Ukraine Emergency Response - PI Ukraine - 2023/2024 SUMMARY
Aid organizations are very concerned about the consequences of the large-scale hostilities in Ukraine. Ukrainians are massively fleeing the country and seeking protection in neighbouring countries. Families are separated from each other. For those who are left behind, the situation is life-threatening and extremely uncertain. They urgently need help. In exceptional disasters, 11 Dutch collaborating aid organizations join forces under Giro555. These aid organizations include: Stitching Vluchteling, Cordaid, CARE Nederland, Kerk in Actie, Oxfam Novib, Save the Children, UNICEF, Plan International Netherlands
This project aims to increase children and adolescents' resilience, protection, and well-being by providing access to safe spaces, psychosocial support, raising awareness, and mitigating CPiE and GBV risks. it also aims to improve quality and inclusive access to education in Mykolaivska oblast, as one of the most war-affected oblasts in Ukraine since February 2022. Since the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, Mykolaivska oblast is one of the most war-affected oblasts with a greater demand for intervention in the sectors of education and CP. Both Education and the CP Clusters in Ukraine have recognized Mykolaivska and southern Ukraine as a priority of interventions; due to the lack of specialized humanitarian actors in these locations. 
Education institutions and children in Mykolaiv are experiencing significant hardship: According to Education in Emergency 240 education institutions are damaged, 33 are destroyed and 2 are still located in territory under Russian control. The oblast also hosts a high number of IDPs coming from war-affected areas and still under Russian-controlled areas, 4,244 of whom are children. 
According to the survey, 75% of children have cognitive stress reactions. Children suffer and experience loneliness, fear, lack of understanding in family, and parents as they worry for their children due to the consequences of the war and struggle to cover everyday needs and their safety. PSS and raising awareness on CPiE and GBV risks activities are needed. Children and adolescents are in great need of safe spaces for recreational, learning, and socialization activities. Outcome 1.  Improved knowledge on CP and GBV risks and capacity of positive coping strategies of conflict-affected adolescent girls and boys in Mykolaivska oblast.
1.1. 100 short videos are produced for raising awareness on CP and GBV risks on social and digital media campaign for adolescent girls and boys
1.2. 5,000 Information, communication and entertainment (ICE) materials (diary) are distributed to adolescent girls and boys in Mykolaivska Oblast
1.3. 1000 conflict-affected adolescents (g&b) in Mykolaivska oblast participated in 10 events organised for providing an unstructured psychosocial support, and rising awareness of CP and GBV risks

Outcome 2. Improved inclusive access to Education in Emergencies for boys and girls in Mykolaivska Oblast
2.1. Two school shelters are rehabilitated in Mykolaivska oblast, to improve safety and increase access to education for girls and boys.
2.2. Two Digital Learning Centres* (DLCs) are established based in two schools in Mykolaivska oblast, to effectively support online, offline education and home schooling for boys and girls including children with special education needs and disabilities
2.3. 1,120 girls and boys enrolled in DLCs received extra-curricular activities on SEL, PFA and PALS Age Breakdown: 
Children 6-11 years: 420
Adolescents 12-17 years : 5,000	
Youth 18-24: 40
Adults 25+ years: 150
Total  5,610
the overall proportion of female participants are 60%, 40% male.
Disabilty number can use estimations where exact numbers are not known. For example, 7% of school age children in Ukraine are categorized as having a disability. Output 1.1:
Activity 1.1.1. Analysing, planning, and designing of adolescents protection digital information campaign. 
- Conduct workshops with specialized governmental, non-governmental, private institutions, protection cluster members on developing concept strategies, activities, messages, and choosing of social media and digital platforms.
- Analysis of the community, competitive environment, target audience, usage and access to the Internet by adolescents girls and boys;
- Development of the concept of strategies, activities aimed at the realisation of specific goals based on a creative strategy. 
- Design of clear and adolescent-friendly key messages on how to prevent and respond to GBV and CP risks with the support of Dobrodiy Club psychologists, GVB and CP Specialist from Plan and GBV and CP cluster. 
Activity 1.1.2. Conducting of inclusive contextualized cyber risk assessment, defining mitigation measures, and producing of a cyber/digital safeguarding policy.
- The analysis is conducted by a specialized cyber safety and safeguarding agent/agency, including other stakeholders (parents, adolescent girls and boys, relevant governmental authorities, relevant private institutions etc)
- Dobrodiy Club project team together with Plan International CPiE and Safeguarding specialists will be involved in the process of review of the cyber safety analysis. 
Activity 1.1.3. Implementation of an information campaign based on the Concept of Strategy developed with other stakeholders. 
- Dobrodiy Club will launch a new digital channel on the agreed social and/or digital media platform with a following of at least 500,000 views are expected to be exposed to 100 information videos on the new channel. 
- Creation of the videos (10 per month, 100 per year, with 2 months for preparation, messaging testing and shooting of the content).
- Content should include media education for the users on cybersecurity and Internet safety for adolescents while using social media, data sharing protocols/code of conduct, etc.
- The campaign will be focused on CP and gender-based violence risks in terms of prevention and response, Life Skills component to strengthen adolescents’ girls and boys coping skills, ability to define risks and strategies of reaction on them.

Output 1.2:
Activity 1.2.1. Development of an interactive diary with life-saving information and recreational activities to allow adolescents’ girls and boys to protect themselves and develop coping skills . 
Activity 1.2.2. Distribution of diaries to 5000 adolescents in Mykolaivska oblast ((preferably in Voznesenska, Snihurivska and Mykolaivska hromadas):
- To cover different audiences, there will be several ways of distribution: Online registration through the resources of the Dobrodiy Club (teenagers register on their own, or parents/caregivers register and receive by Nova Poshta after verification); DLCs; and during the special events, such as awareness raising and campaigns.
- Post-distribution monitoring will be conducted to determine whether girls and boys have used the supportive diary as well as any feedback they might have, including on their own safeguarding when receiving the diaries. 

Output 1.3: 
Activity 1.3.1. Organisation of offline meetings with experts and famous people will be conducted to improve awareness of CP and GBV risks as well as provide information on the available services of conflict-affected adolescent girls and boys in Mykolaivska oblast. 

Output 2.1: 
Activity 2.1.1. Complete basic rehabilitation of shelters including ventilation, insulation of water pipes etc according to the acting recommendations by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and based on SPHERE standards in two target schools in two locations in Mykolaivska oblast (the most preferable – schools in Mykolaiv city and NAA in Snihurivska hromadas which are operating or has been decided to re-operate by local authorities in 2023-2024 study year).
Activity 2.1.2. Winterisation of target shelters in rehabilitated schools (providing, heaters, lightnings, blankets and PSS/Play/Learning materials).

Output 2.2:
Activity 2.2.1. Furnishing and equipping two DLCs based on schools in two hromadas in Mykolaivska oblast according to Ministry of education and science (MoES) recommendations SPHERE standards.
Activity 2.2.2. Recruit 4 DLCs tutors (2 tutors per DLC) – preferably ex-teachers or new young specialists. Provide training on SEL, EORE, PALS programme workshops digital learning

Output 2.3:
Activity 2.3.1. Develop tailored daily agenda and learning activities for the DLCs