Ukraine Humanitarian Fund 2023 First Standard Allocation Strategy (As of 8 March 2023) [EN/UK]

Section 1: Strategic Statement

On 15 February, humanitarian partners in Ukraine released the 2023 Ukraine Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) to respond to the needs of 11.1 million people identified in the 2023 Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) as in urgent need of humanitarian assistance and protection. This includes 6.3 million internally displaced people (IDPs) located throughout the country, 6.9 million people who remain at their homes, and 4.4 million returnees.

The allocation aims at providing targeted multi-sectoral support to IDPs, returnees and other conflict-affected people residing in the areas directly impacted by the military hostilities in Ukraine. In particular, the allocation will aim at addressing compounded needs of people with disabilities, older persons and vulnerable women and children in areas with high concentration of IDPs, areas with high concentration of returnees, and accessible areas close to the frontlines.

The allocation will continue to pursue UHF’s commitment to local partnership through promoting participation and capacity strengthening of national partners, including national and local NGOs, small civil society organizations (CSOs), community-based organizations (CBOs), volunteer groups, organizations of persons with disabilities and women-led and women’s rights organizations with access to hard-to-reach locations and ability to deliver principled and contextually relevant assistance. In addition, the allocation will promote cross-cutting priorities including gender and age considerations, disability inclusion, protection mainstreaming, and accountability in all partner programming.