Emergency aid for Ukrainian refugees in Ukraine, Slovakia and Moldova

Our aid efforts in Ukraine target five areas:

1. Cash assistance in Ivano-Frankivsk and Ternopil

• Assistance enables IDPs and host families to meet their needs for food, clothing, and hygiene items, among others.

2. Providing shelter in Ivano-Frankivsk and Ternopil

• Establishment, renovation and expansion of safe emergency shelters to accommodate 1,055 IDPs
• Equipping the shelters with blankets, sleeping bags, mattresses, hygiene items and cooking utensils.

3. Establishment of protection mechanisms and implementation of psychosocial counseling in Transcarpathia, Ternopil and online

• Guided sessions (group, individual, online) by experts for processing traumatic experiences and mental health problems
• Psychological support
• Establishment of child- and youth-friendly shelters
• Excursions, workshops and information campaigns for young people

4. Winterisation activities in the eastern part of the country

• Procurement and distribution of heating materials in Dnipropetrovsk oblast
• Families will receive two tons of heating materials to get them through the coldest winter months

5. Food security and hygiene items for particularly vulnerable families in Odessa

• Procurement and distribution of food and hygiene items
• Support is provided to particularly vulnerable families who, among other things, have family members with a serious illness or disability

Our actions in the Košice region of Slovakia include:

• Distribution of vouchers for essential goods such as food, clothing and hygiene items
• Renovation of three central refugee shelters in Košice, Trebišov, and Michalovce
• Training of staff in the area of education and special protection of children and refugees
• Renovation or construction of a day center where refugees and Slovak families can meet
• Organisation of meetings for local people to promote communication between refugees and Slovak families
• Psychological counseling
• Childcare
• Organisation of a summer camp for teenagers

Our actions in the districts of Balti, Comrat, Vulcanesti, Ciadir Lunga, Basarabeasca (in Gagauzia), Cahul, Stefan Voda, Ungheni, Leova, Cimislia in Moldova include:

• Cash assistance and issuance of vouchers for essential items such as food, clothing, hygiene items and school supplies