Providing humanitarian assistance in preparation for winter to civilians affected by the military conflict in the East of Ukraine According to the "Ukraine Flash Appeal" March-August 2022, after the escalation of hostilities from February 24, 2022, 15.7 million people across the country began to need humanitarian assistance. Of these, 2.2 million people are people located on the territory of the Donetsk region, where active hostilities are currently taking place, as a result of which locations are being moved from GCA to NGCA. The mobility of the front line entails destruction, suffering of civilians, an intensification of the economic crisis and significantly worsens the already difficult social and humanitarian situation on the NGCA. Millions of Ukrainians live in ruined houses or houses that are not designed to provide sufficient protection from harsh winter conditions, when temperatures in parts of the country will drop below -20 degrees Celsius. As winter approaches, additional funds are urgently needed to prepare at-risk communities and accelerate urgent action to support vulnerable individuals and families
This project provides for the issuance of solid domestic fuel (coal) for 500 HH located on the NGCA of the Donetsk region
As part of the implementation of this project, the priority will be concentrated on the host communities – Snezhnyansky and Chistyakovsky (Torez) districts of Donetsk region, with the main focus on rural households.
Vulnerability categories of beneficiaries will be defined as follows: IDPs, single pensioners 60+ women heads of HH HH with partially destroyed housing. Additional categories of vulnerability: people with chronic diseases and people with disabilities.
The additional shelter needs will be shared with the SHELTER cluster to advocate for further interventions.We conducted verification and post-monitoring in these areas, as we had several projects with FSL there before. And more than 80% of respondents noted that the heating problem is one of the most acute. Considering that a lot of areas still don't have running water, it means that the central heating will not be filled as well
This project is in line with Strategic Objective 1 of the Flash Appeal for Ukraine March-August 2022 – “Providing systematic and timely, life-saving, multi-sectoral assistance to war-affected people using gender, age and diversity-sensitive approaches.” And also corresponds to Priority 2 of the “Fourth Standby Allocation in 2022 (Winterization)” – “Providing Essentials in the Winter (Activities 1.3, 1.4 of the Winterization Plan) in Remote and Rural Areas of the Eastern and Northern Regions.
As part of the implementation of  project, CF "HADC" will make a local purchase of coal to quickly respond to emergencies and speed up the process of providing humanitarian assistance. To this end, CF "HADC" conducted a preliminary monitoring of possible coal suppliers, focusing primarily on those who previously worked in similar projects with international humanitarian organizations at the NGCA and have Ukrainian accounts and Ukrainian registration, and also have the ability to supply solid fuel to NGCA, has coal sites and specialized transport to deliver coal to beneficiaries
All actions within the framework of project will be coordinated with organizations carrying out similar activities in this humanitarian direction. CF "HADC" has experience in local procurement. At the same time, the experience can already be confirmed in the framework of joint projects with DRS, funded by UHF, to provide humanitarian assistance in the form of non-medical equipment and consumables for the neurological department of hospital No. 9 in Donetsk, as well as the purchase of institutional hygiene kits for temporary accommodation. Also, procurement experience can be confirmed as a result of the project for emergency support of the population, which is implemented jointly with the Polish Humanitarian Action with the funding of ECHO (purchase of food, hygiene and NFI kits). Procurement will be carried out in close cooperation and in accordance with UHF requirements