Projects

Short Description:

Overall goal

Conflict affected women and men especially older people in Ukraine (1st phase Eastern Ukraine, 2nd phase Kyiv and Chernihiv oblast) have improved their health and met their basic needs (SDG Targets: 1.1; 2.3; 3.8; 3.b, 5.2; 5a.; GAP III Thematic areas 3.1, 3.3, 3.5)

Expected results

Output 1. Access to basic health care services and social services together with local authorities improved (11.200 consultations; 50 recipients of home-based care; 520 people tested (70% women, 30% men);

Output 2: Basic needs of conflict affected women and men, especially older people covered in Kyiv and Chernihiv oblast (8.950 women (70%) and men (30%);

Output 3: Capacity building in gender-sensitive project implementation and Community Engagement and Accountability ensured (100 female (80%) and male (20%) staff and volunteers trained).

Target group / Beneficiaries

In total, 11,250 beneficiaries will be reached directly. The project will be implemented by the Ukrainian Red Cross Society (URCS). Project locations are Eastern Ukraine (Lugansk and Donetsk, 1st phase) and Kyiv and Chernihiv oblast (2nd phase).

Activities

1.1 Setting up MoUs with regional health administration and local Primary Health Care Centres (PHCs) 1.2 Supporting PHCs outreach services for remote front line locations; 1.3 Procuring and handing over medicine; 1.4 Providing home-based care services (e.g. support with activities of daily living, small household tasks or errands) for 50 older people (70% women, 30% men) along the LoC (1st phase of project); 1.5 Ensuring continuous cooperation with local authorities (e.g. bi-lateral meetings, signing and updating MoUs) 1.6 Provision of COVID19 express testing on EECPs[1] for free incl. awareness raising on mine risk education, GBV and COVID-19 to people on border points by 8 URCS nurses (1st phase of project); 2.1 Conducting preparatory activities (e.g. inform local authorities, social welfare, administration), cluster partners and Red Cross branches); 2.2 carrying out rapid needs assessment; 2.3 Carrying out sensitization and information campaign on feedback mechanism and mine risk awareness; 2.4 Providing cash and voucher assistance to the most vulnerable population living on affected areas with a focus on 65+ 2.5 Conduct Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM) 3.1 Adapting and translating IFRC trainings for Protection, Gender & Inclusion and for CEA; 3.2 Piloting 2 CEA & PGI trainings in Kyiv and Chernihiv oblast; 3.3 Adapting and translating on line training on prevention of violence against older women; 3.4 Cooperation of project branches with local women’s associations; 3.5 Regular participation in cluster meetings; 3.6 Developing, printing and distributing leaflets, 3.7 Piloting community-based feedback mechanism.

Context

East Ukraine is in its 8th year of armed conflict, pulling an economically troubled region further into a socio-economic decline. Civilian populations of Donetsk and Lugansk Oblasts (the Donbass) continue to experience ongoing ceasefire violations along the 428km of the contact line, effectively dividing the conflict area into government-controlled areas (GCAs) and non-government-controlled areas (NGCAs). In 2021 3.4 million people, 8% of the total Ukrainian population, were estimated to be in need of humanitarian assistance (1,67 million people NGCA, 1.7 million GCA including 343.000 IDPs). Currently available data indicates that uncovered gaps in urgent humanitarian needs were never higher than this year, also exacerbated through the COVID-19 crisis. Until August 2021 only 27% of the 2021 Humanitarian Response Plan activities were funded, hence most urgent needs in all sectors could not be met as the humanitarian community is lacking funds of USD 122 Mio. This significant volume of uncovered needs will have a considerable impact on the humanitarian needs in 2022. Women and children are the most affected by this funding gap as they represent 68% amongst all conflict-affected population as well as older people representing 38% residing along the Line of Contact (LoC). In 2022, 842,000 people in GCA and 679,000 people in NGCA require urgent health support. 400,000 people are food insecure in GCA and over 279,000 people require urgent livelihood and food security support - 835,000 people are in need of food support in NGCA.