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RECENT RESPONSE
In the week of 26 July to 1 August, IOM has delivered 9,524 NFIs, including winterization kits, metal cots, mattresses, blankets, solar lamps and kitchen sets, to beneficiaries in Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Lviv and Vinnytsia regions. IOM has also signed an agreement with an additional local implementing partner, bringing the total to 50. IOM is in the process of further scaling up its multisectoral winterization programming, in particular with regards to NFIs, Shelter, WASH and CCCM.
IOM has launched a CCCM capacity building programme with a two-day Site Management training which aims to strengthen the management of collective centres and to support local authorities and other partners in Zakarpattia Region. Twenty-five participants, among them site managers and NGOs, have attended the training. In addition, IOM is preparing assessment reports for Poltava and Vinnytsia regions and the assessment of 120 sites in Ivano-Frankivsk Region was ongoing during the reporting period.
Assessments and repair works continue in collective centres across the country. During the reporting period,
IOM teams concluded Shelter/WASH interventions in five collective centres in Zakarpattia, Dnipropetrovsk,
Vinnytsia and Chernivtsi regions. Works were ongoing in seven more centres and IOM has carried out further assessments in 14 centres across six different regions. Municipal authorities in Lviv have expressed a need for further support in view of the expected arrival of large numbers of IDPs from Eastern Ukraine and the upcoming cold period.
IOM continues its WASH assessments across various regions, with more than 30 completed in the past week in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zakarpattia, Kirovohrad, Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk regions. In addition, households hygiene kits were distributed to IDPs in Central and Northern Ukraine, reaching over 20,000 beneficiaries in need of key hygiene items. In view of the high number of cross-border movements, IOM’s WASH and IBM teams are furthermore working on improving the conditions for people crossing the border at Krakovets and Shehyni border crossing points in Western Ukraine.
IOM is expanding its multipurpose cash assistance (MPCA) and will in particular reach conflict-affected and socioeconomically vulnerable populations in Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy and Kharkiv regions in the coming two months. More than 125,000 people have been registered so far across Ukraine and IOM collaborates closely with the Ministry of Social Policy as part of its MPCA programming.
IOM continues to expand its support for IDPs and host populations in need of direct medical care through its mobile clinics. During this reporting period, 1,209 people received direct medical attention and 708 received psychological support in Lviv, Poltava, Chernivtsi and Sumy regions. This is achieved through IOM’s key implementing partners, Sheptystsky Hospital and UK MED. As part of IOM’s capacity building efforts, 409 practitioners in Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions attended sessions on Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) health care and trauma first aid.
During the reporting period, 274 consultations have been provided through IOM’s MHPSS Emotional Support Hotline, bringing the total since 24 February to 4,357. IOM’s hotline psychologists furthermore conducted a training on psychological first aid for 22 heads of departments of the Khmelnytskyi City Children’s Hospital.
Building on the success of its Youth Summer Schools, IOM supported four events organized by alumni in Vinnytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv regions to mark World Day Against Human Trafficking and to raise awareness