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Overview of Estonian Refugee Council on June 13

13.06.2022

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 35 714 households (about 107 000 people). In total, we have mediated aroud 16,6 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.  

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 927 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 21 digital skills, 28 adaptation and 11 child's adaptation workshops have taken place in Tallinn, Tartu, Pärnu, Rakvere, Narva, Keila, Haapsalu, Otepää and Tapa and close to 450 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 are paying school support to all refugee children going to school in Estonia. Currently 1619 applications have been received and support has been paid based on 1395 applications to 1858 children, in total amount of 92 900 euros. The remaining applications are being checked and verified.

Donations and use of donations

  • Around 5,2 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 92 900 euros. About other activities in Estonia, we provide an overview of the use of donations once a month.
  • 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

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.