Ukraine and Refugee Outflow situation reports
POLAND CZECH REPUBLIC SLOVAK REPUBLIC UKRAINE HUNGARYMOLDOVA ROMANIA BULGARIA TRKIYE GREECE NORTH MAKEDONIA SERBIA MONTENEGRO ALBANIA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA CROATIA SLOVENIA AUSTRIA LITHUANIA RUSSIANFEDERATION UNICEF Refugee response programme results In the spotlightBuilding on its existing programmes and partnerships and the well-established national systems in Belarus, UNICEF was able to integrate a tailored, Ukraine refugee response by providing critical hygiene supplies, psychosocial support and education to children, young people, their families and caregivers. Strategies focused on advancing the humanitarian-development nexus approach, which strengthened the national system and expanded partnerships. Steps included integrating the refugee response into existing work plans and developing new partnerships at the national and subnational levels to provide critical services to the most vulnerable children and their families. In developing broader protection responses, UNICEF worked closely with Brest and Gomel Oblast administrations to build the response based on existing practices, addressing urgent needs in supplies, including hygiene kits, stationery and school uniforms for children, mental health and psycho- social support, education and referrals to case management. Over 550 refugee families with children were supported and referred to available services. Belarus 198,976 26,215 UNICEF Belarus/2022 People reached through messaging on prevention and access to services People participated in engagement actions for social and behavioural change 425Households reached with UNICEF funded multi-purpose humanitarian cash transfers 1,993People reached with critical WASH supplies 2,618 309Children and caregivers accessed mental health and psychosocial support Children received individual case management Humanitarian Response for Children and Refugee Families Outside of Ukraine 683Children accessed formal or non-formal education, including early learning UKRAINE ONE YEAR OF UNICEF RESPONSE LATVIA Since the start of the response, UNICEF has worked closely with national, regional and local authorities to expand services in child protection, education, health and nutrition, WASH, and social protection. UNICEFs work integrates social cohesion, gender and disability, and accountability to affected populations. Sources: 1 Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus (as of 14/02/2023)2 Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2022). 3 UNICEF/UNHCR Blue Dot Hub (as of 15/02/2023). Legend: This map is stylized and not to scale. It does legal status of any country or area or the delimitation of any frontiers. 22,341Ukrainian refugees registered for temporary protection or similar national protection scheme1 85,398Ukrainian refugees recorded in country1 79Refugees per 10,000 citizens2 UNICEF/UNHCR Blue Dot Safe Space3 Acronym: WASH: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. Sources: UNICEF (as of 15/02/2023) Education Social and Behavior Change WASHChild Protection Social Protection Psychosocial support to Ukrainian Refugee girl at child-friendly space in Brest. Minsk 24 February 2022 - 24 February 2023 https://bluedothub.org/ Funding requirements for 2023 Contact Afshan Khan, Regional Director UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia Email Email: akhan@unicef.org Rustam Haydarov, Representative UNICEF Belarus Country OfficeEmail: rhaydarov@unicef.org TOTAL US $1,793,904 2% 16% 29%8% 25% 7% Health & Nutrition Education (incl ECD & ADAP) Child Protection (GBV, PSEA)WASH Social Policy (including humanitarian cash) Cross-Sectoral (SBC, PME, Comms) UNICEF Belarus/2022 Delivering through partnerships Stories about our work Central and local Government partnerships Youth networks61 3 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Source: UNICEF (as of 15/02/2023) UNHCR Blue Dots and child-friendly spaces. UNICEF also partnered strategically with the Belarus Post Office, leveraging its vast distribution network, with more than 3,000 offices nationwide, to enable partners to guarantee delivery of cash transfers to vulnerable refugees in the most remote areas of the country. Acronyms: ECD: Early Childhood Development, ADAP: Adolescent Development And Participation, GBV: Gender-based violence, PSEA: Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. Source: UNICEF Bogdan and his friends recreating at the summer camp. In September 2022, Tatyana and her 10-year old son Vadim fled the war in Ukraine and settled temporarily in neighbouring Belarus.How can you fit your whole life in one suitcase? Tatyana asks with confusion, not expecting an answer.We left everything in Mariupol. We had to pack up very quickly. I took a few of the childrens possessions and mine. Inevitably, we left all school supplies behind. Vadims family could eventually access a UNICEF-supported cash transfer scheme and they used the money to buy warm clothes and school supplies. Warm clothes are the most relevant items these days, Tatyana adds. We bought a warm hat, jacket and proper winter boots. I am glad Vadim can go to school and learn with his peers. Read more about this story here >> Protection profiling UNICEF/UNHCR Blue Dots, Psychosocial support, Education, Health services Preparedness and supplies Case management Psychosocial support Child friendly spaces Psychosocial support, Youth participation UNICEF signed 10 agreements with governmental and civil society organizations to ensure that the critical needs of Ukranian refugees were addressed in an integrated manner. The Belarus Red Cross was a key partner, using its wide network to undertake needs assessments and support the delivery of a rapid response for refugees. This partnership delivered vital services such as protection profiling, provision of critical hygiene supplies, psychosocial support sessions for parents and children, referrals to relevant services, and information points through UNICEF/ Delivering through national systemsWith multiple stakeholders, relatively strong economies and established national government structures in refugee hosting countries, UNICEF