If you need mental help:
- Free helpline and online chat for people under 24:
- For Hungarian speakers 24 hours a day: 116-111 and online chat between 13-21h on www.kek-vonal.hu
- For Ukrainian speakers: the Ukrainian operator of 116-111 children’s line Ла Страда-Україна/La Strada-Ukraine is not available on the usual number, but on Instagram: @childhotline_ua, Facebookon: @lastradaukraine, Telegramon: @CHL116111, Online: https://la-strada.org.ua/
- Heim Pál Children’s Hospital’s toll-free number, the Emergency Hotline (Sürgősségi Forró Drót), for questions related to children’s health care (in-patient care, referrals, counselling, COVID-19 vaccination, missing and continuing mandatory vaccinations for children, etc.). Assistance is available any time of the day and in Ukrainian as well, call +36 80-200-223
- Child psychiatric and child psychological care for refugees at the Mental Crisis Outpatient Clinic of Heim Pál Hospital, Fridays between 14-17 hours, 1138 Budapest Faludi u. 5., for appointment call +36 30 44 34 751
- Information in Ukrainian for professionals and parents: Ukrainian organization for cognitive behavioural therapy
- Crisis counselling and spiritual help in Ukrainian: +38-098-559-65-21 (Monday-Friday: 10:00-17:00) Ukrainian organization for cognitive behavioural therapy
- Free online or via phone psychological help for Ukrainians in English or Russian: https://www.psyhelpforua.eu/
- Contact details for professionals offering free online or personal psychological help: Pszi Pont – Pro bono
- A collection of mental health and psychosocial support resources from the UN’s International Association for the Advancement of Humanitarian Cooperation (IASC), in Hungarian, English, Ukrainian, Russian, and other languages: useful resources
- Videos with Ukrainian subtitles from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry to help people understand the psychological and somatic symptoms following war trauma and encourage them to seek help: Flight and Trauma (video), and Flight and Trauma – Self-help (video)
- Picture book on practical stress management skills from WHO, in English, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Russian and other languages: Doing what matters in times of stress: an illustrated guide
- Free Ukrainian Translations Of Trauma And PTSD Psychoeducational Resources: link
If you need legal information:
- Frequently asked questions about legal protection, its conditions and access: Hungarian Helsinki Committee and Hungarian associations for migrants
- About assistance around entering, health care, education, higher education, employment, and special support: Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights
- About the stay in Hungary, the main concepts and procedures related to legal protection, and how to access and complete forms: National Directorale-General for Aliens Policing
- Information from the European Commission, in all EU languages: link
- Summary from the Child Rights Coalition for children and families fleeing Ukraine
- A story for children (“I didn’t know then, now I do”) about the rights of unaccompanied minors in English and Hungarian
- On children’s rights in general on Hintalovon
If you need practical tips and information:
- Advice on welcoming children from Ukrainian children’s homes in English from the Child and Family Foundation: link
- Key considerations for helping children flee and be sheltered in humanitarian crises in English, based on the Better Care Network summary: link
- Eurochild’s resources: link
- A magyarországi tartózkodást segítő információk, nyomtatóbarát verzióban magyar, angol, és hamarosan ukrán és orosz nyelveken: useful links from APPY
- Information to faciliate your stay in Hungary in printable format in Hungarian, English and soon in Ukrainian and Russian: useful links from APPY
If you need discussions or sessions:
- Advice and ideas for working with adolescents and young people from the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) in English: link
- Advice and information on how to talk to children about war and how people can help: Hintalovon webpage
If you need language assistance:
- Communication material with Russian-speaking children: link
- Tips, videos, information and a collection of resources for professionals and children on legal procedures involving children that require the assistance of an interpreter in Hungarian, English, Italian and Dutch: ChiLLS webpage
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