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IOM distributes bedding kits and other essential winterization items to internally displaced people in Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Region, which currently hosts the largest number of IDPs, according to the IOM survey. Photo: IOM Ukraine
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 1,121,629 Humanitarian services delivered since 24 February 2022
 50 Network of IOM implementing partners
 69% of the IOM Ukraine Appeal of USD 377 million is funded
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 IOM distributed 17,455 core relief items this week including blankets, mattresses, bedding and winterization kits, kitchen sets and solar lamps across the country. In the run-up to winter, IOM alongside implementing partners ramping up efforts to provide internally displaced people with winterization items to cope with the cold temperatures including in Lviv, Vinnytsia, Kharkiv, Rivne, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
 IOM released the assessment of collective sites in Khmelnytskyi Region, identifying 51 sites hosting IDPs at the time of assessment, with four centres empty and ready to host people. Half of the assessed centres were dormitories, 13 per cent schools, 13 per cent health facilities, and the remaining a mix of different facilities. IOM also conducted rapid needs assessment of 41 collective centres in Lviv, Kharkiv and Chernivtsi regions, and supported nine centres in Vinnytsia and Dnipropetrovsk with critical items and equipment for hygiene and cooking.
 IOM continued Shelter interventions, carrying out 16 assessments in collective centres and 13 assessments in damaged houses of Kharkiv Region, ongoing work in 37 other centres, and concluding work in five collective centres in Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv and Vinnytsia regions. The identified needs, which IOM aims to address through mobile teams and contractors, include roof repairs, replacement of lighting and electrical sockets, concrete floor installation, ventilation system, replacing windows and doors, fixing toilets and showers as well as working on the sewage system. IOM also delivered a heavy load of construction items (plywood, tarpaulin and lath) to Kharkiv Municipality.
 IOM through partners provided 1,984 health-care services and 804 psychological consultations, while 615 patients with complicated medical conditions were referred to hospitals for further treatment. This week, 1,048 patients received specialized consultations including clinical laboratory testing, gynecological services and ultrasound scans. On the capacity building front, 101 health officials from Dnipropetrovsk Region received training on trauma first aid, bringing the total number of medical practitioners whose capacity has been improved over the past eight months to 4,403.
 Following the distribution of multi-purpose cash assistance (MPCA) to 2,804 beneficiaries this week, the total number of people covered by IOM’s Cash-based Interventions (CBI) since the start of the full-scale war has reached 107,283 beneficiaries, with 7,330 individuals reached in the newly accessible areas. CBI team visited and assessed three collective centres in Kharkiv that are hosting IDPs from the newly accessible areas.
 IOM’s Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Hotline provided 235 consultations this week, including first psychological aid sessions, and psychotherapy. IOM met with the representatives of Ukrposhta and the First Lady’s Initiative on Mental Health, and meetings were held with potential implementing partners in Kharkiv and Poltava to expand MHPSS services and support to children in different areas.
 IOM continues providing general Protection assistance to displaced and other war-affected populations in different regions, including through the National Toll-Free Counter-Trafficking and Migrant Advice Hotline 527, which has so far provided over 120,000 consultations in response to calls received since the war broke out in February. Most of the callers (over 65%) are identified as IDPs and women.
 IOM in the central and eastern regions continues to distribute water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) supplies and institutional hygiene kits for improving solid waste management. In the northern region, IOM held meetings to coordinate activities, repaired district heating and sanitation facilities, and provided safe drinking water to people in need. In the western region, IOM conducted communal infrastructure repairs, distributed WASH supplies and provided water to beneficiaries. This week, WASH services reached 125,287 new beneficiaries, making a total of 847,125.
 IOM's Transition and Recovery programme is working with a Conflict Sensitivity consultant who will be developing an assessment to support that IOM's interventions do not unintentionally contribute to conflict, and strengthen opportunities for peace and inclusion. T&R team continue to meet with stakeholders to discuss social inclusion methodologies including how to promote inter-group action through community-driven activities.
 IOM’s Data Tracking Matrix (DTM) is building capacity for rapid assessment of locations and key transit areas in the East of Ukraine to assess needs and flows of individuals fleeing recently accessible areas or areas impacted by crisis. Data collected through the mobile assessment teams will inform humanitarian targeting and contribute to enhanced population mobility estimates. DTM has engaged in extensive stakeholder consultations regarding the upcoming Conditions of Return assessment, aimed at providing the humanitarian community with regular, multi-sectoral data from locations witnessing high volumes of returns, to better understand where and why returns may be limited or unsustainable.
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Nine months into the full-scale war in Ukraine, a significant number of internally displaced persons still do not have access to clothes, hygiene products, medicines and high-quality services, with the need for support increasing.
A collective centre in Tereblia village, Zakarpattia Region, is hosting more than 500 IDPs, mostly large families with several children. This week, IOM provided them with towels and family hygiene kits containing essential items such as shampoo and soap, toothbrushes and paste, baby cream, napkins, toilet paper, and sanitizer.
"I was leaving Kherson under shelling and received a leg injury, so I was under treatment for a long time. I finally feel at ease in this centre, although we still lack many basic things. This aid delivery is a huge help for us, and we are pleased that we are not forgotten," says Svitlana, who lives in the Tereblia collective centre.
IOM also provided two drill water pumps and a bactericidal lamp to improve water quality and the sanitary conditions at the collective centre.
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