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The sudden escalation of hostilities has had a severe impact on the civilian population, resulting in many deaths, injuries and mass displacement, as well as creating multi-sectoral humanitarian needs. In response, we provided immediate aid to both the local community and internally displaced persons in sectors identified by UN OCHA as the most urgent humanitarian needs.

  • Population:
    43.8 million

  • Number of people in need of humanitarian aid:
    17.7 million

  • We started helping in:
    2014

  • Number of internally displaced persons:
    5.9 million

  • Cost of aid provided by PAH in 2022:
    49 199 746 PLN

  • Number of people we reached with aid in 2022:
    201 997

In order to meet the most urgent needs of the conflict-affected population, we carried out multi-sectoral activities throughout Ukraine, focusing mainly on the eastern and southern regions of the country. We ensured cash support covering 3-month basic expenses and carried out renovations of water and sanitary infrastructure in centres for internally displaced persons and in social welfare institutions. We also distributed hygiene and food kits in cooperation with major international organisations. We renovated destroyed private homes and provided temporary shelters in the form of modular houses to homeless families.

We established eight territorial aid centres, where we provided psychological and legal assistance. In addition, we set up mobile teams of psychologists who reached out with help to smaller cities and villages.

How we helped in Ukraine in 2022?

Legal and psychosocial aid

  • Individual and group psychological sessions in territorial help centres established by PAH
  • Home care for people with mobility difficulties (assistance in chores or daily functioning)
  • First psychological aid provided in centres for internally displaced persons in small cities and villages by mobile teams of PAH psychologists

Financial aid

  • Cash support covering 3-month needs

Food

  • Distribution of monthly and weekly food kits
  • As part of cooperation with WFP and with assistance of local partners, we distributed food kits among 65,000 people a month in eastern and southern Ukraine

Water

  • Distribution of hygiene kits – both to individuals and institutions
  • Repairs and renovations of water and sanitary infrastructure in centres for internally displaced persons and in social welfare institutions

Shelter and non-food aid

  • Renovation of destroyed private houses
  • Installation of modular houses as a temporary solution for people who had lost their homes
  • Distribution of non-food kits (containing items such as blankets, mattresses, bedding, LED lamps) to households and institutions
  • Distribution of generators and fuel to institutions and centres for internally displaced persons

List of projects completed in Ukraine in 2022

Number of aid recipients:
7 529

Project location:
Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Kyiv Oblasts

Source of funds:
UHF OCHA

As part of this project, we ensured access to appropriate hygiene products and sanitary facilities, and organised psychosocial assistance for people most affected by the ongoing conflict. In addition, we ensured access to food and granted financial assistance.

In total, thanks to the project:

  • 471 elderly and COVID-19 patients received hygiene kits;
  • 990 elderly people affected by the conflict received hygiene kits;
  •  water and sanitary infrastructure was renovated in one social centre;
  • 31 social workers working in a territorial aid centre were trained;
  • 1,526 people received psychosocial assistance;
  •  2,394 people, including men, women and children, received food aid;
  • 1,351 people received financial support.

Number of aid recipients:
11 741

Number of women and girls that received aid:
10 424

Project location:
Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv and Chernihiv Oblasts

Source of funds:
UHF/OCHA

As a result of our operations in 2022:

  • 1,050 people received financial support;
  • 6,360 people received food parcels;
  • 1,163 people, including adults and children, received psychosocial support, which improved their psychological condition;
  • 3,168 people received hygiene kits.

Number of aid recipients:
2 028

Number of women and girls that received aid:
1 379

Project location:
Chernihiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Kyiv Oblasts

Source of funds:
UHF OCHA

The project aims to provide safe shelters for people affected by the conflict and equip them with other non-food items.

Within the framework of the entire project, we have ensured or will ensure:

  • winter support for 780 families (2,028 people);
  • major and minor renovations of 30 houses;
  • 50 stoves and 200 blankets and heaters.

Number of aid recipients:
14 456

 

Project location:
Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Donetsk and Kirovohrad Oblasts

Source of funds:
BHA

In 2022, as part of the project:

  • we carried out renovations of the water and sanitary infrastructure in social centres and centres for internally displaced persons;
  • we issued hygiene and non-food packages to 1,350 people;
  • we delivered food parcels to 5,400 people;
  •  we provided psychosocial support to 1,506 people, including women and children;
  • we distributed packages with non-food items among 1,200 people;
  • we provided financial support to 5,000 people.