adopted an approach of responding to humanitarian crisis using national systems. This involved working with Government at national and sub-national levels to make sure established, but overstretched national services and systems, were expanded to host refugees - bridging humanitarian and development interventions. As a result, immediate emergency needs were met while ensuring longer-term investment in systems to support vulnerable populations, which allowed for an expanded humanitarian response and helped build systems that were more resistant to crises. Looking aheadIn 2023, UNICEF in Belarus will continue working with all partners to strengthen social systems so that they can prepare for and respond to existing and any new emergencies. This will include developing national and subnational contingency plans, identifying needs, delivering supplies, and providing psychosocial support, case management, education, youth-friendly health services, early childhood development services and counselling for refugees and other vulnerable population in Belarus. UNICEF will strengthen outreach and identification of the needs of the refugees in partnership with Belarus Red Cross and other UN agencies. UNICEF will continue providing individual and group psychosocial support and recreational activities in the child-friendly spaces and strengthen referral and case management. In education, UNICEF will work with the Ministry of Education to identify out of school refugee children and support them to integrate in the schools and support online education to continue education curriculum of Ukraine in parallel. In health, UNICEF will support relevant partners in providing early childhood identification and consultation services to younger children and youth-friendly health services to adolescents and youth. Parenting support and counselling will be provided to all families, especially to those with children with developmental difficulties and disabilities. UNICEF will continue improving access to information via UNICEF/UNHCR blue dots and information points in the bordering and major transit corridors together with other partners to maintain access to information, key supplies and access to legal, psychosocial support and other critical assistance, referral and services. Lastly, efforts will also focus on social cohesion and integration of refugee children and adolescents to build a safe, integrated and inclusive environment in Belarus. For additional information on UNICEFs 2023 Humanitarian response for children outside of Ukraine please visit the UNICEF Ukraine 2023 Humanitarian Action for Children. https://www.unicef.org/belarus/en/stories/unicef-belarus-helps-ukrainian-families-get-ready-school https://www.unicef.org/media/132071/file/2023-HAC-Ukraine-and-Refugee%20Response.pdf https://www.unicef.org/media/132071/file/2023-HAC-Ukraine-and-Refugee%20Response.pdf HUNGARYMOLDOVA UNICEF Refugee response programme results In the spotlightThroughout 2022, UNICEF and partners worked actively to accelerate the humanitarian response in Bulgaria, building on national systems and supporting direct service delivery to reach children, young people, their families and caregivers fleeing from Ukraine. UNICEF ensured continued access to education for nearly 5,000 refugee children through learning hubs and 11 learn and play spaces in 10 locations across the country. The UPLIFT partnership with Junior Achievement engaged 3,616 Ukrainian and local children and adolescents in 70 educational institutions to develop entrepreneurial thinking, employability, and decision-making, and negotiation skills. UNICEF actively promoted the importance of immunization among Bulgarian and Ukrainian children, and in partnership with the Astra Forum Foundation, strengthened the capacity of 4,221 doctors and organized the first national conference on vaccine-preventable diseases. Six UNICEF/UNHCR Blue Dots were established in key locations to provide immediate support to refugees from Ukraine. More than 17,940 children and 40,307 adults were reached by the 35 trained frontline workers who provided psychosocial support, risk identification, provision of information, referrals, mediation in front of state authorities, legal aid, counselling, and recreational activities for children in the child-friendly spaces. Within the system strengthening approach, UNICEF is preparing to transition the Blue Dots into sustainable community hubs, open to all vulnerable families. UNICEF Bulgaria/2023/Yotova SERBIA GREECE NORTH MACEDONIA TRKIYE ROMANIA UKRAINE Bulgaria Since the start of the response, UNICEF has worked closely with national, regional and local authorities to expand services in child protection, education, health and nutrition, WASH, and social protection. UNICEFs work integrates social cohesion, gender and disability, and accountability to affected populations. 49,897Ukrainian refugees remaining in country1 152,179 Ukrainian refugees registered for temporary protection or similar national protection scheme1 74Refugees per 10,000 citizens4 Acronyms: WASH: Water, Sanitation and HygieneSources: UNICEF (as of 15/02/2023) Humanitarian Response for Children and Refugee Families Outside of Ukraine 198Children and women received primary health care services through UNICEF supported mechanisms Health 7,124 5,605Children accessed formal or non-formal education, including early learning Children received individual learning materials Education 4,684,653People reached through messaging on prevention and access to services Social and Behavior Change 5,081Children and caregivers accessed mental health and psychosocial support People reached with critical WASH supplies WASH 23,057 66,666People had access to safe spaces, protection and support hubs Child Protection 764Households reached with UNICEF funded multi-purpose humanitarian cash transfers Social Protection Sources: 1 UNHCR (as of 06/02/2023).2 UNICEF (as of 15/02/2023). 3 UNICEF/UNHCR Blue Dot Hub (as of 15/02/2023). 