After two months of war in Ukraine, CF “SSS” and the international aid organization CARE launch a partnership to scale-up life-saving humanitarian assistance across the country. As demand for basic humanitarian aid remains high, CF “SSS” and CARE aim to provide food packages, hygiene items and medical kits to over 100,000 internally displaced people in 14 regions of Ukraine, including Lviv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Donetsk.
“Now, more than ever, we need to unite to save lives,” says Karl-Otto Zentel, National Director of CARE Germany. “With CF “SSS” we have found a great partner to increase access to necessary relief supplies, especially for vulnerable groups like women, children and elderly. For us, it is absolutely crucial to scale up our support for these people who have shown incredible resilience in the past months.”
“Partnership with an organization of the size and experience as CARE is a great opportunity for us to help much more people in need and to become faster in humanitarian response to the local communities. We are grateful to our international partners for their willingness to help Ukraine”, — says Anna Borysova, project manager of CF “SSS”.
Background information:
CF “SSS” and CARE will support internally displaced people with food, hygiene items and medical assistance in the following regions across Ukraine: Zakarpattia, Chernivtsi, Khmelnytsky, Lviv, Volyn, Cherkasy, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhia.
About CF “SSS”:
Charitable Foundation “Stabilization Support Services” (CF “SSS”) is a local organization which started to support internally displaced people in Ukraine in 2016. Since then, the organization supported internally displaced people with strengthening their participation in democratic processes of local governments and the participation of women in dialogue and peace building initiatives to respond to COVID-19 pandemic in Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhia regions. For the implementation of the large-scale program with the international aid organization CARE, CF “SSS” attracts its own capacities and a network of coordination headquarters, which the foundation has created over seven years of its activity
About CARE:
Founded in 1945, CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. CARE has more than seven decades of experience helping people prepare for and respond to disasters and puts a special emphasis on supporting women and girls.
As part of the Ukraine response, CARE is currently partnering with humanitarian organisations like CF “SSS” both inside Ukraine and in neighbouring countries, including Romania, Slovakia, and Poland. Aid distributions include relief items such as food, hygiene products, and sleeping bags. CARE also provides cash to affected populations and offers shelter and psychosocial support. We place a particular focus on working alongside women-led organizations and women in the humanitarian response. To learn more, visit www.care-international.org.