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Ukraine
Why are we in Ukraine? More than two years into the conflict, approximately 10 million Ukrainians have been displaced by fighting, with an estimated 4 million people internally displaced and living under makeshift circumstances around the country. Concern is supporting the humanitarian needs of internally-displaced people in a variety of settings.
How the conflict has created a humanitarian crisis
After more than two years, the fighting in Ukraine has continued unabated, with ongoing attacks compromising local infrastructure and services and air raid alerts disrupting everyday life. In the winter, this creates especially harsh conditions with electricity supplies often limited and fuel prices at a premium. Year-round, conflict-driven inflation and disrupted livelihoods have led to millions of Ukrainians unable to meet basic needs such as food and healthcare, especially in rural areas of the country.
Many Ukrainians displaced by the violence are living in collective centres. These provide shelter for those who have lost their homes to war, but they are not equipped to be long-term housing. In addition to the physical needs, we are also witnessing a mental health crisis as the result of the conflict, with related trauma affecting everyone from young children to pensioners.
Latest achievements
Cash assistance
From paying rent to buying medicine, cash is a critical resource for those displaced by conflict. Cash transfers give people the autonomy to choose what they purchase while continuing to strengthen and support local markets. Concern has reached over 106,000 people with cash assistance in Ukraine.
Psychosocial support
Winterisation
How we're helping Ukraine
We're working hard to respond to the growing needs in Ukraine through emergency programming and early economic recovery.
Emergency response
Early economic recovery
People wait to be verified so that they can receive a cash transfer from the JERU programme in Ukraine. Photo: Simona Supino/Concern Worldwide
Illya* a person who has been displaced by conflict in Ukraine now volunteers at a community hub. Here he is moving food kits as they are prepared for distribution. Photo: Simona Supino/Concern Worldwide
Sofiy* and her children wait inside the entrance of a library as the await verification that they can receive a cash transfer. Photo: Simona Supino/Concern Worldwide
Valentyna is the city hub coordinator. Throughout the last 9 months, the hub (which is a cinema) has served over 250,000 people who have had to leave their homes. Humanitarian aid mainly comprises food items, hygiene items and kits (some of which were part of JERU) and household items such as bedding, duvets, blankets etc. Photo: Simona Supino/Concern Worldwide
Halya*, Dovud* and their son, Matviy* received a food kit from Concern at a local hub. Photo: Simona Supino/Concern Worldwide
People wait to be verified so that they can receive a cash transfer from the JERU programme in Ukraine. Photo: Simona Supino/Concern Worldwide
Kateryna* an IDP, takes part on a psychosocial support session Photo: Simona Supino/Concern Worldwide
Svetlana* (right) and Vira* (left), IDPs who have received cash assistance form JERU (with DEC funding) at a community hub. Photo: Simona Supino/Concern Worldwide
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