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NRC Secretary General Jan Egeland in Eastern Ukraine

Photos of the Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council Jan Egeland's visit to Ukraine from 30 January to 4 February 2022.

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Mykola’s (83) home near the frontline outside Marrinka city in Donetsk region was substantially damaged in several shelling events in 2015-2016, large parts of his roof was destroyed and windows shattered. NRC has provided him with financial assistance for construction material and works and Mykola has been able to install new windows and repair the roof. <br /> <br /> He is exhausted by the protracted conflict. Regularly he can hear the sound of shootings from his home. He fears a potential escalation, and that his home again will be at the epicenter of the conflict. <br /> <br /> Here explaining to Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council Jan Egeland how the shelling destroyed his roof. <br /> <br /> <br /> Photo: Tiril Skarstein/Norwegian Refugee Council
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Mykola’s (83) home near the frontline outside Marrinka city in Donetsk region was substantially damaged in several shelling events in 2015-2016, large parts of his roof was destroyed and windows shattered. NRC has provided him with financial assistance for construction material and works and Mykola has been able to install new windows and repair the roof.

He is exhausted by the protracted conflict. Regularly he can hear the sound of shootings from his home. He fears a potential escalation, and that his home again will be at the epicenter of the conflict.

Here explaining to Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council Jan Egeland how the shelling destroyed his roof.


