Emergency response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine



Contract partner: Caritas Österreich Country: Ukraine Funding amount: € 1.400.000,00 Project start: 14.03.2022 End: 13.03.2023

Short Description:

Overall goal


To contribute to sustaining the lives of displaced and non-displaced women and men, girls and boys affected by the war in Ukraine


Expected results


Output 1: At least 12,400 internally displaced and non-displaced conflict-affected people have received life-saving food, water, gender-specific NFI and hygiene assistance;

Output 2: At least 6,336 internally displaced and non-displaced conflict-affected people have access to their families, collective centers and support services;

Output 3: At least 9,009 internally displaced and non-displaced conflict affected people benefit from access to safe and dignified shelters to satisfy their basic needs;

Output 4: At least 1,400 internally displaced conflict-affected children and families have access to services to cope with the stress of displacement

 


Target group / Beneficiaries


With this contribution, a total share of 14,100 beneficiaries will be reached (% share). In total, approx. 19,136 beneficiaries will be reached directly.


The project will be implemented by the International Charitable Foundation Caritas Ukraine (C-UA) in the districts Lviv, Volyn, Poltava and Odesa.


Activities


Identification and selection of beneficiaries; Market monitoring to assess availability of goods and cash feasibility; cash transfers to selected beneficiaries; procurement and contracting of providers for hygiene kits, food kits, water, NFI kits; distribution of in-kind assistance kits and goods; selecting of transportation services providers in project location; provision of transportation services to displaced and non-displaced conflict affected people; organize and equip collective centers for displaced and non-displaced conflict affected people in project location; recruitment staff for collective centers; organization of the smooth functioning of the collective centers: food, accommodation, safety, sanitary and hygienic conditions; recruitment and training of 8 psychologists, identification and selection of beneficiaries in the locations, provision of 3,000 PSS sessions for 600 people living in project locations, organize and equip of CFS for children of displaced and non-displaced conflict affected people in project location; recruitment and training of 8 animators; provision of 1,440 support sessions for 800 children in project locations.


Context


This project is co-funded in the total amount of EUR 500,000, with contributions from the Austrian Federal States in the amount of: Lower Austria EUR 94,715.00, Vienna EUR 107,255.00, Vorarlberg EUR 22,360.00, Burgenland EUR 16,580.00, Tyrol EUR 42,550.00, Styria EUR 69,875.00, Upper Austria EUR 83,795.00, Carinthia EUR 31,510.00, Salzburg EUR 31,360.00. Project Reference: 2768-08/2022.


On 24 February 2022, after eight years of armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine and months of increasing buildup of tension that diplomatic efforts failed to deescalate, the Russian Federation launched a large-scale military offensive in Ukraine. Armed attacks and hostilities that were previously constrained to the conflict-affected areas in Donetsk and Luhansk have been reported from virtually all over Ukraine, with Russian troops advancing into the country from north (Belarus), east and south (Russia) and missile strikes affecting all major cities. This has resulted in loss of life, injuries, mass movement of the civilian population throughout the country and abroad, as well as destruction and damage of civilian infrastructure and residential housing. As of 7 March 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner records more than 1,200 civilian casualties, with 801 injured and 406 killed, including 27 children. The UN estimates that as many as 18 million people will be affected by the conflict, 12 million of whom are expected to need humanitarian assistance. Internally displaced people require multi-sectoral assistance in the areas of Shelter, Food, Non-Food Items, WASH and Protection, including psychosocial support. There are also multi-sectoral needs in the eastern parts of the country that face significant damage of civilian infrastructure, where essential public services have become disrupted or collapsed, particularly regarding Food, Shelter, and basic household items.

project number 2768-05/2022
source of funding AKF
sector Humanitäre Hilfe: Sofortmaßnahmen
tied
modality Project-type interventions
marker Gender: 1, Poverty: 1
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    • 1= policy is a significant objective of the activity
    • 2= policy is the principal objective of the activity
  • Donor/ source of funding: The ADA is not only implementing projects and programmes of the Austrian Development Cooperation , but also projects funded from other sources and donors such as
    • AKF - Foreign Disaster Fund of the Austrian federal government
    • BMLFUW - Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water
    • EU - Funds of the European Commission
    • Others - various other donors are listed in ADA’s annual business report.
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