number: 068 227 43 24 (Commandant – Yarem Corduba).
House of Mercy of St. Mykolaya (7 Korolenko St.) with the help of chaplains and volunteers, they are organizing a shelter for displaced people.
Coordination center for providing shelter to forcibly displaced persons – phone number: 032 254 60 79.
Addresses of assistance in the city districts:
Railway administration – str. Vyhovsky, 34;
Lychakiv administration – str. Kostya Levytskyi, 67;
Shevchenkiv administration – str. Lypinsky, 11;
Galician administration – str. Ferenc Liszt, 1;
Sykhiv administration – ave. Krasnoy Kalina, 66;
Frankivska administration – str. General Chuprinka, 85.
Assistance coordination headquarters from the Lviv Regional Military Administration (hereinafter – LOVA). Phone number: 096 232 81 93. For those who need shelter, accommodation or humanitarian assistance: 068 414 79 63; 097 182 18 60; 097 347 44 59. For transport questions, contact: 063 663 33 71.
The humanitarian headquarters of Help UA Lviv is a headquarters created by Lviv customs officials together with volunteers to coordinate humanitarian aid from the western border to Ukraine. Contacts: 095 486 88 72, 097 611 85 54, 093 457 74 92, 093 450 82 97, 093 450 82 91.
Community “Emaus-Oselya”. Residents of the Oselya Community of Mutual Aid and former homeless people help with ammunition and medicines for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, hot lunches at the Lviv railway station for those waiting in line for trains, and food for refugees. They also deliver baby food and clothing in the burning cities of eastern Ukraine, issue necessary clothing and shoes for displaced persons and fabrics for weaving camouflage nets. Phone number: 096 426 47 96. You can also support the community financially by transferring funds to the Oselya Mutual Aid Community card: 5169 3305 18406647 (Privatbank).
List of humanitarian headquarters in Lviv Oblast:
Drohobytsky district. City of Truskavets – Boryslavska Street, 1 (Narodniy Dim). Contact persons: Nadiya Kozar – 066 725 37 20, Oleg Chernyavy – 097 581 57 81.
Zolochiv district. City of Zolochiv – Chornovola Street, 3 (Zolochiv RDA, assembly hall). Contact persons: Maria Ferentz – 097 478 36 44, Taras Duma – 068 006 47 71.
Stryi district. Slobidka village – Kolesy street, 6. Contact person: Ihor Olyanin – 068 378 39 32
Sambir district. The city of Sambir – Mazepa Street, 8 (first floor). Contact persons: Zoryana Voytovych – 098 260 17 99, Myroslava Zdrenyk – 068 547 26 72.
Chervonohrad district. Contact persons: Ruslana Antonyuk – 066 514 79 78, Halyna Lozhovska – 063 409 61 95.
City of Sokal – str. Sheptytskogo, 24 (premises of the People’s House). Contact person: Mamulaldze Olga – 093 653 10 46.
City of Sokal, BO “Caritas Sokal” str. UPA district 11. Contact person: Maryana Yaremchuk – 050 337 60 23.
Yavorivsky district. The city of Yavoriv – 54a Lvivska street (Sports injury of the Youth Sports Academy). Contact person: Oleg Muryn – 098 446 61 78.
Humanitarian hub at 9 Ivan Franko Street. Clothes, shoes and household items for displaced people are distributed here. Contacts: 067 350 28 82, Mrs. Natalya. You can come from Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The clothing and footwear distribution center for forcibly resettled mothers with children operates in the premises of the Lviv Medical Academy named after Andrey Krupinsky, at 70 Doroshenko Street. The center is open every day from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Volunteering and Protection Center. They provide temporary shelter here. Contacts in Telegram – 067 350 06 86.
There is also the “Pryhystok” website, where people moving to Lviv Oblast can choose among the proposed settlement options. You can also find a safe house by filling out a form.
You can get information about settlements in the Lviv region by calling the short number 112 or by calling the contact center: 068 414 79 63, 097 182 18 60, 096 232 79 62. You can also use one of the chatbots, which quickly provides information to residents of the region, as well as to internally displaced persons on the most pressing issues in the conditions of martial law: in Telegram or Viber.
Points of temporary stay for displaced persons. These are institutions that accommodate internally displaced persons for a short period (from 12 to 48 hours). Most of them are located near the railway station and bus station. These include:
Palace of Railwaymen (54/56 Fedkovycha St.)
Lviv Vocational Lyceum of Railway Transport (28 Angelovycha St.)
Skrynya Shopping Center (179 Horodotska St.)
Lviv Ukrainian Humanitarian Gymnasium named after Olena Stepanivny (13 O. Stepanivny Street)
Schools No. 1, No. 55 in Lviv (12 Komarova St., 91 S. Bandery St., 6 Ye. Konovaltsya St.)
