"Creation of a food hub to provide emergency humanitarian assistance to people affected by hostilities in the east and south of Ukraine" According to the Humanitarian Response Plan 2023, intense fighting has caused enormous human suffering. An estimated 17.6 million people in Ukraine are in need of humanitarian assistance, with 27% of them assessed as having a critical need for humanitarian assistance. 11.1 million people of the total need assistance in the field of food security. The most urgent need for assistance is in the Donetsk region (2.6 million people) and Kherson NGCA which was flooded (according to OCHA Dnipro Hub Team about 53,000 ppl need assistance or 22,000 HH) .
It is planned to create a hub for 11,300 food kits, which will be located in the warehouse of the HADC. Assistance will be provided in areas where there is no access to markets at the time of assistance: locations where hostilities have recently taken place or are ongoing, areas that were flooded, or where the hostilities have ended but logistical routes, infrastructure and market access have not been restored.
The creation of a food hub will urgently cover the food needs of those people who are experiencing an acute humanitarian crisis.
The project is designed for 12 months, the total number of beneficiaries is 11,300 people: of which 3450 beneficiaries will be assisted in Kherson NGCA and 7850 will receive assistance in Donetsk NGCA . Since the project is urgent, we do not divide it into periods with a clear number of beneficiaries for each period. This targeting may change during the implementation process, depending on the impact of the military situation on the civilian population, their migration, as well as the mobility of the contact line. In case of increased need and a large number of IDPs and demolishers, the project can be completed much earlier than the scheduled time. The UHF will be informed about all distributions in advance.
In terms of location, we plan to work in all areas of the NGCA where there is an urgent need for urgent humanitarian intervention as part of this project. We will continue to submit a 5W report to the Cluster every two weeks, as well as provide UHF with all necessary reporting. Also, photos and videos will be provided at UHF, along with descriptive reporting and success stories.
Today, the organization employs 126 employees, in addition, we have our own database of CVs and the ability to additionally involve more than 150 people throughout the NGCA.
The “hot” line of the HADC works on an ongoing basis. All appeals are considered and feedback is provided to all applicants.
As part of this project, HADC will procure products to quickly respond to emergencies and speed up the process of providing humanitarian assistance. Please note that HADC already has experience in food procurement (carried out as part of a project with PAH, funded by ECHO, as well as two ongoing projects funded by UHF), and also has a register of potential suppliers. According to our Procurement Policy, a tender will be held to select a supplier.
Our organization works only with those suppliers who have Ukrainian accounts and Ukrainian registration, and also have the ability to supply food to the NGCA, directly to the warehouse of our organization.
All actions within the framework of this project will be coordinated with organizations carrying out similar activities in this humanitarian direction, FSLC, as well as with representatives of the de facto authorities, in particular with the Interdepartmental Committee for the Accreditation of Humanitarian Missions.