CI Emergency Appeal 2025-2026

Sponsors: 9 member organisations of the Caritas Internationalis confederation

Project geography: Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhya (Kharkiv, Konotop, Sumy, Sloviansk, Kamianske, Pavlohrad, Nikopol, Zaporizhzhia) and  Odesa-Simferopol (Bilozerka, Kherson) dioceses

Project duration: 1.03.2025-28.02.2026

The Emergency Appeal (EA) project “Continued Response to War in Ukraine” was implemented with the support of members of the Caritas Internationals confederation and was focused on supporting the most vulnerable citizens suffering from the consequences of war in rural areas close to the front line.

The main focus was on assisting internally displaced persons during the first 30 days, as well as persons with disabilities, low-income families, those who were injured, killed, or whose homes were damaged and rendered uninhabitable as a result of shelling.

Project areas of activity

MPCA Rapid Cash Assistance

Number of Beneficiaries:  3940

Multipurpose cash assistance from the project was provided to internally displaced persons from areas where mandatory evacuation was announced during the first 30 days, to those affected by enemy shelling, to families of those killed as a result of shelling, and to people whose homes were damaged by hostilities. This assistance was designed for three months to help people adapt to new living conditions and to support those living in frontline areas.

Cash assistance for Winterization

Number of households: 600

Specialized hygiene kits

Number of kits:  100

Specialized hygiene kits were specifically developed by the Caritas-Spes procurement team to provide bedridden people with all the necessary personal hygiene items. They were distributed to residents in areas close to the front line — in Nikopol, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Bilozerka.