City postal office Poshtamt-Center (1 Slovackoho St.)
Buildings No. 1, No. 21, No. 22 of Lviv Polytechnic University (2/4 Karpinsky St., 14 Ulas Samchuk St.)
Lviv Bus Station (Stryyska St., 109)
2. HOW TO HELP DISPLACED PEOPLE WITH MONEY, THINGS, MEDICINES AND PRODUCTS
“Wings of Hope” charity fund: assistance to seriously ill children who arrive in Lviv from other regions. Because of the war, the BF’s wards are increasing. Lviv hospitals receive children and wounded soldiers who need medicine, consumables and specialized food.
Details of the fund for assistance:
JSC CB PrivatBank, Lviv
MFI 305299 EDRPOU 35620901
HUMANITARIAN NEEDS:
UAH – IBAN UA173052990000026004011002472
https://www.liqpay.ua/uk/checkout/card/i12274216434 – for transfers from anywhere in the world and within Ukraine
Purpose of payment “for humanitarian needs”
Charitable foundation “With an angel on my shoulder”. Takes care of orphaned children who were evacuated from places of hostilities. Contact person: 096 425 31 85 Khrystyna Khlopytka. You can help financially: 5375414115202599 (Monobank)
Details of the fund for assistance:
Privatbank card 5169 3305 2176 1400 (Yuriy Fedechko)
JSC CB “PRIVATBANK”
EDPROU: 41411833
Account: UA173052990000026009001002960
Purpose: charitable contribution
PJSC “KREDOBANK”
MFI: 325365
EDRPOU: 41411833
Account: UA913253650000026008011024214
Purpose: charitable contribution
Charitable organization “Caritas – Lviv UGCC” Charitable Foundation
year/year: UA773253650000026001011138000, JSC “Kredobank”,
EDRPOU 23973610
MFO 325365
Purpose of payment: Charitable assistance for statutory activities
Account in PrivatBank
Year: UA113052990000026001031015237,
MFO 305299,
EDRPOU 23973610
Purpose of payment: Charitable assistance for statutory activities
Details for making donations (transfers) from abroad:
In US dollars (USD)
Ident. code: 23973610
Client: CHARITY ORGANIZATION CHARITY FUND “CARITAS-LVIV UGCC”
The “Tseh DobroTy” foundation helps displaced people who lost their homes, were left without a roof over their heads and a means of livelihood. Contact phone: 067 111 05 11. Details for assistance: 5169 3305 2449 4819 (Privat Bank card).
Anna Maria Charitable Fund. BF deals with humanitarian aid during wartime. Phone number: 098 915 91 40,
You can contribute financially to help.
Name of recipient: BO BF ANNA-MARIYA
Recipient code: 41024159
Account in the format according to the IBAN standard: UA373052990000026003001012019
Name of the bank: JSC CB “PRIVATBANK”
Be sure to specify the purpose: Charitable contribution for wartime relief.
The help center of the BF “Anna-Maria” is located on Levandivka, st. Slastiona, 2. You can bring clothes, products and personal hygiene products here. Contacts: 093 497 65 93 or 098 915 91 40.
“Fund of the free and indifferent”. The humanitarian headquarters, together with the “Free and Caring Foundation” and the Lviv City Council, helps displaced people who do not have finances to temporarily go abroad and receive social support there. In particular, women and children who do not have financial security, orphans, children with special needs, orphans and palliative diseases, men under the age of 18 and over 60 are transported and accommodated.
Details of the fund for assistance:
EDRPOU code: 38738541
Name of the bank:
JSC “RAIFFEISEN BANK AVAL”
Current account in UAH: UA233808050000000026004405654
Current account in USD: UA46 3808 0500 0000 0026 0086 4879 6
Current account in EUR: UA35 3808 0500 0000 0026 0055 8214 5
Bank code (MFI): 380805
Purpose of payment: Charitable assistance.
Products, clothes, medicines, personal hygiene products can be brought here:
Railway administration – str. Vyhovsky, 34;
Lychakiv administration – str. Kostya Levytskyi, 67;
Shevchenkiv administration – str. Lypinsky, 11;
Galician administration – str. Ferenc Liszt, 1;
Sykhiv administration – ave. Krasnoy Kalina, 66;
Frankivska administration – str. General Chuprinka, 85.
Aid for displaced persons is also accepted by the Humanitarian Assistance Headquarters of the Lviv Palace of Arts (Kopernyka, 17). The headquarters collects humanitarian aid (necessities, medicines, food) for military personnel, displaced persons and orphanages. Things are accepted at the collection point itself – on the first floor of the Palace of Arts, and then, according to needs, they are delivered. Phone number for the headquarters: 098 941 62 36, contact persons: Yuriy Viznyak – 067 672 06 06, Maria Gishchinska – 068 327 70 72, Andriy Sytar – 097 967 88 30.
