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IOM’S ASSISTANCE TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN UKRAINE

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• Thetotalnumberofinternallydisplacedpersons(IDPs)fromCrimeaandEasternUkrainereached1,607,265asof23No-vember,accordingtotheMinistryofSocialPolicyofUkraine.

• IOMassistedover69,000vulnerableIDPsandconflict-affectedpeoplein21regionsofUkraine.

• Upto100,000conflict-affectedpeopleingovernment-controlled(GCAs)andnon-government-controlledareas(NGCAs)ofUkrainerequirewinterisationassis-tance,accordingtoOCHA.

• Restrictionofmovementforpeopleandgoodsaffectsmorethan200,000peopleinNGCA“contactline”areas,OCHAreports.

HIGHLIGHTS

IOM’S RESPONSE TO DATE

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JAPANESE CRANES LANDED IN THE DONBASTwomaster classes on origami and furo-shiki–traditionalJapanesewayofwrap-ping cloth used to transport gifts – wererecentlyorganizedinKramatorskandDru-zhkivka,DonetskRegion,tokick-startase-riesofeventspromotingJapanesecultureandartintheframeworkofaJapan-fund-edIOMproject.Theclasseswereconduct-edbyamasterof Japanesearts fromtheKyiv-basedUkraine-JapanCentre,whichisactivelyinvolvedintheproject’ssocialco-hesionevents.The towns of Kramatorsk and Druzhkivkawereexperiencingheavyfighting in2014.

Theartoforigamiunitedlocalanddisplacedchildreninthecrisis-affectedtownsofEasternUkraine

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1,607,265Total number of IDPs in Ukraine according to the Ministry of Social Policy

66,456People provided with humanitarian aid

3,677People provided with livelihood support

771People assisted within community development projects

70,904IDPs and people in need assisted by IOM

Livelihood support

Community development

support

Humanitarianaid

16,64223%men

31,87945%

women

22,38332%

children

PoltavaLuhansk

Donetsk

Kherson

Odesa

Vinnytsia

Ternopil

Lviv

Khmelnytskyi

Ivano-FrankivskChernivtsi

Mykolaiv

Dnipropetrovsk

Sumy

Kyiv

Kharkiv

Zhytomyr

Cherkasy

Zaporizhia

Kirovohrad

Chernihiv

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IS CURRENTLY SUPPORTED BY:U.S. Department of State Bureau

of Population, Refugees, and Migration

EuropeanUnion

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LatermanyIDPsarrivedtothetowns.Due to the increased burden on thesocial infrustructure, some tensionsbetween IDPs and locals started toarise, and children were among the

mostvulnerabletotheseconsequenc-esoftheconflict.IOM aims to bring together IDP andlocalchildren,sotheirengagementinexciting activities helps them to bet-

From the last winter till late No-vember 2015, almost 35,000 IDPshave benefited from IOM’s un-conditional cash assistance in tenregions of Ukraine. This type ofimmediate support to the mostvulnerable displaced persons wasmade possible with funding fromtheEUHumanitarianAidandCivilProtection department (ECHO),the Governments of Norway andGermany. In the current round ofpayments,elderlypeople, familieswith three or more children, dis-abled persons, and single-headedfamilies receiveassistanceequiva-lenttoUSD70,whichshouldhelpthem cover their basic needs forquicklyapproachingwinter.

Themasterclasseswereabrightexperiencefortheparticipatingchildren

Adisplacedfamilycomestopickuptheircashassistancefromabankbranch inVinnytsia,centralUkraine

35,000 IDPS BENEFIT FROM IOM’S CASH ASSISTANCE

ter communicate with each other.Themasterclasseswereconductedin the cities’ municipal centers forextracurricular education that arebeingrenovatedwithIOM’ssupport.The initiative groups in KramatorskandDruzhkivka received a grant toconductsocialcohesioneventsaim-ing to improve the integration ofIDPsinhostcommunitiesandfacili-tate the interactionanduderstand-ingbetweennewcomersandlocals.

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Onceasuccessfulmanagerofa retail chain inDonetsk,Nataliaisnowrunningherownlitt lequailfarminLvivRe-gion, thanks toan IOMmicro-enterprisegrantprovidedwithfundingfromtheNorwegianMinistryofForeignAf-fairs.

