In Ukraine, people affected by war receive cash for a period of at least three months. This allows the beneficiaries to use the money for immediate, individual needs, for example to buy food or hygiene products.

Beneficiaries can choose whether they want to receive the money in their bank account or have it delivered to their home by post. The advantage of the bank transfer is that people also have access to the money if they have to leave their homes due to the war and flee to other regions in Ukraine. Delivery by post ensures that older people and people with disabilities also receive the money.

In Georgia, Ukrainian refugees receive financial support for six months in the form of cash transfers. The money is transferred to the beneficiaries' bank accounts.

HADC, ASB's local partner organisation, is distributing food and hygiene kits in the occupied Donetsk region. Each month, 1,000 people are reached through the distribution of food kits. Over the course of the project, HADC also plans to distribute hygiene products to 9,000 households. Due to the current security situation in this region, all distributions must be adapted flexibly.

In Ukraine, people receive cash as part of the winterization programme in order to procure heating fuel themselves. In many cases, people are able to procure fuel locally at a lower price and more quickly than aid organisations.

From December to February, cash is paid out to Ukrainian refugees in Georgia to enable them to continue to cover the rising utility costs for electricity, gas and firewood.

Our local partner SSU carries out psychosocial support activities in Ukraine, for example in social centres, at schools and also at the homes of beneficiaries. In addition, teachers are trained in psychosocial support techniques. For people with reduced mobility and people with disabilities, individualised psychosocial support services are also offered at home. Children with disabilities and their parents are in particular need of psychosocial support, as many of them cannot be safely evacuated during the active phase of the war.

In Georgia, various psychosocial programmes are designed to enable people to (re)build their self-confidence and self-esteem. There is a particular focus on women, children and older people. Among other things, free self-defence courses and summer and winter camps for children are offered. In addition, the local Samaritan organisation SSK offers psychosocial support services in which people are looked after either in groups or individually.

In Georgia, the so-called Hresnics, traditional Ukrainian family helpers, support Ukrainian refugees as part of a cash-for-work programme.

The hresnics, who are mostly Ukrainian refugees themselves and have been in Georgia for some time, support the refugees in their everyday lives and aim to make it easier for them to settle in Georgia.