Estonian Refugee Council, in cooperation with the Baltic Innovation Agency, invites Ukrainian refugees with previous business experience to participate in the Boost business development programme. The programme is conducted in Russian in Tartu and Jõhvi and includes, in addition to workshops, study tours and cultural events.

This fall Estonian Refugee Council organises the "Employability" labor market programme in cooperation with the Labor Inspectorate, the aim of which is to help refugees enter the labor market here in Estonia. In the course of the programme, among other things, trends in the Estonian labor market, legal issues and CV preparation will be focused on, a total of half a hundred refugees will benefit from the programme.

The Empowering Women entrepreneurship programme, starting in September, welcomes people who have been forced to flee their homeland and want to rebuild their future in Estonia through entrepreneurship. The programme supports both businesses that are being built from scratch as well as companies that already exist but continue in the Estonian context.

• From April to the beginning of August, we provided food aid to over 24,000 people in Kharkiv, Donetsk and Zaporizhia regions. We will continue with the food programme in September, when we will add Kherson region to the receiving regions.

Estonian Refugee Council (ERC) is a value-driven non-governmental EU-certified humanitarian organisation. ERC was established 22 years ago and currently provides humanitarian assistance to displaced people and other vulnerable populations in 5 crisis-affected countries (Ukraine, Georgia, Jordan, Lebanon, and Kenya) and different support services to beneficiaries of international protection in Estonia. Our mission is to stand for the rights and well-being of refugees and other vulnerable groups in Estonia and abroad.

• Annual report of the Estonian Refugee Council 2022

• We payed school allowance for all refugee children starting school in Estonia until the end of April this year. 5,016 children received support, in the total amount of 250,700 euros.
• In two months, we have distributed more than 8,800 food packages to about 8,750 people in regions of Ukraine where it is not possible to provide monetary aid.

Humanitarian aid in Ukraine

What are we doing at the moment?

On April 22, 31 start-up companies in Ukraine were revealed, which will be supported with a total amount of more than 56,000 euros (about 2.27 million UAH).

We have distributed cash-based aid worth 40 million euros in Ukraine.

During the winter, we supported 5,187 vulnerable households in Ukraine and 250 in Georgia by distributing cash-based support worth over 1,870,000 euros.

The world of coordinated and wide-ranging humanitarian aid has grown into a technical and rule-filled field, because it is often necessary to act in extremely complex circumstances in cooperation with other organisations and institutions. Proper preliminary work and control, risk mitigation and planning two steps ahead are our daily work. What have we done to be a transparent and reliable organisation?

• During the winter, we supported around 5,000 vulnerable households in Ukraine and 250 in Georgia by distributing cash-based support of over 1,800,000 euros.

Humanitarian aid in Ukraine

What are we doing at the moment?