Ukraine (Japan Platform)

Distribution of food, hygiene and winterization products

The humanitarian aid project of ADRA Japan, ADRA Slovakia and ADRA Ukraine is a direct continuation of the previous activities and the project implemented from the resources of Official development assistance of the Slovak Republic and ADRA International. The activities of the project aim to To improve the living conditions of people affected by the war in Ukraine during the winter months. The project was set up in response to concerns about the approaching winter months and the escalation of conflict. The need for humanitarian aid was witnessed first-hand by the ADRA Japan team, who together with ADRA Slovakia visited the partner organisation ADRA Ukraine in August 2022 and took part in the distribution of aid and mapping of needs on the ground.

The material assistance will take the form of a family aid package containing 14 kg of non-perishable food and basic hygiene items and a package of warm clothing and cold protection.

Improving living conditions during the winter months

Through the distribution of food, hygiene items and warm clothing, ADRA will help 71 280 people who have been forced to leave their homes or have lost access to basic food as a result of the war in Ukraine. The project will provide the displaced with warm clothing to protect them from the freezing weather.

We pack purchased food, toiletries and clothing in our packing centre in Trencin. The prepared packages are then we'll load them into trucks, which will be sent to ADRA's partner organisation in Ukraine.

ADRA Ukraine's partner organisation regularly maps the needs of people in Ukraine, and passes on our help to those the most vulnerable groups - displaced people and their families v liberated towns and areas with limited access to food, people in shelters and refugee assistance centres.

The project also includes post-distribution monitoring, which verify the effectiveness of humanitarian aid.

Find out more about our help for people on the run here.

Situation

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the humanitarian situation in the country has worsened, with millions of people struggling to access food aid that is scarce or non-existent.

The UN estimates that more than 12 million people in Ukraine are already in need of food and livelihood assistance. According to WFP surveys, up to one-third of households have inadequate access to food and their ability to maintain adequate levels of nutritional consumption is declining sharply. Households primarily obtain food by buying from shops and paying cash from their own resources, but more than a third of people have no income or depend on external financial assistance. As many as one in four households have to borrow cash and up to a third of people have had to leave valuables in their homes to flee. More than one-third of people have had to reduce their daily food consumption since the war began.

Those most at risk are those who have become separated from their loved ones and from their usual circle of contacts. Estimates speak of more than 10 million internally displaced persons who, for security reasons, have had to move to other places within Ukraine, where they live in alternative accommodation and often in makeshift conditions. The prices of both food and non-food goods are rising steadily, and the purchasing power of the majority of the population is deteriorating by the day. Some of the people affected by the war are receiving multi-purpose cash assistance through foreign humanitarian organisations, but this is of limited use, as commodity prices are rising steadily and access to basic goods is lacking in some places.