Multisectoral support of the vulnerable population of Ukraine during the cold season IGFM is focusing on performing multisectoral assistance on the household level in the hard-to-reach and remote locations that are seldom visited by humanitarian actors (0-3 partners operate in the locations). Such an approach allows us to directly intervene with the beneficiaries which enhances the effect of each humanitarian action. The project will aim at supporting IDPs while insuring that a substantial level of inclusion is reached by providing aid to people with disabilities and elderly.  

Since March 2022 IGFM (through its Ukrainian branch IAC ISHR) is providing the affected population (on household level) and institutions (focusing primarily on elderly houses and primary medical facilities) with food, hygiene items, water and sanitation equipment as well as medicine and medical supplies in more than half of the oblasts of Ukraine. These activities will be the focus of the project but with a particular attention to winterization. For optimal use of limited project recourses IGFM will cover  districts (hromadas) of Ukraine which: have a high ratio of IDPs to local population (10 or more percent) is a rural location that is far from the main centers of distribution of humanitarian aid has social institutions (such as collective centers and/or elderly houses) receives limited attention from the humanitarian organizations (0-3 partners). Focusing on the hromada level and not the regional (oblast) level insures that the allocated recourses are sufficient to support a substantial number of beneficiaries of the communities. Selected hromadas are: Ivankivska, Petrivska (Kyivska oblast) Shyshatska, Velykosorochinska, Myrhorodska (Poltavska oblast) Vilnyanska, Matveevska (Zaporizhska oblast) Putivlska, Novoslobidska (Sumy oblast)

Based on IGFM's previous experience (including previous implementation of the UHF project) and our assessments (conducted in August - September 2022) the main target group of the project will include vulnerable population (IDPs, people with disabilities, elderly people), and institutions that provide support to the above mentioned people (primary healthcare facilities, elderly houses, collective centers). We will strife to provide multisectoral assistance, distributing winterization food, hygiene, medical kits to each household and/or institution. Since the project's activities focus on targeted support its whole objective (i.e. delivery of the needed items) is based on addressing the differentiated needs of based on gender and age.  

Through IAC ISHR our organization is actively participating in humanitarian activities of FSL, WASH, Shelter, and Health clusters, by regularly submitting 5W reports, participating in the meetings of these clusters and clusters' working groups (Gender and Inclusion TWiG, Livelihood TWiG, NCD TWiG, Northern and Central WASH sub-clusters). IAC ISHR is actively engaged with the humanitarian community as a partner of a number of INGOs (Save the Children, Water Mission, Danish Refugee Council, see attached letters of support). Such cooperation allows IAC ISHR to share its assessments and experience with other partners and use their assessments in our work. IAC ISHR and its personnel are important to the implementation of the project because these are IGFM's representatives on the ground. The project will help IGFM to strengthen the institutional capacity of the IAC ISHR (which is a national NGO).   

The main risks of the project are: 1) potential lack of necessary items in Ukraine, which can be mitigated by the purchase and shipment of these items from Germany 2) risks of SEA incidents which might be caused by the power imbalance between the humanitarian aid workers and beneficiaries, this can be addressed by performing mandatory PSEA training and assessment for the aid workers 3) Safety risks: possible tensions between locals and IDPs, tensions with military, combat related risks.To mitigate risks we will have a Safety and Security advisor.