In December, we purchased and delivered 500 tricycles for social workers in the de-occupied territories of Donetska, Zaporizka, Khersonska, and Kharkivska oblasts. Faster travel makes it easier for them to reach lonely people at home who need social services. In some communities, social workers have to travel 15-20 kilometers in one direction to reach their clients, which include lonely elderly people, people with disabilities, or people in difficult life circumstances. They do not make this journey with empty hands because their mission is to deliver food and medicine, sometimes clothes or other household items, and help people with household chores.
Illustrations by Masha Vyshedska.
The tricycles were purchased for social service providers in Donetska, Kharkivska, Zaporizka, and Khersonska oblasts as part of the Supporting the Capacity of the Social Protection System to Register Internally Displaced Persons project, funded by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Ukraine.
