HUMANITARIAN 2018 RESPONSE PLAN JANUARY-DECEMBER 2018 DEC 2017 UKRAINE Photo: UNHCR Credit: UNICEF/ Pavel Zmey UNICEF/ Pavel Credit: PART I: TOTAL POPULATION PEOPLE IN NEED PEOPLE TARGETED REQUIREMENTS # HUMANITARIAN OF UKRAINE (US$) PARTNERS * 45 M 3.4M 2.3M 187M 181 LITHUANIA BELARUS POLAND Rivnenska Chernihivska Volynska Sumska RUSSIAN FEDERATION Zhytomyrska 02 Kyiv Kyivska Lvivska Poltavska Kharkivska Ternopilska Cherkaska Khmelnytska Vinnytska Luhanska Ivano-Frankivska Kirovohradska Dnipropetrovska Donetska Zakarpatska Chernivetska MOLDOVA Mykolaivska Zaporizka Odeska Khersonska SEA OF ROMANIA AZOV Avtonomna Respublika Krym Sevastopolska BLACK SEA SERBIA BULGARIA 'Contact line' as of October 2017 TURKEY * Based on population estimates by the Ukrainian Statistics Service as of 2017. Non-Government Controlled Area GREECE PART I: TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I: COUNTRY STRATEGY Foreword by the Humanitarian Coordinator .................. 04 The humanitarian response plan at a glance ................. 05 Overview of the crisis ........................................................ 06 Strategic objectives ............................................................ 11 Response strategy .............................................................. 12 Operational capacity .......................................................... 15 Humanitarian access .......................................................... 16 Response monitoring ......................................................... 17 Summary of needs, targets and requirements ............... 19 New way of working: Joined-up efforts ............................ 21 03 PART II: OPERATIONAL RESPONSE PLANS Protection ............................................................................ 24 Food Security and Livelihoods ............................................ 26 Health and Nutrition ............................................................. 28 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene ........................................... 30 Shelter/NFI ............................................................................. 31 Education ............................................................................. 32 Logistics .................................................................................. 34 Humanitarian Coordination and Common Services ...... 35 Guide to giving ................................................................... 37 PART III: ANNEXES Objectives, activities, indicators and targets .................. 40 Participating organizations and funding requirements .... 50 Planning fi gures: people in need and targeted ............. 52 What if ... we fail to respond? ........................................... 54 PART I: FOREWORD BY THE HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOREWORD BY THE HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR As the Humanitarian Coordinator Health systems and infrastructure have been undermined in Ukraine I am deeply concerned by the confl ict, with implications stretching across Europe. that the armed confl ict in the east WHO has warned that the multidrug resistant tuberculosis in of the country is stretching into the non-Government controlled area (NGCA) of Luhansk is a its fourth year, with thousands of threat for the whole of Europe. Th ese risks are heightened due men, women and children suff er- to extremely low immunization rates in Ukraine, the inabil- ing from daily hostilities and mil- ity to access areas for assessments and treatment, as well as lions forced to make impossible the high numbers of people moving both within and beyond choices to meet their basic needs. Ukraine. Th ere are 4.4 million people Whilst the protracted nature of the crisis in Ukraine requires aff ected by the crisis in eastern Ukraine, with many experi- a holistic and coherent perspective across humanitarian encing daily impacts. Two hundred thousand people living and recovery approaches and actors, the 2018 Humanitar- within fi ve kilometres of the ‘contact line’ in the Government ian Response Plan (HRP) remains essential for ensuring a Controlled Areas (GCA) experience an average of 47 clashes coordinated, timely, eff ective and needs-driven humanitar- a day: essentially, one shelling every 30 minutes. Nearly one ian response. Th e overall appeal of US$187 million is lower million crossings are recorded a month, many of those are than the previous HRPs. Of this, US$137 million is critical made by elderly, who are forced to make the long and arduous priority funding. Th e decrease in the size of the appeal is due journey across the ‘contact line’ to maintain family ties and to the strict prioritization of the projects contained in the access social benefi ts, including pensions. Th e 457 kilometre plan, especially in terms of the geographic reach: the NGCA, ‘contact line’ is now one of the most mine contaminated areas the areas along