The team at the Stabilization Support Services Charitable Foundation, in partnership with the international humanitarian organization CARE and with financial support from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is wrapping up a rapid response project – “A vital response to the protection and humanitarian needs of the population affected by the conflict in southern and southeastern Ukraine.”
The project lasted nearly 9 months and included several activities. In addition to distributing non-food personal hygiene kits and bottles of drinking water to vulnerable populations, residents of frontline regions were also able to receive necessary legal and psychological support.
In total, approximately 10,000 residents of the Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, and Kherson regions received assistance during the project.
During the project, our Charitable Foundation:
- provided 5,419 households in the Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, and Kherson regions with drinking water;
delivered 10,838 bottles (each with a capacity of 6 liters) to communities near the front lines.
- provided assistance to 420 people with limited mobility;
Project participants received special hygiene kits, including adult diapers and pads.
- provided 2,000 people with personal hygiene kits;
The kits included essential hygiene items: toothpaste and a toothbrush, soap, shampoo, shaving foam/cream and disposable razors, panty liners, wet wipes, roll-on deodorant, and toilet paper.
- expanded access to feminine hygiene products;
Feminine hygiene kits were distributed to 400 women aged 11 to 55 living in frontline communities.
- provided psychosocial and legal support to people affected by the war;
263 people received individual and group psychological support. The Foundation’s legal experts provided approximately 1,248 legal consultations to residents of frontline communities.
According to project manager Anna Nikolenko-Baeva, the Foundation’s team faced numerous challenges during the project’s implementation.
“No one expected this winter to be so cold and snowy. Due to low temperatures, shelling, and power outages, it was often physically difficult for community residents to reach the locations where mobile teams provided legal and psychosocial counseling and distributed aid kits. But through joint efforts and thanks to the coordinated work of the entire team, we were able to overcome all challenges. “I sincerely thank our partners and everyone who participated in the implementation of this important project. Together, we managed to achieve our goals and maximize assistance to residents of frontline communities who needed it most,” – emphasizes Anna Nikolenko-Baeva.
As the project manager reported, the Charitable Foundation’s team will continue to support residents of frontline regions and provide them with the necessary assistance.
The assistance was made possible through the project “Lifesaving Response to Protection Concerns and Humanitarian Needs of Conflict Affected People in the South and South-East of Ukraine” is implemented by the Charity Foundation “Stabilization Support Services” together with the international humanitarian organization CARE, with financial support from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.