On April 22, 31 start-up companies in Ukraine were revealed, which will be supported with a total amount of more than 56,000 euros (about 2.27 million UAH).

We have distributed cash-based aid worth 40 million euros in Ukraine.

During the winter, we supported 5,187 vulnerable households in Ukraine and 250 in Georgia by distributing cash-based support worth over 1,870,000 euros.

The world of coordinated and wide-ranging humanitarian aid has grown into a technical and rule-filled field, because it is often necessary to act in extremely complex circumstances in cooperation with other organisations and institutions. Proper preliminary work and control, risk mitigation and planning two steps ahead are our daily work. What have we done to be a transparent and reliable organisation?

• During the winter, we supported around 5,000 vulnerable households in Ukraine and 250 in Georgia by distributing cash-based support of over 1,800,000 euros.

Humanitarian aid in Ukraine

What are we doing at the moment? 

• We support the most vulnerable Ukrainian refugees who arrived in Georgia: stories
• We started a new entrepreneurship program for women in Ukraine; in total, we support the start of 110 new businesses or support existing ones

Humanitarian aid in Ukraine
 

46-year-old Svetlana arrived in Estonia in March 2022, accompanied by her 7-year-old son and cat Weissi. The journey on the roads was long and dangerous, there was no fuel at the gas stations and no cash in the ATMs, but thanks to the help of good people, they arrived safely: "In the first days of the war, we believed that this horror would end soon and we could return to our old lives, but every day the situation got worse. Constant alarms, lots of military equipment, soldiers, explosions and empty shelves in stores. After spending nights in the cold basement, my son fell ill.

Terve aasta väldanud kohanemisprogramm #minuadaper tõi kokku 561 inimest 60 riigist, kes läbi ühistegevuste ja koolituste aitasid teineteisel eluga Eestis paremini kohaneda.

Estonian Refugee Council has been operating in Georgia since 2021, but until now, our focus have been internal refugees from South-Ossetia. Last year hundreds of thousands of refugees from Ukraine passed through Georgia. Permanently 27 000 (January 2023) have stayed there. On our monitoring visit to Georgia it was confirmed, that many of them are living in very difficult conditions. In many cases, Georgia was their only escape route when war went over East-Ukraine and it would have been too dangerous to move to west.

We provide multi-purpose cash assistance, with which people can buy food, medicine, hygiene supplies and other basic necessities. As of now, we have provided cash-based assistance to approximately 200,000 people worth a total of 31 million euros. The allowance is UAH 2,220 (= about EUR 61) per household member per month. You can get help for a total of three months. A separate call center and application platform has been opened for applying for cash-based support in Ukraine: https://register.pagulasabi.ee/ 

Last Sunday, January 22nd, the Demoday of the “Empowering Women” mentoring program took place in Tallinn. Women who have been forced to leave Ukraine due to the war introduced the progress they have made in starting their microbusinesses in Estonia.

Last Friday, the President of Estonia handed over the Initiative of the Year award for the campaign "Ukraina heaks" which we run together with the NGO Mondo and Ukrainian Culture Centre.

Together we can move the mountains!

Photo: Karl-Kristjan Nigesen