The aim of this project was to address the issue of limited access to medicines and medical devices, as well as to enhance the adaptive capacity to the realities of wartime for those in urgent need. The project provided counseling and other support to internally displaced persons (IDPs), residents of active conflict zones, and volunteers working with these individuals.
The project was implemented with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation and CARE Deutschland within the framework of the Humanitarian Solidarity Grant Program.
This project concentrated on territorial communities that were the most affected by the military conflict and/or housed a large number of internally displaced people (hereinafter referred to as IDPs). When people who were to receive targeted assistance were evacuated from their cities of residence, assistance was sent to their current location (without reference to the territorial affiliation of specified regions).
Why were the wards chosen? In the first case, communities/local NGOs are experiencing shortages due to the limited operation of pharmacy and trade networks, as well as difficulties in supplying these networks with medicines and medical products. As a result, it is critical that they receive care and consistent support for their needs from dependable partners in order to ensure the population’s minimally necessary access to medicines.
In the second case, communities/local NGOs faced challenges as a result of a significant increase in the number of people forced to flee their homes and seek refuge in safer settlements (both temporarily (buffer zone) with the intention of later moving to another settlement or outside the country), and permanently (until the situation in Ukraine is settled).
Project Objectives
Ensure/reduce barriers to access to essential medicines and first aid supplies for vulnerable populations.
Provide the most efficient and fastest logistics support.
In communication with communities, identify their evolving needs to implement sustainable approaches to social security for populations in communities that have suffered the greatest losses and/or those hosting IDPs.
Project Results
The necessary goods were promptly purchased.
We organized the delivery of humanitarian aid to the places where it was most needed.
Interacting with partner organizations and healthcare facilities to process requests for assistance and provide logistical support for possible project expansion.
A platform has been created for humanitarian aid providers and recipients to highlight their activities and collect donations for humanitarian aid needs.
We held 10 webinars (5 sessions with a psychologist, 5 with a nutritionist and a biotechnologist).
Project Products
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