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| Ukraine - Hust 26 April - 8 May 2002 |
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| Daycentre for disabled people The town Hust is just over the border of Hungary. In the past year the neighbourhood of Hust was also hit by the heavy flood. A lot of people lost their houses. They're working very hard now to rebuild everything, but because of lack of money it's going very slowly. The unemployment in the country is 80% and if you have a job you don't earn much: on average $40.22 a month. The harrowing image you see, are people who are trying to sell their possessions on the market or on the streets, so that they can buy food. People who can't work at all because they are disabled, are extra hard pressed, because there are no social services. That's why the local church has asked World Servants to help building a daycentre for intellectual and physical disabled people. (age: 30+) |
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Information about Ukraine Area: total: 603 700 kmē land: 603 700 kmē water: 0 kmē Capital: Kiev (Kyyiv) Language: Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian Religions: Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate, Ukrainian Orthodox - Kiev Patriarchate, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox, Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate), Protestant, Jewish GDP - Composition by sector: agriculture: 12% industry: 26% services: 62% (1998) Climate: temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south Terrain: most of Ukraine consists of fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus, mountains being found only in the west (the Carpathians), and in the Crimean Peninsula in the extreme south Elevation extremes: lowest point: Black Sea 0 m highest point: Hora Hoverla 2 061 m Natural hazards: - Environment - current issues: inadequate supplies of potable water; air and water pollution; deforestation; radiation contamination in the northeast from 1986 accident at Chornobyl' Nuclear Power Plant Population: 48 760 474 (July 2001) Ethnic groups: Ukrainian 73%, Russian 22%, Jewish 1%, other 4% Age structure: 0 - 14 years: 17,3% 15 - 64 years: 68,57% 65 years and over: 14,13% Infant mortality rate: 21,4 deaths/1 000 live births (2001) Life expectancy at birth: male: 60,62 years female: 71,96 years (2001) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 240 000 (1999) HIV/AIDS - deaths: 4 000 (1999) Illiteracy: definition: age 15 and over can't read and write total population: 2% male: 0% female: 3% (1989) Population below poverty line: 50% (1999) Unemployment rate: 4,3% officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers (December 1999) For more information: CIA World Fact Book |
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