4 Population figures from United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2022). Legend: Partnership with municipality2 UNICEF/UNHCR Blue Dot Safe Space3 This map is stylized and not to scale. It does not reflect a position by UNICEF on the legal status of any country or area or the delimitation of any frontiers. UNICEF interventions at municipality level2 Sofia Burgas Refugee families collect winter supplies from UNICEF at the Blue Dot in Sofia, established by UNICEF and UNHCR in partnership with Bulgarian Red Cross. ONE YEAR OF UNICEF RESPONSE 24 February 2022 - 24 February 2023 https://bluedothub.org/ Stories about our workMom, we should leave Funding requirements for 2023 Contact Afshan Khan, Europe and Central Asia Email Email: akhan@unicef.org Christina de Bruin, Representative Email: cdebruin@unicef.org TOTAL US $4,570,734 18% 30%30% 13% 9% Health & Nutrition Education (incl ECD & ADAP) Child Protection (GBV, PSEA) Cross-Sectoral (SBC, PME, Comms) UNICEF Bulgaria/2023/Minkov Delivering through partnerships Looking ahead In 2023 UNICEF will sustain existing partnerships to provide immediate assistance to and inclusion of Ukrainian refugees. UNICEF will continue to foster the inclusion of Ukranian refugee children in Bulgarian schools through Bulgarian language classes, school mediation and anti-bullying, learning hubs for children not enrolled in the national system. In health and early childhood development, UNICEF will continue to support capacity building of the healthcare workforce, parenting disabilities, and immunization. UNICEF will focus on the sustainability of the UNICEF/UNHCR Blue Dots to maintain access to social services, legal assistance, counseling, and protection interventions, while strengthening the national child protection system and social services, with a special focus on unaccompanied and separated children. The needs and interests of adolescents and young people will be addressed through skills-building, civic participation, community engagement and youth development. Social listening and a campaign to foster social cohesion will address misinformation, prevention of rumors, and promote solidarity and integration. For additional information on UNICEFs 2023 Humanitarian response for children outside of Ukraine please visit UNICEF Ukraine 2023 Humanitarian Action for Children. Source: UNICEF (as of 15/02/2023) Since March 2022, UNICEF has leveraged and expanded its strategic partnerships with line ministries and local authorities, working closely with the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, the State Agency for Refugees, the State Agency for Child Protection, district administrations and municipalities, as well as civil society organisations. These partnerships have been critical to ensure and increase access to services, protection and social assistance for Ukrainian refugees as well as other extremely vulnerable populations. These partnerships have also enabled UNICEF to scale up its response in health, early childhood development, child protection, education, and launch a winterization operation, reaching more than 12,000 children and vulnerable families with desperately required blankets and warm winter clothes. National Governing Bodies Municipality 16 6 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) 1 After arriving to Bulgaria, Svetlana is helping Ukrainian refugee children like her daughter Vasilisa at the education center. months after the war escalated. Vasilisa couldnt sleep at night because we were hearing the sirens every night. And she insisted and said, Mom, we should leave, Svetlana shared. Svetlana is a psychologist and with the help of UNICEF and partners, she and other Ukrainian mothers have established an educational center that has provided support to over 300 children living near Varna, northern Bulgaria. Read more about this story here >> Acronyms: ECD: Early Childhood Development, ADAP: Adolescent Development And Participation, GBV: Gender-based violence, PSEA: Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, SBC: Social and Behavior Change, PME: Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Source: UNICEF Social Policy(including humanitarian cash) Delivering through national systemsWith multiple stakeholders, relatively strong economies and established national government structures in refugee hosting countries, UNICEF adopted an approach of responding to humanitarian crisis using national systems. This involved working with Government at national and sub-national levels to make sure established, but overstretched national services and systems, were expanded to host refugees - bridging humanitarian and development interventions. As a result, immediate emergency needs were met while ensuring longer-term investment in systems to support vulnerable populations, which allowed for an expanded humanitarian response and helped build systems that were more resistant to crises. https://www.unicef.org/bulgaria/en/stories/mom-we-should-leave https://www.unicef.org/media/132071/file/2023-HAC-Ukraine-and-Refugee%20Response.pdf https://www.unicef.org/media/132071/file/2023-HAC-Ukraine-and-Refugee%20Response.pdf SLOVAKIA HUNGARY GERMANY NORTH MAKEDONIA SERBIA MONTENEGRO ALBANIA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA CROATIA SLOVENIA AUSTRIA SWIZERLAND ITALY Doctor Tamara from Ukraine and Jana from Czech Republic providing health care services to young children at the pediatric outpatient center in Olomouc, Czech Republic. UNICEF Refugee response programme results In the spotlight UNICEF partnered with the Ministry of Health to help 519 Ukrainian health care professionals obtain accreditation and support their integration in the Czech health system. Through increasing the capacities of the Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education (IPVZ) and Center for Nursing, the support included intensive preparation of Ukrainian health professionals to obtain their license and build their capacities on Czech health system, health service provision and Czech language. UNICEF supported the establishment of nine pediatric and adult outpatient centres across the country where Ukrainian health professionals are working jointly with Czech doctors, and provided health care services to over 15,000 Ukrainian refugees. Read the full story here >> Czech Republic UNICEF Czech Republic Humanitarian Response for Children and Families Outside of Ukraine UKRAINE HUNGARY 15,013 51,909 24,082 514 11,629 3,337 489,865Ukrainian refugees recorded in country1 488,227Ukrainian refugees registered for temporary protection or similar national protection scheme1 464Refugees per 10,000 citizens3 Sources: 1 UNHCR (as of 12/02/2023).2 UNICEF (as of 15/02/2023). 