HOW WE HELPED: CASH ASSISTANCE OLGA

Cash assistance is a flexible way to support people to meet a variety of their most immediate needs without the cost of transporting large amounts of goods. DEC member charities delivered a variety of forms of cash assistance to people in Ukraine during the reporting period. In some cases, this is multi-purpose cash assistance, meaning people are able to choose for themselves how to spend it without restrictions, choosing how best to meet their individual needs. According to a survey by one member charity, nearly three-quarters of people assisted said the amount received was enough or ‘more or less’ enough. However, more than a quarter said it was not enough to cover their needs. While this is partly due to sharp increases in the cost of living, it also illustrates the high level of need among people who have fled their homes with only what they can carry and have already spent what savings they may have had.

During the winter months, many people needed increased support to keep warm due to disruption to electricity supplies and damage to buildings caused by the increase in the targeting of civilian infrastructure in October 2022. One DEC member charity provided more than 3,600 families with cash to pay for heating costs for three months, or cash for winter clothes targeted at people who needed to replace belongings that they lost during displacement.

128,800 hosts supported with cash assistance to provide accommodation to 374,600 internally displaced people.

23,800 people supported through multi-purpose cash assistance

21 community groups, institutions and local organisations received multi-purpose cash assistance