IOM’s ASSISTANCE TO CONFLICT-AFFECTED PEOPLE IN UKRAINE MONTHLY REPORT Migration for the Benefit of All MARCH 2017 HIGHLIGHTS IOM ASSISTANCE TO IDPs AND 5 APRIL 2017 CONFLICT-AFFECTED POPULATION IN UKRAINE • The total number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from 1,590,056 Lutsk Chernihiv Total number of IDPs in Sumy Crimea and eastern Ukraine is Ukraine according to the Rivne Ministry of Social Policy Zhytomyr 1,590,056 as of 3 April 2017, Kyiv Lviv Kharkiv 137,665 Ternopil Poltava according to the Ministry IDPs and people in need assisted by IOM Khmelnytskyi Luhansk of Social Policy of Ukraine. Cherkasy Ivano-Frankivsk Vinnytsia • IOM assisted over 137,000 Dnipro Uzhhorod Chernivtsi Kropyvnytskyi 59,804 34,990 42,871 Donetsk vulnerable IDPs and conflict- 44% 25% 31% women men children affected people in 24 regions Mykolaiv Zaporizhia Odesa of Ukraine. Kherson • Lack of funds made 40% of 128,273 8,120 1,272 People provided with People provided People assisted vulnerable IDPs IOM assisted humanitarian aid with livelihood within community support development projects with cash in Ukraine refuse medical treatment, according IOM ASSISTANCE TO IDPs AND CONFLICT-AFFECTED Humanitarian Livelihood Community to the post-distribution aid support development POPULATION IN UKRAINE IS European U.S. Department support Union of State Bureau CURRENTLY SUPPORTED BY: of Population, Refugees, and Migration monitoring of IOM’s project © IOM Ukraine in 13 regions of Ukraine. MIGRATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL www.iom.org.ua, [email protected], https://www.facebook.com/IOM.Ukraine Enlarged version of the map on page 7 IOM’s RESPONSE TO DATE IOM EXPANDS ITS LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT TO CONFLICT-AFFECTED PEOPLE Since the beginning of the year, IOM partner another 2,300 IDPs and members of IDP- NGO staff plays host communities have been supported with a baby with micro-business, self-employment and while baby’s professional orientation training across the mother, an IDP, country. Over 1,300 people have already defends her successfully defended their business plans business plan and are now in the process of receiving grants for vocational training or assets which will help them to have new or expand their current income opportunities. The continuation of IOM’s livelihood support programme for IDPs and conflict- affected people in Ukraine is made possible with funding from the European Union and the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID). 1 International Organization for Migration, Mission in Ukraine www.iom.org.ua IOM’s ASSISTANCE TO CONFLICT-AFFECTED PEOPLE IN UKRAINE MONTHLY REPORT, MARCH 2017 From 2014 to 2016, with the support of different donors, IOM has already provided business training for over 5,500 IDPs and local community members, with in-kind equipment A business training grants and vocational training for conducted by an more than 3,300 beneficiaries. 60% IOM partner NGO of IOM’s livelihoods programme in Ivano-Frahkivsk, beneficiaries are women. Western Ukraine IOM LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT TO IDPs AND 5 APRIL 2017 CONFLICT-AFFECTED POPULATION IN UKRAINE Regions where the trainings 8,120 have been conducted IDPs and local community members have and number of trainees been supported by IOM with micro-business 60 55 285 Lutsk Chernihiv and self-employment training 55 Sumy Rivne 420 Zhytomyr 219 600 Kyiv 4,900 3,220 6,460 1,660 364 women men IDPs local community Lviv 262 640 Poltava members 135 Khmelnytskyi Kharkiv 60% 40% 80% 20% Ternopil 335 774 83 377 Cherkasy Luhansk 54 Ivano-Frankivsk Vinnytsia 562 Uzhhorod 104 Dnipro 58 Kropyvnytskyi 1,292 4,693 Chernivtsi Donetsk beneficiaries have been supported 100 455 Zaporizhia with grants for micro-business, 586 Mykolaiv self-employment or vocational training Odesa 245 Kherson 2,793 1,900 3,725 968 women men IDPs local community members 60% 40% 79% 21% Sweets and eco-friendly toys Types of grants 11% Spheres of grantees’ activity 588 8% 15% 10% micro-business were among micro-business 384 695 471 retail production LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT TO IDPs vocational 79% AND CONFLICT-AFFECTED ideas of IOM’s livelihood training 11% 3,634 65% POPULATION IN UKRAINE self-employment 525 3,089 IS CURRENTLY SUPPORTED BY: programme participants in agriculture © IOM Ukraine services Zhytomyr MIGRATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL www.iom.org.ua, [email protected], https://www.facebook.com/IOM.Ukraine 2 International Organization for Migration, Mission in Ukraine www.iom.org.ua IOM’s ASSISTANCE TO CONFLICT-AFFECTED PEOPLE IN UKRAINE MONTHLY REPORT, MARCH 2017 COMMUNITIES IN EASTERN UKRAINE RECEIVE FURTHER RECOVERY SUPPORT FROM IOM Head of Donetsk Regional State Administration Pavlo Zhebrivskyi presented a ‘vyshyvanka’ to the Ambassador of Japan Shigeki Sumi at the IOM-organized community festival in Sviatohirsk. The shirt, created by a young artist from Kramatorsk, has traditional Donbas embroidery and signs from the Japanese alphabet On 31 March, the Government of ernment of Japan, celebrated the na Hrebeniuk (opera singer), Hitoshi Ukraine and the Embassy of Japan completion of the project at the fes- Nakamura (Japanese calligrapher). announced a number of Japan-fund- tival in Sviatohirsk. The Communities’ “Ukraine and Japan are very far apart, ed projects for 2017, which will pro- Festival brought together some 250 but our people share the same val- vide recovery support to the east- participants, who shared their best ues and same spirit,” H.E. Mr. Shigeki ern regions of Ukraine. Total funding practices in social cohesion, brain- Sumi, the Ambassador of Japan, said amounts to USD 3.9 mln, with almost stormed on how to make their com- opening the festival. one million allocated for a new com- munities’ social cohesion plans sus- Head of the Donetsk Regional State munity development project to be tainable and long-lasting, and enjoyed Administration Mr. Pavlo Zhebrivskyi implemented by IOM. the performances by talented dancers noted that projects like the one IOM At the end of March, communities and singers from the Donbas, as well has been implementing are helping from Donetsk and Luhansk regions as by masters from the Ukraine – Ja- people to become more open to the that have already benefited from pan Centre, among them Volodymyr world and to each other. “Joint ini- IOM’s initiatives funded by the Gov- Lazutkin (Japanese flute player), Ole- tiatives of the Japanese Government 3 International Organization for Migration, Mission in Ukraine www.iom.org.ua IOM’s ASSISTANCE TO CONFLICT-AFFECTED PEOPLE IN UKRAINE MONTHLY REPORT, MARCH 2017 A symbolic ceremony of ‘cranes’ released into the sky was held after the opening of the youth creativity centre in Bilokurakyne, Luhansk Region, renovated with funding from Japan and IOM are very valuable as they contribute to the creation of passion- ate activists’ groups, teach them how to work in a team and build an atmo- sphere of trust and honesty. With this knowledge, people will start developing new projects, not only with funding from donors, but also with public or business funds,” added Mr. Zhebrivskyi. Over the past year, in total 20 commu- nities in Luhansk and Donetsk regions have benefited from the Japan-funded social cohesion project. Twelve social institutions, namely municipal and dis- trict libraries, cultural centres, as well as children and youth’s creativity centres, were renovated. The project has been Children perform at the opening of the renovated library in Lyman, Donetsk Region beneficial for some 30,000 people who took part in social cohesion activities spring, those 20 communities will the refurbishment of social infra- and are attending renovated social in- be further supported in their so- structure and implementation of frastructure objects. cial cohesion activities. Addition- their plans on building trust and In the framework of a new Japan- ally, nine new communities will promoting dialogue between com- funded IOM project, starting this be selected to receive support in munity members. 4 International Organization for Migration, Mission in Ukraine www.iom.org.ua IOM’s ASSISTANCE TO CONFLICT-AFFECTED PEOPLE IN UKRAINE MONTHLY REPORT, MARCH 2017 SPECIAL REPORT IOM-SUPPORTED HOTLINE PROVIDES CONFLICT-AFFECTED PEOPLE WITH QUALITY INFORMATION SERVICES Donbas SOS hotline operators answer some 100 calls daily In 2017, IOM continued supporting sues they might have, learn about conflict. However, needs in better a toll-free IDP advice hotline run by humanitarian aid distributions, get housing and issues related to the the NGO Donbas SOS. The hotline contacts of the organizations that suspension of social payments re- helps displaced people and conflict- provide target assistance to people main the main subjects of queries,” affected population to receive reli- in need, etc. Most of the calls come says Donbas SOS expert on humani- able information on a wide range from the major IDP-hosting regions tarian issues Nelli. She explains that of queries they have. IOM has been and the conflict-affected zone – some queries are season-related. cooperating with the Donbas SOS Donetsk (government-controlled “In winter, when prices for heat- since 2015 in the framework of EU- area – GCA), Luhansk (GCA), Kyiv, ing skyrocketed, people began to funded projects. Kharkiv, Dnirpopetrovsk and Zapor- call asking where they could get Currently, six hotline operators pro- izhia regions as well as from the non- food assistance because they were vide free information services to government-controlled area (NGCA). spending all their income on util- some 100 persons daily. Donbas