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Digest of the monitoring service of the R2P (December)

January 12, 2024

The monitors of the R2P are, without exaggeration, universal specialists. Every month, in the monitoring service digest, we tell you about the most striking stories and events that happened to our colleagues. Read on to find out what exciting things occurred in November.

1. We support local authorities and share our experience.

Thanks to the assistance of the monitors of the Chernivtsi office of the Foundation, the decision of the city council session amended the Protection Programme, the draft of which was developed jointly with officials in August. Now, preferential categories of IDPs have equal opportunities with community members.

2. We are looking for opportunities to help.

During a visit to one of the communities in Kharkivska oblast, the monitors found problems with the drinking water supply. The community suffered significant damage due to shelling: over 200 houses and all infrastructure were destroyed or damaged. The monitors immediately turned to their partner organisation for help. Soon, our colleagues delivered water purification filters and warm clothes to the community.

3. Watching over the borders.

A humanitarian corridor for Ukrainians evacuating to the government-controlled territory of Ukraine is operating on the Ukrainian border in Sumska oblast, which borders Russia. The monitors of the Foundation's Sumy office regularly visit the volunteer humanitarian centre at the humanitarian corridor. It was here that our colleague, during a conversation with a man from Makiivka, found out that he was homeless, had no relatives, had been displaced several times, but still decided to leave for the government-controlled territory of Ukraine. The monitor found a shelter for the man in Sumy, accompanied him to the bank, and referred him to the Foundation's lawyers.

4. We provide comprehensive assistance.

Due to the fire, a large family from Cherkaska oblast needed warm clothes, food, and help to restore documents. First, the Foundation's monitor accompanied the family to the Taxpayer Service Centre, where the family members received the necessary documents. Then, he visited the ASC to ask for housing for the family and, with the help of a partner NGO, provided them with food. The Foundation's monitor also redirected the family to register for UN cash assistance. And afterwards, with a friendly organisation, he congratulated the children on the winter holidays with sweet gifts.

5. We react instantly.

A woman with a brother with a disability under her care turned to the Foundation for help. The family required individual rehabilitation equipment. The Foundation's monitors responded promptly and contacted the Chernihiv City Centre for Social Services the next day, which provided a hygienic chair, rollators, and adult diapers. On the same day, the monitors delivered all the equipment to the woman.