3. HOW TO HELP IMMIGRANTS PERSONALLY
Contacts and addresses of volunteer organizations and regional/city organizations/headquarters, which need new volunteers from time to time – to work in kitchens, sorting aid, reception, accommodation, transportation (drivers).
Lviv volunteers from here spread information on chats of business communities, business schools, condominiums and any others who can help collect the necessary items or help personally.
Autovolunteers Lviv There is always a need to take those who arrive to Lviv to district administrations or to the border. In the evening – according to the administrations. In the afternoon – to the border. Have a car – get involved.
How to offer your home to displaced people, see here
Medical volunteers are needed for the humanitarian headquarters on Copernicus, 17. The headquarters works from 09:00 to 20:00, but you can come for a few hours. Contact person: 063 505 13 89, Ulyana.
We need volunteer pharmacists in Lviv to sort medicines. They are looking for pharmacists, pharmacists of various ranks, people with work experience, students of medical institutions. All professions are now more important than ever. If you are ready to help, contact the number: +38 (044) 350 91 37 or fill out the form.
Volunteers are needed for the packaging of humanitarian aid in the Lviv volunteer organization “Pro Dobro”, located on the street Truskavetskyi, 123. Men and women are invited from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Contact person: 095 024 56 77 – Maria.
The volunteer movement BUR Lviv needs volunteers on the street. Chuprinka, 85, who could unload and load cars, fold clothes, carry products. Boys first. There is a Telegram channel. Before that, contact @fayurchuk. Contact person – Orest (098 564 33 14).
We are looking for anyone willing to help in the warehouse with humanitarian aid (Volunteer Assistance Center, Volunteer and Protection Center). Warehouse coordinator: 097 410 41 21 Tatyana. The following shifts work: 9:00-15:00, 15:00-20:30, 9:00-18:30. For detailed information, contact: 067 885 98 25 Olga, 067 552 02 09 Olesya, 063 284 92 37 Anna
If you are relocating and looking for a place to live or if you can take in displaced persons, fill out the form
Database of contacts of people from abroad who can host refugees.
If you have a place for people fleeing shelling, notify the contact center: 096 232 81 93, 068 414 79 63, 097 182 18 60, 097 347 44 59.
4. WHAT ELSE SHOULD DISPLACEMENTS IN LVIV KNOW?
Financial assistance. The government will pay every migrant in Ukraine a minimum monthly cash allowance of 2,000 hryvnias. Payments will be made through Diya, to a bank card. Also, 3 thousand hryvnias will be paid for each child who, because of the war, because of all these horrors, was forced to move to safer regions, added Denys Shmyhal.
In addition, the government will launch an employment program for all displaced persons. For this purpose, the state will pay 6.5 thousand hryvnias for each employed person to employers who hire immigrants from the affected regions. Read more about government support here.
How to find a job in Lviv? In Lviv, temporarily displaced persons can find work by contacting the nearest regional office of the population employment center. Even if citizens do not have a complete package of documents or they are partially lost, they will be registered at the employment center. The Lviv Regional Employment Center is located in Lviv, at 11a Bortnyanskogo St. (tel: 032 297-16-97). Department of information work: (032) 233 71 85, and the Lviv City Employment Center is located at 122 Knyagini Olga Street (tel: 032 264 38 38)
In the city, information about the need for labor is collected from enterprises: the Center for Business Promotion and Development helps with this.
Information about vacancies for displaced persons is also available at the Center for Support of Forcefully Displaced Ukrainians at ul. Knyazya Romana, 6, in the premises of “Radio Garage”.
Buses for immigrants. Taking into account the curfew in Lviv from 22:00 to 07:00, buses run from the Main Station to the coordination centers. There is also round-the-clock transport connecting the “Arena Lviv” coordination center with settlements in the city and region. Buses depart according to capacity, without a clear schedule.
Every night from 22.00 to 07.00, buses run from the railway station to 7 coordination centers:
Railway administration – str. Vyhovsky, 34;
Lychakiv administration – str. Kostya Levytskyi, 67;
Shevchenkiv administration – str. Lypinsky, 11;
Galician administration – str. Ferenc Liszt, 1;
Sykhiv administration – ave. Krasnoy Kalina, 66;
Frankivska administration – str. General Chuprinka, 85;
“Arena Lviv” – str. Stryyska, 199.
Buses also run to the settlements of internally displaced Ukrainians in Lviv and the region and from Dvirtseva Square (parking lot on the left) every day from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., as well as to the Rava-Ruska, Krakivets, Hrushiv checkpoints. From the “Pidzamche” station, located on the street Okhirkovy, vehicles to the border are sent daily from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.