the ‘contact line’ and a small area of the GCA 04 in the world aff ecting 1.9 million people. where there are pockets of need, including amongst internally Whilst civilian casualties still unfortunately occur too regular- displaced persons (IDPs). In addition, critical capacity has ly, the loss of life and injury remains low due to the training been lost with the withdrawal of key NGOs and a UN agency, and risk mitigation being undertaken. For more than 42,000 mainly due to lack of access and funding to sustain operations children this means going to schools walled with sandbags, even in core sectors. In addition, the reluctance of head- and hiding in bunkers during shelling. Hundreds of families quarters to continue supporting operations in Ukraine with sleep in cold and damp bunkers every night. People have so many other competing priorities means that the Ukraine adapted to the dangers of the confl ict, but this ‘normalization’ crisis is increasingly off the radar and forgotten. does not detract from the need for critical humanitarian re- 2018 is a critical year for both the 3.4 million men, women sponse and addressing the long-term impacts for the physical and children in need of humanitarian assistance and protec- and psychosocial health and welfare of those aff ected. tion in Ukraine, and the humanitarian organizations working Today, almost one in 10 Ukrainians is suff ering the direct and hard to respond in a principled, timely and quality manner. cumulative eff ects of this protracted crisis. Families are being We will not only require renewed eff orts to access the millions forced every day to make impossible choices: whether to use of people who are the most vulnerable, but also to strength- their rapidly diminishing resources to feed themselves, buy en our work on fi nding innovative approaches to better link medicine to prevent or treat chronic illnesses, educate their relief and recovery eff orts to meet the needs. I am also pleased children or pay for heating which is a prerequisite for surviv- to highlight that Ukraine is the fi rst country in the world to ing Ukraine’s extremely harsh winter. have embraced and applied the new Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Gender and Age Marker (GAM) in the It is clear from the Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) 2018 planning cycle at full scale. Th is reaffi rms the unwaver- that needs are increasing in core sectors and that livelihoods ing commitment of the humanitarian community in Ukraine support is urgently required. Ukraine also has the world’s to gender mainstreaming as a means for ensuring the highest highest proportion of elderly people in need of humanitari- quality humanitarian programming in line with internation- an aid. Th ey rely almost exclusively on pensions and family al standards. I am confi dent that we have an excellent and support, making them extremely vulnerable. At the other end, comprehensive analysis of needs, a proven operational track there is over a quarter of a million children growing up in the record and highly committed organizations. What we require middle of the confl ict, with distinct needs. is renewed and enhanced support, to increase our access, It is also troubling that in less than a year, food insecurity funding and vital support to the people of Ukraine. levels have doubled in both the GCA and NGCA, with up to 1.2 million people moderately or severely food insecure. Emergency shelter repairs, food assistance and emergency healthcare have become time-critical requisites for millions of people living on both sides of the ‘contact line’. Fuel needs are acute, especially during the winter. As critical civilian infra- structure remains at the centre of hostilities, lifesaving water Neal Walker and electrical supplies are increasing needs. Humanitarian Coordinator PART I: THE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN AT A GLANCE THE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN AT A GLANCE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 1 Advocate for and respond to the protection needs of confl ict-aff ected people with due regard to international norms and standards. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 2 Geography Vulnerability Provide emergency assistance and ensure non- PRIORITISATION discriminatory access to quality essential services CRITERIA for populations in need. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 3 Life-saving/ Improve the resilience of confl ict-aff ected people, core humanitarian prevent further degradation of the humanitarian situation and promote durable solutions, early recovery and social cohesion. PEOPLE IN NEED PEOPLE TARGETED REQUIREMENTS (US$) CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS (US$) 05 3.4M 2.3M $187M $137M BREAKDOWN OF PEOPLE IN NEED OF BREAKDOWN OF REQUIREMENTS(US$) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE NGCA ‘CONTACT LINE‘ BY AGENCY TYPE (excluding