3 Population figures from United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2022). Legend: Partnership at municipality level2 This map is stylized and not to scale. It does not reflect a position by UNICEF on the legal status of any country or area or the delimitation of any frontiers. Since the start of the response, UNICEF has worked closely with national, regional and local authorities to expand services in education, social and behaviour change, health and child protection. UNICEFs work integrates social cohesion, gender and disability, and accountability to affected populations. Children and women received primary health care services through UNICEF supported mechanisms Children accessed formal or non-formal education, including early learning Children received individual learning materials Children and caregivers accessed mental health and psychosocial support People had access to safe spaces, protection and support hubs Women, girls and boys accessed GBV risk mitigation, prevention and/or response interventions Acronyms: GBV: Gender Based Violence. Sources: UNICEF (as of 15/02/2023) Health Education 3,577,786 18,572People reached through messaging on prevention and access to services People participated in engagement actions for social and behavioural change Social and Behavior Change Child Protection Prague ONE YEAR OF UNICEF RESPONSE 24 February 2022 - 24 February 2023 https://www.unicef.org/eca/stories/most-important-thing-human-life-and-we-must-save-many-possible Funding requirements for 2023 Contact Afshan Khan, Europe and Central Asia Email Email: akhan@unicef.org Yulia Oleinik, Emergency Coordinator Email: yoleinik@unicef.org UNICEF/UN0774458 Delivering through partnerships Central and local Government partnerships Youth networks Municipal partnerships 5 3 1 12 Stories about our work TOTAL US $32,628,041 11% 16% 16% 56% Education (incl ECD & ADAP) Child Protection (GBV, PSEA) Health & Nutrition Acronyms: ECD: Early Childhood Development, ADAP: Adolescent Development And Participation, GBV: Gender-based violence, PSEA: Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Source: UNICEF Source: UNICEF (as of 15/02/2023) Within the UNICEF partnership framework with the Municipality of Prague, two design workshops were conducted with 47 civil society organizations to foster social cohesion among adolescents aged 15 to 17 years. The workshop brought together youth from Ukraine and civil society partners to come up with new ideas, the most promising of which will be funded through the UNICEF/Municipality of Prague granting scheme. In addition, around 1,600 youth were engaged from October to December 2022 in social cohesion activities. Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Yana teaches over 35 children, helping Ukrainian refugee children integrate in the local school. Republic. She began working as a cleaner in a local primary school and teaching Czech language courses to Ukrainian children in the school. by the Educational Institute of the Central Bohemian Region (VISK) with the support of UNICEF. She now teaches over 35 children, helping Ukrainian refugee children integrate in the local school. I wanted to know how to help children properly. I enjoyed the lectures because the teachers know how to explain many things, give advice, help, answer questions about how to work with children based on their real-life experiences, not just theory. Even if someone doesnt have a pedagogical background, this course will help them, Yana says. Read the full story here >> UNICEF/UN0774458 Representatives from Civil Society Organizations and youth co-creating programmes to foster social cohesion among adolescents 15-17 years in Prague, Czech Republic. UNICEFs strategic priorities for 2023 focus on providing comprehensive social services from early childhood to adolescence, especially for the most vulnerable children and families, through strengthening the national system to cope with the additional demand for services. Key strategic priorities include strengthening the capacity of the education system to facilitate learning and integration of refugee children in the Czech education system; expansion of primary health services to increase access of refugees and other vulnerable groups to health care; and strengthening child and social protection services to protect children from violence, exploitation, abuse and neglect. At the core of UNICEFs work is the participation of refugees in programme design and implementation through consultations and feedback mechanisms, as well as building their capacities and engaging them in the refugee response to foster integration and social cohesion. For additional information on UNICEFs 2023 Humanitarian response for children outside of Ukraine please visit UNICEF Ukraine 2023 Humanitarian Action for Children. Social Policy (including humanitarian cash) Looking ahead Delivering through national systemsWith many drivers of complexity, multiple stakeholders, strong socio-economic conditions and robust government structures in refugee hosting countries, UNICEF adopted a system strengthening humanitarian approach. This involved working with Government at national and sub-national levels to make sure established, but overstretched national services and systems, were expanded to host refugee inflows - bridging humanitarian and development interventions. Through this, immediate emergency needs were met while ensuring longer-term investment in addressing systemic causes of vulnerability poverty, inequality and lack of functioning accountability systems expanding the humanitarian response and building resilience. https://www.unicef.org/eca/stories/we-are-connectors-and-build-bridges-children-who-need-it https://www.unicef.org/media/132071/file/2023-HAC-Ukraine-and-Refugee%20Response.pdf CZECH REPUBLIC BULGARIA GREECE NORTH MAKEDONIA SERBIA MONTENEGRO