LastyearNatalia,amotherofthree,movedtoLvivRegionasthecrisisbegantoescalateinEasternUkraine.“Itwasaquickandatthesametimeatoughdecisiontomake,”Natalia recalls. On the one hand, she realized she wasdoingitforthesakeofherchildren.Ontheotherhand,Natalia knewshewasgoing to leaveeverythingbehind

andstartfromscratch.Lifelongcitydwellers,Natalia,herhusbandandchildrenhad tosuddenly settledown inaruralareaofLvivRegion,wheretheycouldonlyaffordtorentasmall,crumblinghouse.

“DuetotheinfluxofIDPsfromtheeast,therentskyrock-etedinLvivcityandwejustcouldn’taffordwhatwewereaccustomedto,”saysNatalia.Natalia’sfamilythusbegananewlifewithanaffordableroofovertheirhead,butadearthofoptionsforemploymentinthevillage.Econom-icopportunitystrucklater,whenNataliadecidedtopar-ticipate in IOM’smicro-enterprisedevelopmentproject.

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LIFE STORY

INCUBATING IDP’S RURAL BUSINESS BREAKTHROUGH

Natalia’squailmini-farmisjustnextdoortoherhouse,whichallowshertotakecareofherchildrenatthesametime

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“ItwashardtobelievethatIcouldgetfinancingfreeofchargetostartmybusiness,”Nataliasays.

Infact,thegrantofUSD2,500wasnoteasymoneyforNatalia. Sheparticipated ina two-daybusiness trainingconducted by IOM’s partner NGO “Women’s Perspec-tives”,whichwasfollowedbythreeweeksofhardworktodevelopabusinessplan.ThenNatalia,alongwith25othertrainingparticipants,presentedherbusinessplantotheselectioncommittee,successfully“selling”herfu-turemicro-enterprise,aquailfarm.

Themicro-grantwasusedtopurchaseallthenecessaryequipment to jump start a small quail farm, includingan incubator, brooder, cages, a quail feather removingmachine, heating lamps and 170 quails. Threemonthsafter launching,Natalia isnow lookingaftermore thanonethousandquailproducing370eggsperday.Theeggs

arepackedanddeliveredtolocalretailersandlocalshopowners,“Afteracoupleofmonths,whenthenumberofquailwillexceedtwothousand,Iwillstartsupplyingquailmeat”.

Nataliaisstillperfectingtheincubatorhatchingrate.“It’scurrently40%,whereasitshouldbe60%atleast,”Nataliasays.

She is presently reinvesting all of her income into thefarmtoscaleupproduction.“Bynextspring,Iamplan-ningtoearnmyfirstnetincome,whichIwillspendonmyfamily,”explainsNatalia.Sheisalsothinkingofinvestingherincomeintotheconstructionofagreenhousetopro-ducehealthygreens.

Ironically,moving toand living ina ruralarea,a totallynew and daunting experience fo Natalia and her fam-

100Sumy

23Mykolaiv

51Kirovohrad

109Zhytomyr

79Khmelnytskyi 73

Cherkasy

83Kherson

133Kyiv

IOM LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT TO IDPS AND CONFLICT-AFFECTED POPULATION IN UKRAINE

LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT TO IDPS AND CONFLICT-AFFECTED POPULATION IN UKRAINE IS CURRENTLY SUPPORTED BY:

3,677IDPs and local

community members have been supported by

IOM with micro-business and self-employment

training

1,938beneficiaries have been supported with grants

for micro-business or self-employment

1,400men

38%

83%

85%

62%

17%

15%

2,277women

758men

39% 61%1,180women

3,045IDPs

1,639IDPs

632local

community members

299local

community members

253Lviv

84Ternopil

164Vinnytsia

298Odesa

315Dnipropetrovsk

226Zaporizhya

818Donetsk

413Luhansk

317Kharkiv

138Poltava

Regions where the trainings have been conducted and number of trainees

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IOM’S RESPONSE MAP

ily, has provided certain competitiveadvantages, thanks toNatalia’s persis-tence, strong will and a helping handfromIOM.

As of late November 2015, almost 3,700 IDPs and local community members have been supported with business training from IOM. Among them, over 1,900 people have been supported with grants for micro-business or self-employment and have received or are in process of receiving different types of equip-ment to provide for themselves.

