Reports

Discriminatory Policies Restrict Older People’s Access to Pensions (Kyiv) – Ukraine’s policy requiring pensioners from separatist-controlled parts of eastern Ukraine to leave and register as displaced persons in government-controlled areas to receive their pension is discriminatory, Human…

HIGHLIGHTS • The total number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Crimea and eastern Ukraine is 1,517,575 as of 20 August 2018, according to the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine. • IOM assisted almost 280,000 vulnerable IDPs…

Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs During the month, UNICEF completed the rehabilitation of 2 schools in government controlled areas and initiated the rehabilitation of 20 schools in non-government controlled areas. UNICEF continued to place emphasis on ensuring…

Between June and August, Terre des hommes (Tdh), conducted visits to gather information about families who need support to provide for their basic needs such as food, medicine, clothes, heating, etc. The project aims for families…

IDPs’ average income is one third lower than Ukraine’s national subsistence level Into the fifth year of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, 1.5 million people are registered as internally displaced persons (IDPs). Uprooted, they face economic and…

Troitske, Luhansk Oblast, 13 August 2018 – A newly refurbished Administrative Service Centre in Troitske, Luhansk Oblast, will help the government be more effective and efficient in the delivery of administrative and social services to over…

The premises and equipment of the Administrative Service Centre (ASC) in Troitske have been overhauled as part of UNDP's Recovery and Peacebuilding Programme with the financial support from the European Union. With a grant support, the centre…

Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs In June UNICEF continued to support teachers across Donetsk and Luhansk oblast manage gender specific and age-sensitive education, as well as safe learning spaces with water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities, on…

BACKGROUND WHO IS THIS DOCUMENT FOR? This document provides guidance for humanitarian and development actors on how to address protection risks and socio-economic vulnerabilities in their work, and highlights aspects to consider in operations to ensure a protection…

Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs The shelling of civilian infrastructure continued in May with several incidents reported, one of them leading to the stoppage of the Donetsk Filter Station, which supplies water to 345,000 people on both…