Not by the thousands: Ukrainians will be helped to prepare for winter
29 October 2024 17:28
The government is preparing a comprehensive package of winter support for families: eSupport, subsidies and the expanded Affordable Medicines program. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, according to Komersant ukrainskyi
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Of course, the first item in the winter support program, the Prime Minister mentioned the thousand hryvnias announced by the President of Ukraine, which every Ukrainian will receive to pay for Ukrainian services and some Ukrainian goods.
The Prime Minister also took the opportunity to explain once again what the state’s goals are under this program.
“The first is to support Ukrainian families financially. We are giving them an additional resource that can be spent on paying for services, including utilities, and on some goods, including medicines. The second goal is to boost domestic demand for Ukrainian services. The third goal is to once again demonstrate the unity of Ukrainian society for resilience and victory. One of the options to spend the funds under the program is to donate them to the Ukrainian army,” noted Denys Shmyhal.
As for other components of the winter support program, Denys Shmyhal mentioned winter subsidies, which will be no less than last year’s, as well as the expanded Affordable Medicines program, which will include new recipients.
Internally displaced persons and other vulnerable groups can also expect help to prepare for the winter, but from philanthropists.
For example, in-kind assistance or financial support will be provided through local branches of Caritas in Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Kramatorsk, Odesa, Ivano-Frankivsk, Nadvirna, Drohobych, Kolomyia, Stryi and Sokal.
What kind of assistance does the Caritas program provide?
The assistance will reportedly be diverse:
– In Dnipro, solid fuel will be distributed and cash assistance for utilities.
– In Zaporizhzhia, solid fuel will be distributed, as well as cash assistance for utilities and repairs in temporary housing.
– In Kramatorsk and Odesa, the charity will provide only solid fuel.
– In Ivano-Frankivsk, Nadvirna and Drohobych, they will provide solid fuel and heating systems to seven temporary accommodation centers.
– In Kolomyia, solid fuel will be provided to residents of three temporary shelters, and in Stryi – to two.
– In Sokal, we will help residents of one temporary accommodation facility with a heating system.
Conditions for receiving assistance from Caritas
The support will be available to internally displaced persons and local residents who have lost their jobs or whose income is no more than UAH 6,318 per person per family. Other vulnerability criteria will also be taken into account.
Registration of households for winterization assistance has already begun. It will be provided with the support of the Humanitarian Fund for Ukraine.
If you have any questions about the possibility of receiving assistance under the initiative, the organizers advise you to call 0 800 336 734 (the line is open from Monday to Friday from 09:30 to 16:00).