IOM ASSISTANCE TO IDPS AND CONFLICT-AFFECTED POPULATION IN UKRAINE

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1,607,265Total number of IDPs in Ukraine according to the Ministry of Social Policy

66,456People provided with humanitarian aid

3,677People provided with livelihood support

771People assisted within community development projects

70,904IDPs and people in need assisted by IOM

Livelihood support

Community development

support

Humanitarianaid

16,64223%men

31,87945%

women

22,38332%

children

PoltavaLuhansk

Donetsk

Kherson

Odesa

Vinnytsia

Ternopil

Lviv

Khmelnytskyi

Ivano-FrankivskChernivtsi

Mykolaiv

Dnipropetrovsk

Sumy

Kyiv

Kharkiv

Zhytomyr

Cherkasy

Zaporizhia

Kirovohrad

Chernihiv

IOM ASSISTANCE TO IDPS AND CONFLICT-AFFECTED POPULATION IN UKRAINE

IS CURRENTLY SUPPORTED BY:U.S. Department of State Bureau

of Population, Refugees, and Migration

EuropeanUnion

www.iom.org.ua, iomkievcomm@iom.int, https://www.facebook.com/IOM.Ukraine

© IOM Ukraine

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Nataliatriestoincreasetheincubatorhatchingrate

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IOM’S ASSISTANCE TO IDPS IN UKRAINE IS CURRENTLY SUPPORTED BY:

Ms.VarvaraZhluktenko,IOMUkraine’sCommunicationsOfficer,vzhluktenko@iom.int,+380445685015,+380674479792

InApril2014,armedgroupsintheDonbasregionofeasternUkraine(DonetskandLuhansk)begantoseizebuildingsandarms.Asaresultofongoingfightingbetweenarmedgroupsandgovernmentforces,aswellastheeventswhichoccurredintheAutonomousRepublicofCrimea(ARC)inMarch2014,peoplehavebeenforcedtofleetheirhomesandhavebecomeincreasinglyvulnerable.Mosthaveleftwithfewbelongingsandareinneedofshelter,foodandnon-foodassistance,astheirsavingsareoftenmeager,socialbenefitstaketimetore-register,andlivelihoodsoptionsmayberestricted.Concurrently,whilegrassrootsvolunteerorganizations,civilsocietyandhostcommunitieshaveprovidedarobustresponsetotheimmediateneedsofIDPs,theeconomiccrisisinUkrainehashamperedtheircapacitytopro-videhumanitarianassistanceandmoredurablesolutions,inpartthroughemploymentandcommunitystabilization.ThosestayingintheDonbas,particularlyinareasaffectedbyfighting,faceimminentsecuritythreats.Theprovisionofbasicserviceshasbeendisrupted,suppliesareincreasinglylimited,andeconomicactivityhasbeencrippled.Ongoingdailyceasefireviolationscontinuetobereported.

BACKGROUND ON THE CRISIS

In line with IOM’s global strategy, the IOM Mission in Ukraine aims at advancing the understanding of the opportuniti es and chal-lenges of migrati on in the Ukrainian context. Maximizing those opportuniti es and minimizing the challenges presented by migra-tory movements are the guiding principles of all acti viti es and programmes the Mission engages in.

IOM Ukraine fi ghts traffi cking in human beings, assists the Government in addressing the needs of internally displaced persons and dealing with irregular migrati on, improving its migrati on management system, and creati ng migrant-inclusive health practi ces and policies. At the same ti me, IOM Ukraine engages in exploring and promoti ng regular channels for Ukrainian labour migrants, harnessing the development potenti al of migrati on, disseminati ng migrati on informati on and managing migrati on movements and integrati on of ethnic minoriti es, promoti ng the benefi ts of cultural diversity, and counteracti ng xenophobia and intolerance.

During the 19 years of its presence in Ukraine, IOM has assisted over 400,000 migrants (Ukrainians and other nati onaliti es), potenti al migrants, victi ms of traffi cking and other vulnerable groups, directly or through its project partners.

Views and opinions expressed in this publicati on do not necessarily refl ect the view of IOM or its member states

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Refugees,andMigration

EuropeanUnion