ALBANIA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ITALY UNICEF Refugee response programme results In the spotlight UNICEF is supporting the Municipality of Zahony to help Ukrainian refugee children and their families as well as local vulnerable households to access cash benefits and social services. Zhony, north-eastern Hungary, is a transit and destination route on the Hungarian-Ukrainian border which receives more than 1,000 refugees daily. The UNICEF emergency response in Hungary, in partnership with the Municipality of Zahony, has set up a cash assistance support mechanism to help vulnerable refugee children and families mitigate the loss they have had to endure since fleeing their homes, while allowing them to bridge the period until they find ways to secure sustainable forms of income again. The programme successfully reached 239 households in Zhony and its region. The scheme prioritizes refugee families from Ukraine, children with special needs, single parent families and children who live with pensioners, people with disabilities or with a pregnant mother. Among the beneficiaries are 19 Transcarpathian youth and adolescents who are studying in the high school in Zhony. Thanks to this social protection scheme, students could obtain meal subsidies and learning materials. The scheme has been anchored in the formal social welfare structure of the Municipality of Zahony in which municipality social workers follow up on vulnerable cases and refer them to adequate services. Hungary UNIC$545F/Hungary Humanitarian Response for Children and Refugee Families Outside of Ukraine UKRAINE34,248Ukrainian refugees recorded in country1 34,248Ukrainian refugees registered for temporary protection or similar national protection scheme1 Sources: UNICEF (as of 15/02/2023) 636 6,384Children and caregivers accessed mental health and psychosocial supportPeople had access to safe spaces, protection and support hubs 12,125People reached through messaging on prevention and access to services Social and Behavior ChangeChild Protection 1,179 1,328Children accessed formal or non-formal education, including early learning Children received individual learning materials Education 84 239Households reached with UNICEF funded multi-purpose humanitarian cash transfers households benefitted from new or additional social transfers from governments with UNICEF technical assistance support Social Protection Since the start of the response, UNICEF has worked closely with national, regional and local authorities to expand services in social protection, education, child protection, health and social and behavior change. UNICEFs work integrates social cohesion, gender and disability, and accountability to affected populations. SLOVAKIA ROMANIA CROATIA AUSTRIA 34Refugees per 10,000 citizens4 Sources: 1 UNHCR (as of 14/02/2023).2 UNICEF (as of 15/02/2023). 3 UNICEF/UNHCR Blue Dot Hub (as of 15/02/2023). 4 Population figures from United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2022). Legend: Partnership at municipality level2 UNICEF/UNHCR Blue Dot Safe Space3 This map is stylized and not to scale. It does not reflect a position by UNICEF on the legal status of any country or area or the delimitation of any frontiers. BudapestDebrecen Gyor Zahony ONE YEAR OF UNICEF RESPONSE 24 February 2022 - 24 February 2023 UNICEF/Hungary UNICEF/Hungary https://bluedothub.org/ In Tuzsr near the Hungarian-Ukrainian border , UNICEFs Humanitarian Cash Assistance Programme is supporting refugee children and the most vulnerable local families, to access schooling, shelter and social services. Alina, part of the group of young mothers living with their children in Tuzsr, used the funds to visit her home in Ukraine over the holiday season. I have two children, a -13-month-old baby, Diana, and a 6-year-old. Thanks to the cash I was able to catch a train just before Christmas and crossed to Ukraine. The UNICEF supported scheme prioritizes families from Ukraine, children with special needs, single parent families and young people living with pensioners, people with disabilities and pregnant mothers, among others. Read more about this story here >> Stories about our work Contact Afshan Khan, Regional Director UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia Email Email: akhan@unicef.org Pilar Gonzalez, Emergency Coordinator UNICEF Refugee Response Office in Hungary Country Office Email: pgonzalez@unicef.org UNICEF/Hungary Delivering through partnershipsYouth networks Municipal partnerships UNICEF is also partnering with NGO and faith-based organizations who have an outsource arrangement by law with the government for child protection and education statutory roles. In addition, systemic linkages were forged among national child protection services and child and family support hubs in refugee accommodation centres in nine locations, where a total of 636 refugee and local children and caregivers were supported with mental health and psychosocial support and 6,384 children benefitted from access to safe spaces, protection andsupport hubs. Looking aheadStrengthening national capacity for child-centered and inclusive education, including early learning and development will remain an essential intervention in 2023. Educators and school administratorswill be capacitated to facilitate childrens inclusion and meaningful participation in learning and education. Partnerships with the academia and linkages between key pedagogical institutions and local civil society organizations will strengthen the network of experts and practitioners. These partnerships will support teachers and school management though child-centered and inclusive pedagogical knowledge and practices. Strengthening social protection systems in close collaboration with municipalities will continue to be a critical intervention, especially for preparedness purposes. In this regard, the new partnership with the Municipality of Budapest will be essential to installing a social protection scheme that can be activated in case of high influxes of refugees. For additional information on UNICEFs 2023 Humanitarian response for children outside of Ukraine please visit UNICEF Ukraine 2023 Humanitarian Action for Children. 