S.H.I.E.L.D.: Support, Humanitarian Intervention, and Empowerment for Local Durability in Ukraine ltpgtR2P is proposing multisectoral support in the domains identified as the most critical and prioritized by UHF under this allocation - CCCM, Protection, and Shelter, which are reported by many individuals as the dire need and protection related risk, and accompanied by Cash, GBV and NFI assistance. R2P will work on providing or increasing access to basic services in areas close to the frontline to the most vulnerable individuals - especially women, elderly, children and persons with disabilities, IDPs - and prioritized collective sites. ltbrgtR2P offers differentiated sets of activities for areas close to the frontline (so cold “crescent” oblasts along the northern, eastern and southern part of Ukraine) and selected IDP collective sites in central oblasts, which are developed through the needs lenses. R2P will complement already existing programs and provided support by other governmental or nongovernmental actors. For the activities focused on collective sites support, R2P will build on its progress made in Sumy, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy regions within CCCM domain targeting new sites. R2P will also coordinate on the ground work in the Kherson, Mykolayiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Kharkiv, and Sumy oblasts with two other UHF-funded projects, implemented by R2P in this geography: in particularly, the HOPE project and the project realized by SYLA Consortium under PIN leadership. Design of this - SHIELD - project is developed to be complementary with those two interventions and to cover existing gaps in protection assistance. In particular, in the areas of return (Kharkiv and Sumy regions) direct social services provision, support of social institutions and economic resilience components under HOPE and SYLA will be accompanied by strong CCCM under SHIELD. While in areas close to the frontline (Kherson, Mykolayiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Kharkiv) protection assistance under HOPE and SYLA will be accompanied by urgent help to the beneficiaries in hard-to-reach areas closest to the frontline by deployment of additional emergency mobile teams and strong cash assistance for shelter, protection and emergency purposes. ltbrgtIn hard to reach areas and areas close to the frontline in “crescent” oblasts, R2P will target communities with emergency protection followed by supportive NFI distribution. Sumy, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy regions will be prioritized for cooperation with selected collective sites and provide them with shelter and in-kind assistance for improvement of living conditions, individual and group PSS and legal support to the residents of the collective sites, and to empower IDPs residing in CSs through creating the  initiative groups in collaboration with local NGOs.  ltbrgtR2P will select particular locations according to the needs reflected on the rapid protection assessments tools and in coordination with the National Clusters and other INGOs/NGOs, also by the deployment of the rapid responses teams. Internal referrals between the R2P projects (including those UHF-funded) will be considered to strengthen the added value. ltbrgtR2P offers a modality of rapid response multidisciplinary mobile teams which is aimed to improve accessibility of services for persons with limited mobility, including elderly, persons with special needs and those living in the communities with disrupted transportation and/or damaged social care and healthcare facilities. ltbrgtThe project is designed to respond to priority humanitarian needs as identified in the 2023 HNO and Multi-Sector Need Analysis (MSNA), 2024 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan and complements the Government’s response. The project will be implemented in partnership with local authorities and NGOs, and coordinate with development and humanitarian aid programmes to support stabilization, and facilitate a more sustainable response to the protracted crisis.ltbrgtlt/pgt