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The First National PULSE Consortium Partnership Helped Children Obtain Official War-Affected Status

June 29, 2026

Through partnership within the National PULSE Consortium, families from a remote hromada were able to obtain official status for their children as those affected by hostilities and armed conflict.

Inhulska hromada is among the territories where active hostilities have taken place. Families living there continue to experience the consequences of the war, which affects children the most.

For this reason, Ukrainian legislation provides for the Child Affected by Hostilities and Armed Conflict status. However, its registration requires  conclusion by a child psychiatrist. For residents of remote hromadas, this can be a serious barrier: there is only one specialist of this profile in the oblast, and not every family is able to travel for an appointment independently.

Partners of the National PULSE Consortium worked with such a request during their trips  to the hromada. The team of Right to Protection organised interaction with Mykolaiv Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital, and organised the families’ gathering, and process support, while Proliska Humanitarian Mission provided transportation for the children and their parents to the medical facility and back home.

The first group of children has already received the required consultations. Further trips are planned, as around 80 children in the hromada need to undergo this procedure in order to apply for the status.

This is how partnership within the PULSE Consortium works: each partner takes responsibility for the part of work where it has the strongest experience, expertise, and opportunities. The joint work allows people to be helped not only to receive humanitarian assistance, but also exercise their rights and gain access to public services.

This project was funded with UK aid from the UK Government within the National PULSE Consortium, coordinated by Right to Protection. UK Government support to this project in Ukraine is provided through the SHARP element of its Humanitarian Assistance, Recovery and Protection Programme.