Photo: Tiril Skarstein/Norwegian Refugee Council

  • Mykola’s (83) home near the frontline outside Marrinka city in Donetsk region was substantially damaged in several shelling events in 2015-2016, large parts of his roof was destroyed and windows shattered. NRC has provided him with financial assistance for construction material and works and Mykola has been able to install new windows and repair the roof. <br /> <br /> He is exhausted by the protracted conflict. Regularly he can hear the sound of shootings from his home. He fears a potential escalation, and that his home again will be at the epicenter of the conflict. <br /> <br /> Here explaining to Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council Jan Egeland how the shelling destroyed his roof. <br /> <br /> <br /> Photo: Tiril Skarstein/Norwegian Refugee Council
  • Mykola’s (83) home near the frontline outside Marrinka city in Donetsk region was substantially damaged in several shelling events in 2015-2016, large parts of his roof was destroyed and windows shattered. NRC has provided him with financial assistance for construction material and works and Mykola has been able to install new windows and repair the roof. <br /> <br /> He is exhausted by the protracted conflict. Regularly he can hear the sound of shootings from his home. He fears a potential escalation, and that his home again will be at the epicenter of the conflict. <br /> <br /> <br /> Photo: Tiril Skarstein/Norwegian Refugee Council
  • Mykola’s (83) home near the frontline outside Marrinka city in Donetsk region was substantially damaged in several shelling events in 2015-2016, large parts of his roof was destroyed and windows shattered. NRC has provided him with financial assistance for construction material and works and Mykola has been able to install new windows and repair the roof. <br /> <br /> He is exhausted by the protracted conflict. Regularly he can hear the sound of shootings from his home. He fears a potential escalation, and that his home again will be at the epicenter of the conflict. <br /> <br /> Here he is showing Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council Jan Egeland and WASH and Shelter project manager Ihor Homa his rebuilt home. <br /> <br /> Photo: Tiril Skarstein/Norwegian Refugee Council
  • Mykola’s (83) home near the frontline outside Marrinka city in Donetsk region was substantially damaged in several shelling events in 2015-2016, large parts of his roof was destroyed and windows shattered. NRC has provided him with financial assistance for construction material and works and Mykola has been able to install new windows and repair the roof. <br /> <br /> He is exhausted by the protracted conflict. Regularly he can hear the sound of shootings from his home. He fears a potential escalation, and that his home again will be at the epicenter of the conflict. <br /> <br /> Here he is showing Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council Jan Egeland and Shelter program manager Ihor Homa his rebuilt home. <br /> <br /> Photo: Tiril Skarstein/Norwegian Refugee Council
  • The Norwegian Refugee Council has been working in Ukraine since 2014. The photo is from a visit to Marrinka, a front-line community in Donetsk region. Photo: Tiril Skarstein/Norwegian Refugee Council
  • Mariia (from left) and Tetiana are two of the elderly people who have decided to remain in their home village Opytne, close to the frontline in Eastern Ukraine. Here they are speaking with NRC’s Secretary General Jan Egeland during his visit in early February 2022.<br /> <br /> Most of the houses and infrastructure in Opytne were severely damaged in the war. Before the war it was home to around 850 people, now only 38 of the original residents remain. Most of the remaining residents are elderly, and they have been living without electricity for seven years. In 2021, NRC helped resupply electricity and the organization has also helped rebuild some of the homes. Photo: Tiril Skarstein/NRC
  • NRC Secretary General Jan Egeland visiting Opytne, a frontline village in Donetsk region, Eastern Ukraine. The houses and infrastructure were severely damaged in the war. Before the war it was home to around 850 people, now only 38 of the original residents remain. Most of the remaining residents are elderly, and they have been living without electricity for seven years. In 2021, NRC helped resupply electricity and the organization has also helped rebuild some of the homes. Photo: Tiril Skarstein/NRC
  • NRC Secretary General Jan Egeland visiting Opytne, a frontline village in Donetsk region, Eastern Ukraine. The houses and infrastructure were severely damaged in the war. Before the war it was home to around 850 people, now only 38 of the original residents remain. Most of the remaining residents are elderly, and they have been living without electricity for seven years. In 2021, NRC helped resupply electricity and the organization has also helped rebuild some of the homes. Photo: Tiril Skarstein/NRC
  • NRC Secretary General Jan Egeland visiting Opytne, a frontline village in Donetsk region, Eastern Ukraine in early February 2022. <br /> At the photo he is speaking with Zinaida (71) who has remained in the village, despite seeing her house destroyed in the shelling.<br /> <br /> “The war made me old too fast,” she said.<br /> “But I still must care for my husband who got cancer because he did rescue work at Chernobyl after the nuclear accident there”.<br /> <br /> Most of the houses and infrastructure in Opytne were severely damaged in the war. Before the war it was home to around 850 people, now only 38 of the original residents remain. Most of the remaining residents are elderly, and they have been living without electricity for seven years. In 2021, NRC helped resupply electricity and the organization has also helped rebuild some of the homes. Photo: Tiril Skarstein/NRC
  • Zinaida (71) has remained in Opytne village in Eastern Ukraine, despite seeing her home destroyed during the war.<br /> <br /> “The war made me old too fast,” she said. <br /> “But I still must care for my husband who got cancer because he did rescue work at Chernobyl after the nuclear accident there”.<br /> <br /> Most of the houses and infrastructure in Opytne were severely damaged in the war. Before the war it was home to around 850 people, now only 38 of the original residents remain. Most of the remaining residents are elderly, and they have been living without electricity for seven years. In 2021, NRC helped resupply electricity and the organization has also helped rebuild some of the homes. Photo: Tiril Skarstein/NRC
  • Mariia is one of the elderly people who have decided to remain in Opytne, a village close to the frontline in Eastern Ukraine. <br /> <br /> “Everybody else fled this apartment house when the war damaged every floor. But I had nowhere else to go and now that you helped with windows and new roof, I am glad I have my own home back”, she told NRC's Secretary General Jan Egeland. <br /> <br /> Most of the houses and infrastructure in Opytne were severely damaged in the war. Before the war it was home to around 850 people, now only 38 of the original residents remain. Most of the remaining residents are elderly, and they have been living without electricity for seven years. In 2021, NRC helped resupply electricity and the organization has also helped rebuild some of the homes. Photo: Tiril Skarstein/NRC
  • Mariia is one of the elderly people who have decided to remain in Opytne, a village close to the frontline in Eastern Ukraine. <br /> <br /> Most of the houses and infrastructure in Opytne were severely damaged in the war. Before the war it was home to around 850 people, now only 38 of the original residents remain. Most of the remaining residents are elderly, and they have been living without electricity for seven years. In 2021, NRC helped resupply electricity and the organization has also helped rebuild some of the homes. Photo: Tiril Skarstein/NRC
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