Integrated mobile response delivering urgent multisectoral assistance to conflict-affected populations in frontline areas ltpgtOver one year on from the escalation in conflict in Ukraine, the humanitarian situation remains dire, particularly in the east of the country where the fighting is currently the heaviest, with widespread damage and destruction of infrastructure, limited or no access to essential services, and high contamination with landmines and other explosive hazards. Intense hostilities have caused immense human suffering, with thousands of civilians killed or injured, millions forced from their homes, families separated, access to essential services decimated and livelihoods destroyed.ltbrgtIn response to the particularly severe humanitarian needs across rural frontline areas of Kharkiv oblast, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and partners propose to deliver an integrated mobile multisectoral intervention, reaching highly vulnerable individuals in conflict-affected and hard-to-reach areas with targeted, complementary Cash and Basic Needs, Health and Protection assistance. Through the rapid deployment of Mobile Integrated Response Teams (MIRTs), IRC will provide high-quality, high-impact relief to vulnerable individuals to help them meet their immediate needs and directly contribute to reinforcing the wellbeing, safety and dignity of women, men, girls and boys.ltbrgtIRC will work closely with local partners in the delivery of the proposed project, collaboratively identifying areas of most acute need, utilizing shared technical expertise and presence to maximize relevance, impact and reach of the response. IRC and partners will specifically focus on enhancing complementarity of services by improving access for marginalized and at-risk groups, many of whom face inclusion and access barriers to existing services. To ensure a holistic approach to assistance, IRC and partner teams will perform active and ongoing referrals between Health, Protection and Cash and Basic Needs assistance to address the cross-cutting and intersectional needs of affected populations.ltbrgtAs part of a commitment to collaboration with local communities and stakeholders, IRC will also seek to work with stakeholders to handover activities to more continuous services as they are available and will support partners through tailored and comprehensive capacity strengthening, supporting a self-sustaining and independent response, and enabling continuity of service provision at local levels.lt/pgtltpgtltbrgt
ltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtAcross
all sectors programming will be enhanced through the mainstreaming of protection,
ltbgtenabling accesslt/bgt to essential and critical services through a mobile
approach, identification of locations with the most need, prioritizing those at
risk of being excluded from service provision in these locations and
facilitating referrals of individuals through both internal and external
referral mechanisms. Whilst our focus will be on the timely delivery of assistance,
this will be done in a ltbgtsafe and dignifiedlt/bgt manner ensuring that service
provision meets required global minimum standards. High risk activities such as
case management, cash assistance and health interventions will be provided in a
manner that reduces risks to beneficiaries, by trained and qualified staff familiar
with key humanitarian principle of ‘do no harm’ ensuring the safety and preserving
the dignity of beneficiaries. ltbgtAccountability mechanismslt/bgt will be in place
to ensure regular feedback and opportunities for beneficiaries to inform design
and implementation is enabled. This combined with program quality audits will
further extract inputs from the affected population, validate feedback received
from services provided, and ensure beneficiary satisfaction. The centrality of
protection will be paramount in our design of this multisectoral approach, and
we will be intentional and proactive in taking steps to support safe and
dignified programming.   ltbrgtlt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgt