Reports

19 December 2014 – In eastern Ukraine, the situation remains ‘extremely serious’ for more than 1.7 million children affected by the escalating crisis, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today as it appealed for funds…

NEW YORK/GENEVA/KYIV, 19 December 2014 – Conflict in Ukraine has left 147 schools closed in parts of Donetsk Oblast where fighting is ongoing, and disrupted the education of some 50,000 children since September 1. Some of the…

Preliminary Appeal Target: US$854,616 Geneva, 18 December 2014 Dear Colleagues, As a result of the Crimean crisis and the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine the humanitarian situation deteriorated dramatically in the spring of 2014. This was due to fighting…

Donetsk (11 December 2014) - People in Need began systematically assisting in Donetsk and the surrounding area. We opened our office there previously in early November and since then we have provided food, medicine, toiletries and…

Crisis Overview Violence has been ongoing in eastern Ukraine despite the ceasefire of 5 September. Heavy fighting and shelling have increased the number of killed and wounded, and between mid-September and mid-December, the number of registered internally…

The activities proposed hereafter are still subject to the adoption of the financing decision ECHO/WWD/ BUD/2015/01000 AMOUNT: EUR 5 000 000 CONTEXT The 2014 political crisis in Ukraine which escalated into armed conflict in eastern parts of Ukraine has…

WHO, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Red Cross Society have signed an agreement to establish mobile, community-based health services. From January 2015 the new network of mobile emergency primary health care units…

By Kyle O'Donoghue As fighting continues in eastern Ukraine and families flee for safety in growing numbers, UNICEF is working to assist people affected by conflict, especially children, who bear the greatest burden. KHARKIV, Ukraine, 12 December 2014…

HIGHLIGHTS • The situation for approximately 1.7 million children affected by the ongoing crisis in Ukraine remains extremely serious. Thousands of children remain in the area of ongoing conflict. Over 130,000 children are displaced to other regions…

Highlights The humanitarian community remains deeply concerned by the Government of Ukraine announcement calling for the closure and withdrawal of all governmental services and personnel from areas controlled by armed groups by 1 December (Decree 875/2014). The…