• Another Joint Market Monitoring Initiative report on markets and prices has been completed. Estonian Refugee Council also participates in the data collection for the survey, our areas of responsibility are the Zaporizhia and Kharkiv oblasts. The study will help the humanitarian sector to maintain a consistent picture of where and how markets in Ukraine are operating, whether and how fast commodity prices are rising, and so on.
• Last week, in cooperation with the local volunteer group Kyiv Volunteers, we distributed 250 food parcels to the people of Nemishaieve.
• The most important information for refugees can be found in the Frequently Asked Questions section of our website: https://www.pagulasabi.ee/en/general 

Humanitarian aid in Ukraine

What we are doing? ​

• Implementing multi-purpose cash assistance so people can decide themselves what they need the most. As of now, we have supported 38 467 households (about 115 000 people). In total, we have mediated over 18 million euros cash based support (Estonian donors + WFP + OCHA + IRC). The assistance amount is 2220 UAH (= about 70 EUR) per household member per month.
• We opened a separate application platform for multi-purpose cash assistance in Ukraine: https://register.pagulasabi.ee/
• Our on-site call center in Ukraine serves approximately 1500 people per day, advising and sharing information on support options, pre-selecting our own multi-purpose cash assistance beneficiaries and referring people to other programmes as needed.
• Supporting hospitals in Eastern Ukraine with medical supplies, food and other necessities (e.g. generators).
• Handed out 900 blankets, 4600 sleeping bags and other essentials to the people in bomb shelters and IDP accommodations.
• We are part of the Joint Market Monitoring Initiative (JMMI), under which we help the humanitarian sector maintain a consistent overview of how and where in Ukraine markets are operating, whether and how fast basic necessities prices are rising, and so on. Our area of responsibility are the Zaporizhia and Kharkiv oblasts. Read the latest raport here. 
• We are conducting a food distribution program in the liberated areas of the Kiev oblast, where markets are not yet operational. One food package that meets international standards lasts for two weeks. Over the weekend (18.06) we distributed more than 300 food parcels in the villages of Yasnogorodka, Pylyava, Bogdani and Ritny, the next distribution round will take place on Thursday, June 23.​
• In cooperation with the local volunteer group Kyiv Volunteers, we will carry out a food distribution program in the liberated areas of the Kiev oblasts, where the markets are not yet functioning well. One food package that meets international standards lasts for two weeks. Last week, 250 food parcels were distributed in the settlement of Nemishaieve.

In addition to the support of Estonian donors, we also carry out cash-based assistance with international partners:

• With the World Food Programme (WFP) we support 60 500 people in the Kiev, Kharkiv, Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts with multi-purpose cash assistance.
• With the funding from the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund managed by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) we will within three months provide cash-based assistance in total to 12 000 people in the Zaporizhia and Donetsk oblasts.
• With the funding of  International Rescue Committee (IRC) 21 000 people in Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Kiev, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions will receive 3-month cash support.

Supporting Ukrainian refugees in Estonia

What we are doing?​

• The Estonian Refugee Council’s counselling center in Tallinn (Liivalaia 28) continues to counsel both refugees and their loved ones every workday. An information hotline is open for Ukrainian refugees and people helping them: +372 5881 1311 (every day from 10 am to 5 pm); also e-mail: dopomoha@pagulasabi.ee.
• The most important information for refugees can be found in the Frequently Asked Questions section of our website: https://www.pagulasabi.ee/en/general
• We mediate accomondation offers from our database. Of all the offers, we have already mediated 930 households. Upload your accommodations to special Kinnisvara24 portal. 
• We have started various group counselling’s for Ukrainians on four different topics: adaptation, labour market, digital skills and children's adaptation. Already 30 digital skills, 42 adaptation and 13 child's adaptation workshops have taken place in Tallinn, Tartu, Pärnu, Rakvere, Narva, Keila, Haapsalu, Otepää, Kuressaare and Tapa and close to 600 Ukrainian refugees have participated.
• We offer support groups led by psychotherapists. To register for the group, call the Tallinn Psychological Crisis Center on 631 4300 (Mon-Fri 9-19, Sat 10-15). We will soon open a support group in Maardu.
• We are paying school support to all refugee children going to school in Estonia. Currently 1656 applications have been received and support has been paid based on 1537 applications to 2041 children, in total amount of 102 050 euros. The remaining applications are being checked and verified.
• We are organizing one city camp and four overnight camps for children aged 7-18. These will take place in July and August. We accept up to 150 children with refugee backgrounds in the camps.

Donations and use of donations

• Over 5,3 million euros has accumulated in donations for the Refugee Council, including targeted donations made for organizing evacuations and donations for activities in Estonia. Within May, 2,3 million euros has already been spent on giving humanitarian aid in Ukraine and 555 000 euros on evacuations. We have paid out school supports in the total amount of 102 050 euros. 
• Donations for the Estonian the Refugee Council can be made on our donation page and For Ukraine campaign page.

All our financial reports are audited annually. If you want more detailed information, please send an inquiry to info@pagulasabi.ee.

In addition

• ​More about school support
• More about group counselling
• How the money from Estonian donors helps to save lives in Ukraine
• Eero Janson: People in Ukraine need money, not things
• How we organized evacuations for over a month
• Story about Estonian woman who opened her home to refugees
• More about the cooperation with the World Food Programme (WFP)
• Anu Viltrop: not every helper is a supporter and not every supporter is a friend

Estonian Refugee Council is a non-profit association founded in 2000 and operating in the public interest, with the aim of standing up for the rights and well-being of refugees in Estonia and abroad. Estonian Refugee Council is a humanitarian aid organization certified by the European Union. In Eastern Ukraine, Refugee Council has been providing humanitarian aid since 2014.

Foto: Hlib Stoiko, distribution of food parcels in the villages of the previously occupied Kiev oblasts