Ukraine - Emergency Assistance and Protection - 2019

March 2019 - An estimated 3.5 million people require humanitarian assistance due to the conflict in Eastern Ukraine with women and the elderly bearing the brunt of the ongoing hostilities. Limited livelihood opportunities and the increased cost of essential goods and services due to the conflict including food health care and heating are reducing vulnerable people’s ability to cope especially in the winter. Some 1.5 million people remain displaced. Protection remains a key concern largely due to daily shelling as well as the heavy presence of landmines and explosive remnants of war in populated areas of the Donetska and Luhanska oblasts along the 457-km “contact line”. An average of 1.1 million people cross the contact line each month to access essential services and maintain family links facing high security risks and harsh weather conditions. With GAC’s support the project is helping to improve the lives of conflict-affected people in Eastern Ukraine.

The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved suffering alleviated and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crisis or that are facing acute food insecurity.