People affected by the conflict receive cash for a period of three to six months. This allows beneficiaries to stock up on food and hygiene items for the near future or to use the money for immediate needs. Another benefit is that they don’t have to go to a bank every month or wait for cash to be delivered to their homes.  

Beneficiaries can choose whether they wish to receive the money into their bank account or to have it delivered from the post office to their home. The bank transfer has the advantage that people can access their money even if they are in other regions in Ukraine. Delivery by post ensures that elderly people and people with disabilities also receive the money.

With the start of the new school year in September 2022, the Ukrainian government is trying to close some of the collective shelters and return to using the buildings for their original function as schools or nurseries. For particularly vulnerable families who have to move out of community centres but cannot return to their home region, their rent will be paid for an initial period of three months.

In 2022, 45,000 families were provided with food parcels. These include non-perishable staples such as buckwheat, pasta, sunflower oil, sugar, oatmeal, rice, tea, and canned meat.
The additional supply of approximately 13,500 hygiene kits is primarily intended for people with special needs. For example, the supply goes to people with disabilities and bedridden people who need nappies.

HADC, the ASB’s local partner organisation, distributes food, water in plastic bottles, candles, and matches to people in the occupied territories. The distributions must be flexibly adapted to the security situation at the respective time. In the period April to June 2022, for example, they were able to distribute 8,000 sets in Mariupol.

The Ukrainian Samaritan Federation (SSU) provided psychosocial support, for example in social centres, at schools, but also at the homes of those in need. In addition, teachers are trained in psychosocial support techniques. People with reduced mobility and people with disabilities are also offered individual psychosocial support services at home. In particular, children with disabilities and their parents need psychosocial support, as many of them could not be evacuated to safer places during the active phase of the war.

This component of the project supports people with winter aid. This means either supplying them directly with solid fuels such as coal or briquettes, or providing them with cash so that they can buy heating fuels themselves. Often, locals can buy fuel at a lower price and faster than aid organisations. Whether people receive cash or heating fuel directly is decided according to the market conditions and the preference of the local people concerned.