Ukraine Emergency Response - PI Poland - 2022 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: Stiching Vluchteling, Cordaid, CARE Nederland, Kerk in Actie, Oxfam Novib, Save the Children, UNICEF, Dut

This funding will be used to provide protection, MHPSS and CVA to children, adolescent and caregiver refugees from Ukraine in Poland, in particular through two one-stop shop reception centers. One in Opole and one in Warsaw, and through mobile units with a reach throughout the affected areas of the country. Since the upset of conflict in Ukraine in Feb 2022, war has caused civilian casualties and destruction of civilian infrastructure, forcing people to flee their homes seeking safety, protection and assistance. The war in Ukraine has triggered the fastest growing refugee crisis since World War II. Within seven weeks, more than 5 million refugees have fled into countries
neighboring Ukraine and beyond. The situation for people forced to leave is severe as families are being torn apart and people are fleeing in fear and distress. Some 90 per cent of those fleeing Ukraine are women and children, so humanitarian partners are on high alert for
increased risks of trafficking, gender-based violence and exploitation.
While millions of refugees from Ukraine have crossed borders into neighboring countries, Poland is one of the main destination for refugees from Ukraine. According to UNHCR, 1,207,650 refugees from Ukraine registered for temporary protection in Poland, 93% of them are female, while 63% have come with children (source: Ukrainian refugees in Poland, EWL 2022). Refugees flee their country with very limited resources are in an acute need for principled and timely life-saving multi-sectoral assistance to people affected by the war. Plan International aims in collaboration with its implementing partner HumanDOC in Poland to strengthen the resilience of refugees from Ukraine in Poland, by providing holistic support to children, adolescents and their caregivers, including protection, MHPSS, PSS, and legal consultation support. 
HumanDOC will provide MHPSS in Emergencies training for 15 specialists. Trained specialists will establish mobile units to deliver MHPSS and PFA to refugees from Ukraine in Poland. 
Two community centers will be established in Opole and Warsaw to provide psychosocial support for parents/caregivers and children, raising awareness of child protection and GBV risks, and provide legal consultation support for refugees from Ukraine.  
HumanDOC will Provide material and/or financial support, aligned with governmental and international aid programmes, such as financial support for rented accommodation and/or associated costs; financial support to cover costs of required medicine, necessary medical treatment/insurance; financial support for child day nursery costs and educational expenses for pupils/students, etc. Since the war began on 24 February, humanitarian partners have rapidly increased the scale and scope of operations, in both Ukraine and neighboring countries. In Ukraine, before the war, humanitarian partners mainly operated in the non- government-controlled areas of Donetska and Luhanska oblasts, behind the former contact line. According to regional refugee response plan, today 207 humanitarian partners more than half of which are Ukrainian non-governmental organizations—are operating in the 24 oblasts of Ukraine. 
Although, there is an acute need for supporting host countries to ensure that all refugees
from Ukraine have access to safety and international protection, in line with their situation, and in compliance with the principle of non-refoulment. in addition to support host countries to provide timely and life-saving humanitarian assistance to refugees fleeing Ukraine and third-country nationals having left Ukraine, with a specific focus on the most vulnerable women, girls, boys and men. The project supports a wide range of refugees from Ukraine, mainly mothers and children (boys and girls). It supports children under 18 (boys and girls) with psychosocial support, supporting their enrolment in school and disseminating crucial information for their safety and wellbeing. The project will provide training to Ukrainian (male and female) psychologists. -	HumanDoc Foundation will work with a team of Polish and Ukrainian psychologists to provide a direct MHPSS for Ukrainian refugees in Poland. The psychologists will be trained in Warsaw by a team led by Katarzyna Podleska, a qualified specialist in psychotraumatology who has experience working in Ukraine. As a result, the psychologists will obtain the necessary knowledge and competences to independently conduct Psychological First Aid in emergency settings. Trained psychologists will be then employed under the project to provide therapy for Ukrainian refugees. HumanDoc Foundation will also perform a mapping of available services, and establish referral mechanisms for refugees requiring specialised support.  Additionally, trained psychologists will be provided with IT equipment (computers and telephones) to enable online therapy. This will allow outreach to a larger group of people in need. The project 

-	The project will provide comprehensive support for Ukrainian refugees in Poland through two support centres in Warsaw and Opole. The support centres will act as one-stop shops offering a wide range of basic services. The centres will be located around Warsaw (in the city centre and 2 reception points outside the city), and in Opole (at 3 points in the Opolskie Voivodeship). The geographic scope ensures HumanDoc to be as close as possible to refugees from Ukraine who are living far from urban centres. These centres will be complemented by mobile units based on emergent needs as the crisis evolves, to ensure that as many of the planned services as possible can also be provided to refugees from Ukraine in harder to reach areas of Poland.

-	Teams consisting of a team leader, psychologist and case manager will visit the field points twice a week. The goal of field points will be to reach people from outside the cities who do not have access to a wider range of support services. The beneficiaries will be predominantly women, children and adolescents, who will be supported by a team of advisors, assistants, consultants such as legal advisors, psychologists, interpreters, Polish language teachers and animators. 

-	In the community centers, refugees will be provided with information regarding legal issues, registrations and enrolments, as well as with PSS through play and with caregiver peer-to-peer support. Existence of a scaled up, one stop shop centre in Warsaw is urgently needed due to large numbers of refugees in the city. In Opole and the whole Opolskie region, there are very few organisations providing services and none of them are one stop shop.  Each centre client will create individual activation plans and receive support for a period of three months, with a possibility of extension up to six months in more severe cases. 

-	Multi-purpose cash support will be provided for most vulnerable refugees based on a well-defined criteria plan. The financial support is unconditional and unrestricted so it can be for rented accommodation and/or associated costs (e.g. electricity, gas, utility bills, internet); financial support to cover costs of required medicine, necessary medical treatment/insurance; financial support for child day nursery costs and educational expenses for pupils/students. The scope of assistance will be aligned with governmental and international aid programmes. We will also monitor financial support for refugees from the government to prevent duplication of assistance, identify gaps and come up with solutions. The aim is for this to be primarily done through CVA wherever conditions allow.