Ukraine and Impacted Countries Crisis – Emergency Appeal n° MGR65002, Operation Update Report n° 4 – Ukraine
SUMMARY
This report summarizes nine months of developments in the IFRC network’s collective response to provide humanitarian assistance to people affected by the crisis. Following the immediate response to react to the needs generated by mass displacement and the immediate impact of the conflict, operations continue to scale up, while adapting to the changing context and new scenarios, such as the energy crisis, inflation, new influx of displaced people from Ukraine, as well as gearing up for sustained, targeted and impactful long-term programs. Winterization efforts are being scaled up to support affected populations and host families, prioritizing those with extreme vulnerabilities, with cash and voucher assistance as principal modality of assistance, as well as essential household items distribution and reinforcing safe spaces provision in close coordination with national authorities.
Sectoral strategies are now available for eight of the sectors/enablers in the response. The comprehensive technical documents can be found in the documents section of the GO page for the emergency (under Resource Mobilization and Communications Products). Three-page promotional documents can be found in the IFRC.org page for the operation.“
The IFRC Network’s response continues to expand geographically and in programmatic scope, with the overall focus of the network primarily revolving around providing scalable and adaptable cash assistance as well as cash preparedness; health programming with special emphasis on mental health and psychosocial support; assistance to cover needs in shelter with current focus on winterization preparedness and host family support; addressing humanitarian concerns in protection and education.
While continuing to respond with and increased impact, the operation has been fostering innovative approaches, especially in the field of multi-purpose cash distributions. With support from the IFRC, digitalized, data and user-centred, quickly scalable solutions were piloted in multiple countries, leading to exponential growth in our capacities to reach people in need. Building digital solutions also enhanced our abilities to continuously monitor, respond and be accountable toward feedback from the communities we serve.
Scaling up humanitarian operations and preparing for sustained programming is paired with strengthening the capacities of responding National Societies in their human resources and management capacities, logistics, digitalization and information management, as well as strengthening local branches embedded in communities. To ensure a harmonized approach focusing on needs, maximizing impact and complementarity with other humanitarian actors, the IFRC Secretariat coordinated the mobilization of an unprecedented scale of personnel from across the globe, guided operations and strategies, and established mechanisms for coordinating support from its Membership across all levels. A Federation-wide approach ensures that all responding and supporting National Societies are represented and integrated.