4 1 6 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Source: UNICEF (as of 15/02/2023) UNICEF in Hungary has partnered with the municipalities of Debrecen,Gyor, Zahony and Budapest to provide multisectoral services and delivery ofsupplies to refugees from Ukraine and host communities, including Romachildren and their families. Through these partnerships, UNICEF will reachmore than 50,000 refugees and vulnerable host community children andfamilies through an integrated package of services including early child education, child protection, social protection/ humanitarian cash, health and nutrition. UNICEF also launched a partnership with Kek Vonal, the Hungarian nationalchild helpline, to ensure accessibility of the helpline to both refugees andhost communities. Kek Vonal is part of the European Union-wide 116 111child helpline. Through this partnership and the promotion of the helplinenumber, UNICEF expects to reach more than 1.3 million children withinformation in Hungarian, Ukrainian and Russian about the helpline, morethan 4,000 children and caregivers with mental health counselling, andmore than 10,000 people with access to a safe and accessible channel toreport sexual violence and exploitation. Funding requirements for 2023 TOTAL US $11,106,000 10% 26% 48% 5% 10% Health & Nutrition Education (incl ECD & ADAP)Child Protection (GBV, PSEA) Cross-Sectoral (SBC, PME, Comms) Acronyms: ECD: Early Childhood Development, ADAP: Adolescent Development And Participation, GBV: Gender-based violence, PSEA: Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. Source: UNICEF Social Policy (including humanitarian cash) Delivering through national systems With multiple stakeholders, relatively strong economies and established national government structures in refugee hosting countries, UNICEF adopted an approach of responding to humanitarian crisis using national systems. This involved working with Government at national and sub-national levels to make sure established, but overstretched national services and systems, were expanded to host refugees - bridging humanitarian and development interventions. As a result, immediate emergency needs were met while ensuring longer-term investment in systems to support vulnerable populations, which allowed for an expanded humanitarian response and helped build systems that were more resistant to crises. https://www.unicef.org/eca/stories/unicef-supports-zahonys-most-vulnerable-through-cash-assistance https://www.unicef.org/media/132071/file/2023-HAC-Ukraine-and-Refugee%20Response.pdf https://www.unicef.org/media/132071/file/2023-HAC-Ukraine-and-Refugee%20Response.pdf ROMANIA BULGARIA TRKIYE GREECE NORTH MAKEDONIA SERBIA UNICEF Refugee response programme results In the spotlightFrom the onset of the Ukrainian refugee crisis in Moldova, UNICEF established itself as a trusted partner of choice in delivering humanitarian action for children in child protection, education, health and nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene, and social protection. Through a network of 11 UNICEF/UNHCR Blue Dots, UNICEF and partners provided 189,650 people (68% women and girls) with access to safe spaces, humanitarian assistance, supplies and protection, including cash assistance for 66,040 individuals. This network provided multi-sectoral assistance directly to 49,495 individuals (50 percent children). UNICEF is closely collaborating with the government, local authorities, other United Nations agencies, NGOs and affected children and their caregivers to strengthen national systems for protection, education, health care and refugee crisis management, including contingency planning. Moldova 31,197 99,632 37,690 189,650 43,666 30,32667,167 254,713 UNICEF/Vladimir Humanitarian Response for Children and Refugee Families Outside of Ukraine UKRAINE (xx,xxx) Since the start of the response, UNICEF has worked closely with national, regional and local authorities to expand services in child protection, education, health and nutrition, WASH, and social protection. UNICEFs work integrates social cohesion, gender and disability, and accountability to affected populations. 108,488Ukrainian refugees recorded in country1 192Refugees per 10,000 citizens4 750,780Border crossing from Ukraine1 Since the start of the response, UNICEF has worked closely with national, regional and local authorities to expand services in child protection, education, health and nutrition, WASH, and social protection. UNICEFs work integrates social cohesion, gender and disability, and accountability to affected populations. Children and women received primary health care services through UNICEF supported mechanisms Children accessed formal or non-formal education, including early learning Children received individual learning materials Children and caregivers accessed mental health and psychosocial support People had access to safe spaces, protection and support hubs People reached with critical WASH supplies People reached through messaging on prevention and access to services Households reached with UNICEF funded multi-purpose humanitarian cash transfers Acronyms: WASH: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, GBV: Gender Based Violence.Sources: UNICEF (as of 15/02/2023) Health Education WASH Child Protection Social Protection Sources: 1 UNHCR (as of 12/02/2023).2 UNICEF (as of 15/02/2023). 3 UNICEF/UNHCR Blue Dot Hub (as of 15/02/2023). 