Number of aid recipients:
6 880

Project location:
Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv, Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts

Source of funds:
Stichting Vluchteling

As part of this project:

  • 2,000 people exposed to the effects of the conflict received basic sanitary products;
  • 3,980 people, including women and children, were provided with food;
  • 850 people received financial support for 3 months.

Number of aid recipients:
6 880

Project location:
Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts

Source of funds:
WFP

Each month we provided ready-to-eat or easy-to-prepare food packages to 50,000 people, including special nutrition for children and infants aged 6-23 months.

Number of aid recipients:
4 466

Project location:
Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Kyiv Oblasts

Source of funds:
ECHO

As part of our activities in 2022:

  • we provided psychosocial and psychological support to 366 women and men affected by the conflict in the form of individual and group therapy sessions;
  • 4 100 people received food aid.

Number of aid recipients:
1 981

Project location:
Donetsk Oblast

Source of funds:
UHF OCHA

This project allowed us to provide food, hygiene and sanitary assistance to 1,622 people as well as to support 59 people during the winter.

Number of aid recipients:
2 600

Number of women and girls that received aid:
570

Project location:
Kyiv Oblast

Source of funds:
ECHO

As part of this project, we distributed 2,600 food parcels, including 1,000 parcels for children under 8 months and 1,600 parcels for children over 8 months.

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Emergency response

Afghanistan

An escalation of the internal conflict in August 2022 resulted in a sudden change of power in Afghanistan. The military operations carried out in various parts of the country combined with the withdrawal of international armed forces between April and July 2022, led to mass displacement of people, which entailed the loss of homes and livelihoods. In 2022, the number of internally displaced persons reached 4.4 million. As a result of the rapidly progressing military operations, thousands of people sought shelter in the largest cities. Such a spike in the number of internally displaced people, combined with a sudden change of power and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, foretells more problems with access to basic services, as well as an increase in the prices of essential goods.

Afghanistan is also a disaster-prone country: in recent years, floods, landslides and droughts have severely affected the population in some of its provinces. One such event was a 5.9 magnitude earthquake that struck the central region of Afghanistan on 22nd June 2022. Among particularly afflicted areas were the provinces of Paktika and Khost, where according to OCHA figures 770 people were killed and 1,455 injured. In the Gayan District (Paktika Province), close to 1,500 buildings were destroyed or damaged. The earthquake not only deprived many people of their homes, but also exacerbated the demand for healthcare, water, sanitation, and food.

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Emergency response

Indonesia

As a result of the earthquake in Indonesia in December 2018, several hundred people died and over 7,000 were injured. At that time, our activities focused on providing assistance and responding to the most urgent needs of the affected inhabitants. The 2022 project was a continuation of aid that was already in progress.

In 2022, as part of our activities we reinforced the local emergency response team through training, simulations, and the installation of appropriate facilities.

 

 

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Humanitarian assistance

Iraq

Millions of people in Iraq still suffer the tragic effects of the long-year conflict. Many Iraqis still cannot return to their places of residence and remain in IDP camps or in informal clusters.

Since the beginning of our presence in Iraq, we have focused on activities in the water and sanitary sector. We have supported internally displaced persons, Syrian refugees and the local community. We have also strived to provide them with livelihood and legal assistance. In 2022, after the Iraqi authorities announced the end of humanitarian operations and began closing camps for internally displaced persons, we implemented a strategy aimed at motivating the displaced people to return to their former homes. As part of it, we provided them with safe shelters and financial assistance for the renovation of residential buildings. In addition, we became active in the health sector by supporting medical facilities and conducting trainings for their employees. We concentrated our activities in the region of the Sinjar mountain range and in the Qayrawan Sub-District.