4 Population figures from United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2022). Legend: Partnership at municipality level2 UNICEF/UNHCR Blue Dot Safe Space3 This map is stylized and not to scale. It does not reflect a position by UNICEF on the legal status of any country or area or the delimitation of any frontiers. Social and Behavior Change Chiinu For nine-year-old Viktor, protection became the best gift after he was forced to flee the war with his mother and 16-year-old brother; thats what Moldova and the Blue Dot specialists offered. ONE YEAR OF UNICEF RESPONSE 24 February 2022 - 24 February 2023 https://bluedothub.org/ Funding requirement for 2023 Contact Afshan Khan, Regional Director UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia Email Email: akhan@unicef.org Maha Damaj, Representative UNICEF Moldova Country OfficeEmail: mdamaj@unicef.org UNICEF/UN0750419/Ion Tapes Delivering through partnerships Looking ahead In 2023, UNICEF will continue strengthening the child protection, education, health and social protection systems to respond to the needs of Ukrainian refugees and the most vulnerable Moldovan families, making substantial investments in those sectors to bolster capacities and promote efficiencies. UNICEF humanitarian response strategy is also being mainstreamed into the framework of the 20232027 country programme, remaining firmly embedded in the inter-agency Refugee Response Plan. A special focus for UNICEF and its partners will be supporting the government to operationalize the recently adopted Temporary Protection mechanism for Ukrainian refugees. The response plan will also prioritize addressing gender-based violence and its prevention, ensuring accountability to affected communities, and promoting social cohesion across all priority sectors of intervention. For additional information on UNICEFs 2023 Humanitarian response for children outside of Ukraine please visit UNICEF Ukraine 2023 Humanitarian Action for Children. Stories about our work Central and local Government partnerships Youth networks Municipal partnerships 95 1 22 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Source: UNICEF (as of 15/02/2023) UNICEF partnered with 37 government institutions, local authorities and NGOs to deliver humanitarian action for refugee children in Moldova. Partnering with the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, UNICEF strengthened national and child protection systems and refugee crisis management by developing new and enhancing existing protection services and case management system for children and their caregivers. In collaboration with the National Health Insurance Company, UNICEF ensured free access to health care for refugee children, while with the Ministry of Health, the national immunization systems capacity was strengthened, and 2,100 refugee children received immunization. Partnering with the Ministry of Education and Research, UNICEF supported access to formal and non-formal education, including early learning, for 37,690 refugee children and access to skills development and resilience programmes for 55,000 adolescents. Acronyms: ECD: Early Childhood Development, ADAP: Adolescent Development And Participation, GBV: Gender-based violence, PSEA: Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, SBC: Social and Behavior Change, PME: Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation. Source: UNICEF At the Blue Dots Mother and Baby Corner, Elena offers some snacks to 2-year-old Iurie. He came from Ukraine with his grandmother. Elena, 34, fled with her children from Mykolaiv, a Ukrainian town on the front lines of the war and found safety at a refugee center in Chisinau, Moldova. Here she and her children received assistance at one of the UNICEF/UNHCR Blue Dot centers established in Moldova, where refugees are provided with a variety of services including recreational activities, safe spaces, psychological and legal services, food and hygiene supplies. Elena is now herself a social worker at one of the Blue Dots in Moldova, helping women and children return to their everyday lives. She is grateful to be able to help other Ukrainian people. Now I can help families from Ukraine as I was helped, says Elena. Read more about this story here>> 9% 9% 33% 3% WASH Cross-Sectoral (SBC, PME, Comms) TOTAL US $33,000,000 17% 29% Health & Nutrition Education (incl ECD & ADAP) Child Protection (GBV, PSEA) Social Policy (including humanitarian cash) Delivering through national systems With many drivers of complexity, multiple stakeholders, strong socio-economic conditions and robust government structures in refugee hosting countries, UNICEF adopted a system strengthening humanitarian approach. This involved working with Government at national and subnational levels to make sure established, but overstretched national services and systems, were expanded to host refugee inflows - bridging humanitarian and development interventions. Through this, immediate emergency needs were met while ensuring longer-term investment in addressing systemic causes of vulnerability poverty, inequality and lack of functioning accountability systems expanding the humanitarian response and building resilience. https://www.unicef.org/moldova/en/stories/one-can-heal-themselves-giving-back https://www.unicef.org/media/132071/file/2023-HAC-Ukraine-and-Refugee%20Response.pdf https://www.unicef.org/media/132071/file/2023-HAC-Ukraine-and-Refugee%20Response.pdf HUNGARYMOLDOVA ROMANIA BULGARIA TRKIYE GREECE NORTH MAKEDONIA SERBIA MONTENEGRO ALBANIA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA CROATIA SLOVENIA AUSTRIA SWIZERLAND LATVIA ITALY UNICEF Refugee response programme results In the spotlightSince the start of the war, UNICEF supported national and local authorities and civil society partners to expand access to psychosocial care for women and children from Ukraine. As a result, over 450,163 children and caregivers received mental health support. UNICEF with its partners also identified over 3,000 unaccompanied and separated children and ensured that care standards applied to all those evacuated from Ukrainian childcare institutions in Poland were aligned with the national and international guidelines. In collaboration with Lodz municipality, UNICEF provided family type homes to such a group of children so they could live in a family environment with close monitoring of their wellbeing and attention to their needs. Poland UNICEF/Poland Humanitarian Response for Children and Refugee Families Outside of Ukraine UKRAINE Since the start of the response, UNICEF has worked closely with national, regional and local authorities to expand services in child protection, education, health and nutrition, WASH, and social protection. UNICEFs work integrates social cohesion, gender and disability, and accountability to affected populations. 392Refugees per 10,000 citizens4 CZECH REPUBLIC SLOVAKIA BELARUS GERMANY POLAND RUSSIA 371,530 903,035 617,446 3,809,661 Children and women received primary health care services through UNICEF supported mechanisms Children accessed formal or non-formal education, including early learning Children received individual learning materials People reached through messaging on prevention and access to services Health Education 119,223households benefitting from new or additional social transfers from governments with UNICEF technical assistance support 450,163 570,099Children and caregivers accessed mental health and psychosocial support People had access to safe spaces, protection and support hubs Child Protection Social Protection Sources: UNICEF (as of 15/02/2023) Sources: 1 UNHCR (as of 14/02/2023).2 UNICEF (as of 15/02/2023). 3 UNICEF/UNHCR Blue Dot Hub (as of 15/02/2023). 4 Population figures from United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2022). Legend: Provinces where partnerships have been established2 UNICEF/UNHCR Blue Dot Safe Space3 This map is stylized and not to scale. It does not reflect a position by UNICEF on the legal status of any country or area or the delimitation of any frontiers. Social and Behavior Change Warsaw 1,563,386Ukrainian refugees recorded in the country and registered for temporary protection or similar national protection scheme1 ONE YEAR OF UNICEF RESPONSE 24 February 2022 - 24 February 2023 Ksenia (centre), originally from Eastern Ukraine, arriving by train into Przemyl with her son Misha, 3. https://bluedothub.org/ Looking ahead Children gather after the first day of classes at a UNICEF-supported school in Warsaw. In 2023, UNICEF will focus its work on the most vulnerable refugee children, adolescents and their caregivers from Ukraine in close cooperation with the relevant governmental bodies, institutions, and civil society partners. UNICEF continues to expand the availability and accessibility of child protection services and health care, prioritizing case management, psychosocial support, family-based care and the welfare of children with disabilities. Our commitment to ongoing child rights monitoring will be directed at vulnerable groups such as unaccompanied and separated children and survivors of violence against children and gender-based violence and will also include child-sensitive justice. In addition, UNICEF aims to expand quality education through multiple learning pathways, focus on inclusion of out-of-school children and youth, and dropout prevention. For additional information on UNICEFs 2023 Humanitarian response for children outside of Ukraine please visit UNICEF Ukraine 2023 Humanitarian Action for Children. Contact Afshan Khan, Regional Director UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia Email Email: akhan@unicef.org Rashed Mustafa, Country CoordinatorUNICEF Refugee Response Office in Poland Email: rmustafa@unicef.org UNICEF/Poland Delivering through partnerships Central and local Government partnerships Municipal partnerships Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) 195 Youth networks 1 12 UNICEF/Poland Stories about our work Funding requirements for 2023 TOTAL US $83,093,940 4% 57%12% 1% 25% 1% Health & Nutrition Education (incl ECD & ADAP) Child Protection (GBV, PSEA) WASH Cross-Sectoral (SBC, PME, Comms) Acronyms: ECD: Early Childhood Development, ADAP: Adolescent Development And Participation, GBV: Gender-based violence, PSEA: Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. Source: UNICEF Source: UNICEF (as of 15/02/2023) UNICEFs multilayered partnerships with governmental bodies, institutions, local administration and grassroots civil society organizations provided opportunities for policy and system strengthening and expanded assistance to the population in need. UNICEF led joint efforts with partners to harmonize the country-wide response for refugee children, ensuring their access to quality inclusive education within the national system, informal education initiatives and the social protection mechanism in accordance with international guidelines and humanitarian principles. Mykyta, 6 and his one-year-old brother Matviy, unpack UNICEF school supplies with their mother Kateryna. My toys are back in Ukraine, says Mykyta, 6.My bed is there as well. I also miss my friend Danya, we used to play a lot. In early March 2022, Kateryna, a mother of two, left Ukraine for Poland with her sons Mykyta and Matviy, 1. She didnt take much with her. She didnt think she needed to. Like so many parents who have been forced to uproot their children, Kateryna was worried about finding safe accommodation and adjusting to a new environment. Thanks to support from UNICEF, both boys are fully vaccinated and Mykyta is enrolled at a UNICEF-supported school. Across Poland, UNICEF is partnering with ministries, municipalities, and civil society organizations to help families access the services and support they need. Read the full story here >> Social Policy (including humanitarian cash) Moreover, the partnership with the Polish Scouts and Guides provided engaging extracurricular activities to over 320,000 adolescents from Ukraine and Poland, building social cohesion and helping adolescents familiarize with the new environment. Delivering through national systemsWith multiple stakeholders, relatively strong economies and established national government structures in refugee hosting countries, UNICEF adopted an approach of responding to humanitarian crisis using national systems. This involved working with Government at national and sub-national levels to make sure established, but overstretched national services and systems, were expanded to host refugees - bridging humanitarian and development interventions. As a result, immediate emergency needs were met while ensuring longer-term investment in systems to support vulnerable populations, which allowed for an expanded humanitarian response and helped build systems that were more resistant to crises. https://www.unicef.org/eca/stories/rebuilding-lives-ukrainian-refugees-poland https://www.unicef.org/media/132071/file/2023-HAC-Ukraine-and-Refugee%20Response.pdf https://www.unicef.org/media/132071/file/2023-HAC-Ukraine-and-Refugee%20Response.pdf
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