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Humanitarian assistance

Yemen

Natural disasters, hard economic situation, damaged infrastructure: those are daily challenges for many inhabitants of Yemen. PAH regularly monitors the situation in the country. Based on that, in 2022 we decided to carry out activities in the camps for internally displaced persons in Ma’rib – an area particularly affected by the humanitarian crisis due to the proximity of the front line. We took over the coordination role in 4 camps: Al Arsh, Ereq Al Jalal, Al Akrameh and Almurraf. Given the difficulties in accessing health services, we provided support to two local clinics, and in cooperation with a local partner, we repaired the water and sanitary infrastructure in the Al Arsh camp. Moreover, as part of activities in the education sector, we supported over 2,000 children by building classrooms as well as providing financial and material assistance to students and teachers in 8 classes.

In 2022, we invariably continued our work in the Aden and Al Dhale’e areas, providing comprehensive support for two clinics and one regional hospital. In addition, we carried out immediate actions by erecting over 300 houses for people who lost their homes as a result of a flood in August 2022.

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Humanitarian and development assistance

Kenya

In response to the challenges posed by climate change, PAH’s activities focus on the local community in three counties of south-eastern part of the country – Kitui, Makueni and Machakos. We upgrade the water and sanitary infrastructure in schools, thus preventing children from leaving the education system. By supporting small farmers, we contribute to improving their yields and generating income by agricultural cooperatives in which they are associated.

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Development assistance

Lebanon

Lebanon remains the country with the highest number of refugees per capita in the world. According to UNHCR estimates, the country is home to 1.5 million Syrian and 174,000 Palestinian refugees, as well as over 13,000 refugees of other nationalities.

The difficult socio-economic situation, tensions between different communities and high unemployment rate generate persistent conflicts over access to basic goods and services.

Since 2020, we have been running in Lebanon a training centre where both the Lebanese and people of other nationalities can enhance their professional and personal skills. Trainings allows them to increase their competitiveness on the labour market and gain self-confidence. Workshops conducted at the Centre are diverse and deal with, among others, modern computer techniques, graphic design, creating computer games, sewing, business and entrepreneurship or acting. Courses usually last several days. After completion participants receive special certificates.

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Humanitarian assistance

Madagascar

Droughts plaguing the country since 2019 have brought the southern regions of Madagascar to the brink of a severe humanitarian crisis. These natural disasters, largely caused by climate change, have dramatically affected the lives, health and livelihoods of the population. To make things worse, farmers in the Atsimo-Andrefana and Atsinana regions deal with autumn locust attacks and sandstorms, which could severely impact livelihoods of those who breed cattle in these areas. At least 47% of people living in the southern regions may experience a high degree of malnutrition.

We commenced our activities in Madagascar in the spring of 2022. It is the 8th country in which we are running a permanent aid programme. Our goal is to respond to the most urgent needs of the inhabitants of the southern parts of the country and provide them with access to basic services, including safe and clean water and food. Our activities resulted in commissioning 10 new water intakes, building latrines, launch of the food-for-work initiative, establishment of tree nurseries and provision of meals to children in school canteens.

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Humanitarian assistance

Somalia

Lacking access to water has significantly increased the incidence of diseases such as cholera and acute diarrhoea among both the population and livestock. Insufficient access to water and sanitary infrastructure further aggravates the situation. The activities of PAH focus in particular on helping internally displaced people living in overcrowded camps, as well as inhabitants of isolated villages.

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Humanitarian assistance

South Sudan

South Sudan is a country in a state of humanitarian crisis. Prolonged armed conflict, ethnic and social violence, floods, epidemics and food shortages – those are only some of the many threats to which the country’s inhabitants are exposed.

The region most damaged by flooding and violence is the Jonglei state. This is where PAH directs a large part of its support, which includes ensuring access to safe drinking water, basic necessities, materials for building temporary shelters and educational services.

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Humanitarian assistance

Ukraine

In order to meet the most urgent needs of the conflict-affected population, we carried out multi-sectoral activities throughout Ukraine, focusing mainly on the eastern and southern regions of the country. We ensured cash support covering 3-month basic expenses and carried out renovations of water and sanitary infrastructure in centres for internally displaced persons and in social welfare institutions. We also distributed hygiene and food kits in cooperation with major international organisations. We renovated destroyed private homes and provided temporary shelters in the form of modular houses to homeless families.

We established eight territorial aid centres, where we provided psychological and legal assistance. In addition, we set up mobile teams of psychologists who reached out with help to smaller cities and villages.

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